Table 3.
Number of students with poor or good level of nutrition knowledge and the median scores of overall nutrition knowledge by socio-demographic and other categorical variables in the student population (n 190)
| Variable | Overall nutrition knowledge | Poor nutrition knowledge | Good nutrition knowledge* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median scores | n within group variable | % | n within group variable | % | |
| Age category | |||||
| ≤25 years | 62·0 | 68 | 57·1 | 51 | 42·9 |
| >25 years | 66·0 | 33 | 46·5 | 38 | 53·5 |
| P = 0·049 | X2 = 2·03, P = 0·154 | ||||
| Field of study | |||||
| Healthcare | 66·0 | 36 | 46·2 | 42 | 53·8 |
| Non-healthcare | 62·0 | 65 | 58·0 | 47 | 42·0 |
| P = 0·042 | X2 = 2·61, P = 0·106 | ||||
| Ethnicity | |||||
| White | 66·0 | 47 | 41·6 | 66 | 58·4 |
| Black, Asian, Mixed/Other | 61·0 | 54 | 70·1 | 23 | 29·9 |
| P = 0·000 | X2 = 15·0, P = 0·000 | ||||
| Perceived health | |||||
| Poor/fair | 61·0 | 41 | 70·7 | 17 | 29·3 |
| Good | 63·5 | 43 | 53·8 | 37 | 46·3 |
| Very Good/excellent | 68·0 | 17 | 32·7 | 35 | 67·3 |
| P = 0·001 | X2 = 16·0, P = 0·000 | ||||
GNKQ-R, General Nutrition Knowledge Questionnaire-Revised.
*
Good knowledge is defined as having an overall median GNKQ-R score ≥ 64 points.