Table 1
Sociodemographical characterization.
| Sociodemographic data | Percentage (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Age | 18y≤ age ≤30y | 23.9 |
| 31y≤ age ≤50y | 47.3 | |
| 51y≤ age ≤64y | 23.2 | |
| Age≥65y | 5.5 | |
| Gender | Women | 63.1 |
| Men | 36.9 | |
| Highest level of education | Primary school | 0.0 |
| Secondary school | 28.4 | |
| University degree | 71.6 | |
| Living environment | Rural | 6.5 |
| Urban | 88.9 | |
| Suburban | 4.5 | |
| Civil state | Single | 23.5 |
| Married/Living together | 63.3 | |
| Divorced/Separated | 7.0 | |
| Widow | 6.2 | |
| Profession | Employed | 77.7 |
| Unemployed | 3.2 | |
| Student | 10.8 | |
| Retired | 4.0 | |
| Working student | 4.3 | |
| Area of studies or work | Nutrition | 3.7 |
| Food | 5.3 | |
| Agriculture | 2.9 | |
| Sport | 1.0 | |
| Psychology | 1.2 | |
| Health | 7.8 | |
| Others | 78.2 |
Table 2
Relations between an individual’s characteristics and their perceptions towards a healthy diet (scale from -2=perceptions not at all compliant with a healthy diet to +2=perceptions fully compliant with a healthy diet).
| Variable | Mean±SD | p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age group | 18y≤ age ≤30y | 0.61±0.31a | 0.4851 |
| 31y≤ age ≤50y | 0.61±0.31a | ||
| 51y≤ age ≤64y | 0.61±0.33a | ||
| Age≥65y | 0.54±0.26a | ||
| Gender | Women | 0.63±0.33 | 0.0042 |
| Men | 0.57±0.28 | ||
| Civil state | Single | 0.66±0.33a | 0.0161 |
| Married/Living together | 0.60±0.31a | ||
| Divorced/Separated | 0.55±0.31a | ||
| Widowed | 0.55±0.21a | ||
| Highest level of education | Secondary school | 0.61±0.31 | 0.9522 |
| University | 0.61±0.31 | ||
| Is responsible for buying the food | Yes | 0.60 ±0.31 | 0.0002 |
| No | 0.88±0.30 | ||
| Living environment | Rural | 0.83±0.35b | 0.0001 |
| Urban | 0.58±0.30a | ||
| Suburban | 0.86±0.29b |
Mean values with the same letter are not statistically different (p<0.05).
Table 3
Relations between professional characteristics and the perceptions towards a healthy diet (scale from -2=perceptions not at all compliant with a healthy diet to +2=perceptions fully compliant with a healthy diet).
| Variable | Mean±SD | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional status | Employed | 0.61±0.31a | 0.8781 |
| Unemployed | 0.59±0.39a | ||
| Student | 0.62±0.29a | ||
| Retired | 0.56±0.26a | ||
| Working student | 0.61±0.36a | ||
| Work or studies related to food areas | Yes | 0.72±0.35 | 0.0002 |
| No | 0.58±0.30 | ||
| Area of studies or work | Nutrition | 0.83±0.33b | 0.0001 |
| Food | 0.80±0.28ab | ||
| Agriculture | 0.84±0.37b | ||
| Sport | 0.63±0.36ab | ||
| Psychology | 0.56±0.40a | ||
| Health | 0.55±0.32a | ||
| Others | 0.58±0.30ab |
Mean values with the same letter are not statistically different (p<0.05).