Awareness regarding nutrition labelling | Checks nutrition facts and makes labeling-dependent purchase decisions | Checks nutrition facts but does not make labeling-dependent purchase decisions/Aware of nutrition facts but does not check them when making food purchase decisions | Unaware of nutrition facts | P-value | |||
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Variables | N/Mean | %/SD | N/Mean | %/SD | N/Mean | %/SD | |
Sex | |||||||
Male | 645 | 8.76 | 3,739 | 50.78 | 2,979 | 40.46 | <.0001 |
Female | 2,527 | 24.48 | 4,602 | 44.58 | 3,195 | 30.95 | |
Age (years) | |||||||
30–39 | 1,406 | 34.19 | 2,402 | 58.41 | 304 | 7.39 | <.0001 |
40–49 | 1,014 | 25.76 | 2,367 | 60.14 | 555 | 14.10 | |
50–59 | 524 | 13.88 | 2,001 | 53.02 | 1,249 | 33.09 | |
60+ | 228 | 3.89 | 1,571 | 26.79 | 4,066 | 69.33 | |
Educational level | |||||||
Under high school graduation | 1,313 | 11.25 | 4,881 | 41.83 | 5,476 | 46.92 | <.0001 |
Bachelor’s degree | 1,635 | 30.91 | 3,035 | 57.37 | 620 | 11.72 | |
Master’s degree or above | 224 | 30.81 | 425 | 58.46 | 78 | 10.73 | |
Economic activity | |||||||
Unemployed | 1,389 | 20.23 | 2,706 | 39.41 | 2,772 | 40.37 | <.0001 |
Employed | 1,783 | 16.48 | 5,635 | 52.08 | 3,402 | 31.44 | |
Household income | |||||||
Low | 172 | 5.09 | 869 | 25.70 | 2,340 | 69.21 | <.0001 |
Mid-low | 715 | 15.92 | 2,124 | 47.29 | 1,652 | 36.78 | |
Mid-high | 1,085 | 22.04 | 2,599 | 52.79 | 1,239 | 25.17 | |
High | 1,200 | 24.53 | 2,749 | 56.19 | 943 | 19.28 | |
BMI | |||||||
<23 | 1,629 | 20.62 | 3,814 | 48.28 | 2,456 | 31.09 | <.0001 |
23–25 | 687 | 16.21 | 1,951 | 46.04 | 1,600 | 37.75 | |
>25 | 856 | 15.42 | 2,576 | 46.41 | 2,118 | 38.16 | |
Aerobic exercise habits | |||||||
Yes | 937 | 21.97 | 2,115 | 49.59 | 1,213 | 28.44 | <.0001 |
No | 2,235 | 16.65 | 6,226 | 46.39 | 4,961 | 36.96 | |
Smoking status | |||||||
Non-smoker | 2,821 | 19.73 | 6,536 | 45.71 | 4,943 | 34.57 | <.0001 |
Smoker | 351 | 10.36 | 1,805 | 53.29 | 1,231 | 36.34 | |
High risk drinking | |||||||
No | 2,935 | 18.39 | 7,375 | 46.22 | 5,646 | 35.38 | <.0001 |
Yes | 237 | 13.69 | 966 | 55.81 | 528 | 30.50 | |
Family history for hyperlipidemia | |||||||
No | 2,915 | 17.22 | 7,941 | 46.91 | 6,073 | 35.87 | <.0001 |
Yes | 257 | 33.91 | 400 | 52.77 | 101 | 13.32 | |
Survey year | |||||||
2010 | 725 | 18.28 | 1,721 | 43.39 | 1,520 | 38.33 | <.0001 |
2011 | 623 | 15.73 | 1,735 | 43.81 | 1,602 | 40.45 | |
2012 | 621 | 17.25 | 1,675 | 46.54 | 1,303 | 36.20 | |
2013 | 590 | 18.64 | 1,671 | 52.78 | 905 | 28.58 | |
2014 | 613 | 20.46 | 1,539 | 51.37 | 844 | 28.17 | |
Stress awareness | |||||||
Low | 2,348 | 17.35 | 6,369 | 47.05 | 4,820 | 35.61 | <.0001 |
High | 824 | 19.86 | 1,972 | 47.52 | 1,354 | 32.63 | |
Subjective health status | |||||||
Good | 1,187 | 20.41 | 2,941 | 50.56 | 1,689 | 29.04 | <.0001 |
Normal | 1,611 | 18.44 | 4,239 | 48.51 | 2,888 | 33.05 | |
Bad | 374 | 11.94 | 1,161 | 37.07 | 1,597 | 50.99 | |
Average amount of daily fat intake | 46.39 | 0.77 | 46.34 | 0.51 | 33.16 | 0.55 | <.0001 |
The frequency of eating out | |||||||
Less than four times a week | 2,182 | 18.01 | 4,972 | 41.04 | 4,961 | 40.95 | <.0001 |
More than five times a week | 990 | 17.77 | 3,369 | 60.46 | 1,213 | 21.77 | |
Total | 3,172 | 17.93 | 8,341 | 47.16 | 6,174 | 34.91 |