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. 2022 Nov 3;9:993379. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.993379

Table 1.

Sample characteristics for 2011 and 2017/18, overall and by sex.

2011 2017/18
Total
n = 1,954
Male
n = 941
Female
n = 1,013
Total
n = 2,045
Male
n = 987
Female
n = 1,058
Education level n (%)
High 377 (19.3) 197 (20.9) 180 (17.8) 490 (24.0) 254 (25.7) 236 (22.3)
Medium 758 (38.8) 340 (36.1) 418 (41.3) 813 (39.8) 362 (36.7) 451 (42.6)
Low 749 (38.3) 374 (39.7) 375 (30.7) 665 (32.5) 321 (32.5) 344 (32.5)
Don't know 70 (3.6) 30 (3.2) 40 (3.9) 77 (3.8) 50 (5.1) 27 (2.6)
Income level n (%)
High 251 (12.8) 193 (20.5) 58 (5.7) 360 (17.6) 262 (26.5) 98 (9.3)
Medium 696 (35.6) 378 (40.2) 318 (31.4) 697 (34.1) 307 (31.1) 390 (36.9)
Low 541 (27.7) 156 (16.6) 385 (38.0) 426 (20.8) 155 (15.7) 271 (25.6)
No answer 466 (23.8) 214 (22.7) 252 (24.9) 562 (27.5) 263 (26.6) 299 (28.3)
Current occupation n (%)
Manager 62 (3.2) 40 (4.3) 22 (2.2) 62 (3.0) 40 (4.1) 22 (2.1)
Self-employed 126 (6.4) 75 (8.0) 51 (5.0) 130 (6.4) 86 (8.7) 44 (4.2)
White-collar employee 585 (29.9) 217 (23.1) 368 (36.3) 666 (32.6) 238 (24.1) 428 (40.5)
Blue-collar worker 209 (10.7) 140 (14.9) 69 (6.8) 205 (10.0) 147 (14.9) 58 (5.5)
Currently not working - had been working before 677 (34.6) 322 (34.2) 355 (35.0) 652 (31.9) 299 (30.3) 353 (33.4)
Currently not working - had never been working 289 (14.8) 144 (15.3) 145 (14.3) 320 (15.6) 173 (17.5) 147 (13.9)
Don't know 6 (0.3) 3 (0.3) 3 (0.3) 10 (0.5) 4 (0.4) 6 (0.6)
Age mean (SD) 47.7 (18.2) 47.7 (18.6) 47.6 (17.8) 48.9 (19.3) 48.1 (19.9) 49.6 (18.6)
Female n (%) 1,012 (51.8) 1,058 (51.7)