Perceptions towards healthy diet of the Portuguese according to area of work or studies
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Article Category: Original scientific article
Published Online: Jan 21, 2019
Page range: 40 - 46
Received: Jun 14, 2018
Accepted: Jan 03, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2019-0005
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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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Employed | 0.61±0.31a | 0.878 ANOVA for comparison of 3 or more groups (Level of significance 5%). | |
| Unemployed | 0.59±0.39a | ||
| Student | 0.62±0.29a | ||
| Retired | 0.56±0.26a | ||
| Working student | 0.61±0.36a | ||
| Yes | 0.72±0.35 | 0.000 Student’s t-test for independent samples for comparison of 2 groups (Level of significance 5%). | |
| No | 0.58±0.30 | ||
| Nutrition | 0.83±0.33b | 0.000 ANOVA for comparison of 3 or more groups (Level of significance 5%). | |
| 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 |
Sociodemographical characterization.
| Sociodemographic data | Percentage (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 18y≤ age ≤30y | 23.9 | |
| 31y≤ age ≤50y | 47.3 | |
| 51y≤ age ≤64y | 23.2 | |
| Age≥65y | 5.5 | |
| Women | 63.1 | |
| Men | 36.9 | |
| Primary school | 0.0 | |
| Secondary school | 28.4 | |
| University degree | 71.6 | |
| Rural | 6.5 | |
| Urban | 88.9 | |
| Suburban | 4.5 | |
| Single | 23.5 | |
| Married/Living together | 63.3 | |
| Divorced/Separated | 7.0 | |
| Widow | 6.2 | |
| Employed | 77.7 | |
| Unemployed | 3.2 | |
| Student | 10.8 | |
| Retired | 4.0 | |
| Working student | 4.3 | |
| Nutrition | 3.7 | |
| Food | 5.3 | |
| Agriculture | 2.9 | |
| Sport | 1.0 | |
| Psychology | 1.2 | |
| Health | 7.8 | |
| Others | 78.2 |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Women | 0.63±0.33 | 0.0042 | |
| Men | 0.57±0.28 | ||
| Single | 0.66±0.33a | 0.016 ANOVA for comparison of 3 or more groups (Level of significance 5%). | |
| Married/Living together | 0.60±0.31a | ||
| Divorced/Separated | 0.55±0.31a | ||
| Widowed | 0.55±0.21a | ||
| Secondary school | 0.61±0.31 | 0.952 Student’s t-test for independent samples for comparison of 2 groups (Level of significance 5%). | |
| University | 0.61±0.31 | ||
| Yes | 0.60 ±0.31 | 0.000 Student’s t-test for independent samples for comparison of 2 groups (Level of significance 5%). | |
| No | 0.88±0.30 | ||
| Rural | 0.83±0.35b | 0.000 ANOVA for comparison of 3 or more groups (Level of significance 5%). | |
| Urban | 0.58±0.30a | ||
| Suburban | 0.86±0.29b |