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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants

From: Differences in perceptions and fast food eating behaviours between Indians living in high- and low-income neighbourhoods of Chandigarh, India

 

High-Income Neighbourhood

Low-Income Neighbourhood

 

n = 103

n = 101

Males

50 (49.5%)

51 (49.5%)

1.00

Age

51.3 ± 8.9

49.9 ± 7.4

0.002

Married

99 (96.1%)

100 (99.0%)

0.181

Current smoking

1(1.0%)

10 (9.9%)

0.005

Ethnicity

  

0.004

 Hindu

72 (69.9%)

89 (88.1%)

 

 Sikh

29 (28.2%)

12 (11.9%)

 

 Jain

2 (1.9%)

0 (0.0%)

 

Formal education

  

< 0.001

 Illiterate

25 (24.2%)

3 (3.0%)

 

 Primary

15 (14.6%)

11 (10.9%)

 

 Secondary

17 (16.5%)

38 (37.6%)

 

 Higher than secondary

46 (44.7%)

49 (48.5%)

 

Household income quartiles*

  

0.461

 Rs. 1000 – 6000

33 (32.1%)

33 (32.7%)

 

 Rs. 6001 – 10000

26 (25.2%)

33 (32.7%)

 

 Rs. 10001 – 20000

26 (25.2%)

24 (23.8%)

 

 20001 – 35000

18 (17.5%)

11 (10.8%)

 
  1. Categorical variables presented as n (%); continuous variables presented as mean ± SD; Differences in age tested by independent t test and in the rest of variables using Chi-square test.
  2. * Monthly personal income 100 Indian rupees equals $2 USD; exchange rate 0.02013 [49.6736] on May 1st, 2009 (date of participant recruitment), Bank of Canada http://www.bankofcanada.ca/rates/exchange/10-year-converter/.
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