Table 1 Percentage moderate and frequent purchasing of street foods and fast foods by province, gender and socio-economic category in South Africa
Street food Moderate+use % (CI) | Street food Frequent++ use % (CI) | Fast foods Moderate+use % (CI) | Fast foods Frequent++use % (CI) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Provinces | Western Cape (n = 442) | 17.5 13.4 - 21.5 | 8.4 5.0 - 11.8 | 38.1 32.6 - 43.6 | 2.9 1.2 - 4.7 |
Eastern Cape (n = 448) | 22.9 18.4 - 27.3 | 4.9 2.5 - 7.3 | 19.1 15.8 - 22.4 | 4.7 2.1 - 7.3 | |
Northern Cape(n = 228) | 13.2 8.2 - 18.1 | 1.8 0.2 - 3.3 | 28.9 21.4 - 36.5 | 2.6 0.2 - 5.1 | |
Free State (n = 240) | 22.8 15.5 - 30.1 | 12.0 6.0 - 18.0 | 30.7 24.1 - 37.3 | 7.1 2.9 - 11.2 | |
Kwa-Zulu Natal (n = 630) | 24.1 19.9 - 28.4 | 7.8 5.4 - 10.1 | 34.9 31.3 - 38.5 | 6.2 3.8 - 8.6 | |
North West (n = 136) | 29.4 20.0 - 38.8 | 19.9 10.8 - 28.9 | 28.7 22.5 - 34.9 | 1.5 0.0 - 3.7 | |
Gauteng (n = 613) | 20.9 17.0 - 24.8 | 18.9 15.3 - 22.6 | 38.5 34.4 - 42.6 | 14.7 11.2 - 18.2 | |
Mpumalanga (n = 246) | 28.0 20.3 - 32.6 | 10.6 6.9 - 14.3 | 32.5 25.5 - 39.5 | 5.3 2.3 - 8.3 | |
Limpopo (n = 307) | 26.5 20.9 - 32.0 | 20.6 14.2 - 27.0 | 27.5 21.4 - 33.5 | 7.5 3.6 - 11.4 | |
South Africa (n = 3290) | 22.2 20.5 - 23.9 | 11.3 10.0 - 12.6 | 32.0 30.3 - 33.7 | 6.8 5.8 - 7.9 | |
Gender | Male (n = 1338) | 21.7 19.3 - 24.2 | 12.1 10.2 - 13.9 | 32.7 30.2 - 35.2 | 8.7 7.0 - 10.3 |
Female (n = 1952) | 22.6 20.5 - 24.6 | 10.9 9.3 - 12.4 | 31.5 29.3 - 33.8 | 5.5 4.3 - 6.8 | |
LSM | LSM = low (n = 585) | 24.1 20.3 - 27.9 | 9.6 6.9 - 12.2 | 6.2 3.9 - 8.4 | 0.5 0.0 - 1.1 |
LSM = medium (n = 1316) | 29.7 26.8 - 32.5 | 14.7 12.3 - 17.1 | 27.9 25.2 - 30.5 | 3.8 2.5 - 5.1 | |
LSM = high (n = 1218) | 13.0 11.0 - 15.1 | 8.3 6.6 - 10.0 | 48.1 45.2 - 51.0 | 13.2 11.1 - 15.3 |