TABLE 2.
International Food Policy Study 2020 unweighted and weighted sample characteristics by country (N = 21,753)
| Australia, n = 4289 | Canada, n = 4309 | Mexico, n = 4284 | United Kingdom, n = 4249 | United States, n = 4622 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unweighted | Weighted | Unweighted | Weighted | Unweighted | Weighted | Unweighted | Weighted | Unweighted | Weighted | |
| % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | |
| Sex at birth | ||||||||||
| Male | 49.6% (2126) | 49.1% (2104) | 49.1% (2117) | 49.4% (2127) | 50.6% (2166) | 48.0% (2055) | 49.8% (2114) | 48.9% (2076) | 47.7% (2206) | 48.7% (2252) |
| Female | 50.4% (2163) | 50.9% (2,185) | 50.9% (2192) | 50.6% (2182) | 49.4% (2118) | 52.0% (2229) | 50.2% (2135) | 51.1% (2173) | 52.3% (2416) | 51.3% (2370) |
| Age, years, mean (SD) | 48.3 (17.31) | 46.6 (17.07) | 48.2 (17.17) | 47.9 (17.44) | 38.1 (13.00) | 40.5 (14.50) | 48.6 (17.66) | 48.2 (17.31) | 46.8 (16.86) | 46.7 (17.25) |
| Education1 | ||||||||||
| Low | 43.6% (1870) | 41.9% (1798) | 28.0% (1207) | 42.3% (1821) | 22.7% (972) | 23.2% (993) | 40.3% (1711) | 51.7% (2195) | 37.0% (1710) | 54.8% (2531) |
| Medium | 30.9% (1326) | 32.0% (1374) | 40.9% (1764) | 33.1% (1425) | 13.6% (582) | 13.8% (593) | 29.2% (1,240) | 19.4% (825) | 20.6% (951) | 10.1% (465) |
| High | 25.0% (1071) | 25.5% (1094) | 30.5% (1314) | 24.1% (1040) | 63.6% (2723) | 62.8% (2691) | 29.8% (1265) | 28.1% (1195) | 41.8% (1933) | 34.7% (1602) |
| Not stated | 0.5% (22) | 0.5% (23) | 0.6% (24) | 0.6% (24) | 0.2% (7) | 0.2% (8) | 0.8% (33) | 0.8% (33) | 0.6% (28) | 0.5% (23) |
| Ethnicity2 | ||||||||||
| Majority | 83.1% (3563) | 73.3% (3144) | 78.0% (3362) | 77.3% (3330) | 81.2% (3479) | 78.9% (3379) | 89.3% (3796) | 88.3% (3750) | 62.7% (2899) | 62.9% (2909) |
| Minority | 16.6% (710) | 26.3% (1,129) | 20.6% (888) | 21.4% (921) | 16.3% (700) | 18.7% (803) | 10.0% (427) | 11.2% (475) | 36.7% (1,696) | 36.5% (1,686) |
| Not stated | 0.4% (16) | 0.4% (16) | 1.4% (59) | 1.3% (58) | 2.5% (105) | 2.4% (102) | 0.6% (26) | 0.6% (24) | 0.6% (27) | 0.6% (27) |
| BMI3 | ||||||||||
| Underweight | 3.3% (140) | 3.5% (151) | 2.9% (123) | 3.0% (128) | 1.7% (72) | 1.4% (60) | 2.8% (121) | 2.8% (119) | 2.2% (102) | 2.1% (99) |
| Normal weight | 30.8% (1321) | 32.3% (1384) | 34.4% (1483) | 34.3% (1477) | 37.3% (1600) | 35.9% (1539) | 35.1% (1493) | 34.7% (1476) | 32.8% (1517) | 32.4% (1499) |
| Overweight | 27.4% (1176) | 26.9% (1152) | 27.4% (1181) | 26.2% (1128) | 30.3% (1298) | 30.8% (1319) | 26.9% (1144) | 26.0% (1107) | 28.9% (1335) | 27.7% (1281) |
| Obesity | 23.2% (997) | 21.9% (939) | 21.2% (913) | 21.7% (935) | 14.2% (607) | 15.0% (644) | 16.8% (715) | 17.4% (738) | 23.5% (1088) | 24.5% (1131) |
| Missing | 15.3% (655) | 15.5% (663) | 14.1% (609) | 14.9% (641) | 16.5% (707) | 16.9% (723) | 18.3% (776) | 19.0% (809) | 12.5% (580) | 13.3% (613) |
The education level was categorized as low (i.e., completed secondary school or less), medium (i.e., some postsecondary qualifications), or high (i.e., university degree or higher) according to country-specific criteria related to the highest level of formal education attained.
Ethnic categories in each country, as per the census questions asked in each country: 1) in Australia, majority indicates the participant only speaks English at home and minority indicates they speak a language besides English at home; 2) in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States, majority indicates the participant is White and minority indicates they are of other ethnicity; and 3) in Mexico, majority indicates the participant is nonindigenous and minority indicates they are indigenous.
The BMI classifications are underweight (<18.5 kg/m2), normal weight (18.5 to 24.9 kg/m2), overweight (25.0 to 29.9 kg/m2), and obese (≥30 kg/m2)