Table 4 Logistic regression of factors which impact on frequent (2 or more times a week) purchasing of street food and fast foods adjusted for race and gender
Frequently buy street food | Frequently buy fast food | |
|---|---|---|
Odds Ratio | Odds Ratio | |
Employment status | ||
Employed full time | NS | 1.53* [1.01 - 2.31] |
Employed part time | NS | |
Casual work | NS | 0.29* [0.13 - 0.63] |
Unemployed | NS | NS |
Disabled | NS | 0.33* [0.15 - 0.76] |
Income | ||
Receive salary/wages | NS | NS |
Remittances | NS | 0.58* [0.35 - 0.97] |
Pensions and/or grants | 0.58* [0.37 - 0.88] | 0.35* [0.24 - 0.50] |
Where usually buys | ||
Local spaza | NS | 0.40* [0.22 - 0.73] |
Big supermarket close by | NS | NS |
Big supermarket far away | NS | NS |
Housing | ||
Formal: house/apartment | NS | 2.75* [1.12 - 6.74] |
Traditional dwelling | NS | NS |
Townhouse | NS | 3.39* [1.32 - 8.70] |
Informal dwelling | NS | NS |
Water | ||
Water in home | 1.65* [1.11 - 2.44] | 2.96* [2.16 - 4.06] |
Water in yard | NS | NS |
Free communal tap | NS | 0.56* [0.37 - 0.84] |
Free from neighbour | NS | 0.15* [0.04 - 0.64] |
Communal borehole | 0.54 | 0.36* [0.14 - 0.97] |
River, stream or spring | 0.32* [0.12 - 0.85] | 0.08* [0.02 - 0.35] |
Toilet | ||
All types | NS | NS |
None | NS | NS |
Electricity | ||
In-house meter | NS | 2.07*[1.13 - 3.80] |
No access | NS | 0.22*[0.11 - 0.44] |
Other assets | ||
Fridge with freezer | 1.42* [1.15 - 1.75] | 4.62* [3.70 - 5.75] |
Deep freezer | 1.34* [1.07 - 1.67] | 2.34* [1.98 - 2.77] |
Microwave | 1.42* [1.17 - 1.73] | 4.76* [3.98 - 5.69] |
VCR | NS | 1.84* [1.53 - 2.20] |
Electric stove | 1.28* [1.03 - 1.60] | 4.31* [3.43 - 5.42] |
TV | 1.55* [1.23 - 1.96] | 4.17* [3.28 - 5.29] |
Telephone at home | NS | 2.05* [1.71 - 2.45] |
Kitchen sink | NS | 3.76* [3.13 - 4.51] |
Home security | NS | 3.39* [2.74 - 4.17] |
Motor vehicle | NS | 4.45* [3.72 - 5.32] |
Mobile phone | 1.54* [1.19 - 1.98] | 3.60* [2.81 - 4.60] |
Music centre | NS | 2.36* [2.02 - 2.75] |
DVD player | 1.67* [1.37 - 2.03] | 4.32* [3.62 - 5.17] |