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Table 1 Characteristics and purchase behaviour of adolescents (n = 463 questionnaires)

From: The Healthy Supermarket Coach: effects of a nutrition peer-education intervention in Dutch supermarkets on adolescents’ food purchases

 

Total study sample

Low level of education

High level of education

Total

 Comparison school

Intervention schools

Total

Comparison school

Intervention schools

Total

Comparison school

Intervention schools

Total number of questionnaires

n

463

108

355

166

63

103

297

45

252

Sex

n (%)

         

Girls

 

262 (56.6)

60 (55.6)

202 (56.9)

74 (44.6)

28 (44.4)

46 (44.7)

127 (42.8)

20 (44.4)

107 (42.5)

Boys

 

201 (43.4)

48 (44.4)

153 (43.1)

92 (55.4)

35 (55.6)

57 (55.3)

170 (57.2)

25 55.6)

145 (57.5)

Age (years)

m (SD)

12.79 (0.94)

12.57 (0.64)

12.86 (1.00)

13.10 (1.10)

12.52 (0.56)

13.45 (1.19)

12.62 (0.79)

12.64 (0.74)

12.62 (0.80)

School year

n (%)

         

First

 

305 (65.9)

87 (80.6)

222 (62.5)

166

63 (100)

103 (100)

144 (48.5)

25 (55.6)

119 (47.2)

Second

 

158 (34.1)

21 (19.4)

133 (37.5)

-

-

-

153 (51.5)

20 (44.4)

133 (52.8)

Frequency food and drink purchased in the supermarket near school

n (%)

         

Rarely/never

 

240 (51.8)

36 (33.3)

204 (57.5)

37 (22.3)

14 (22.2)

23 (22.3)

203 (68.3)

22 (48.9)

181 (71.8)

1-2 days per week

 

122 (26.3)

42 (38.9)

80 (22.5)

55 (33.1)

26 (41.3)

29 (28.2)

67 (22.5)

16 ((35.5)

51 (20.2)

3-5 days per week

 

101 (21.8)

30 (27.8)

71 (20.0)

74 (44.6)

23 (36.5)

51 (49.5)

27 (9.1)

7 (15.5)

20 (8.0)

Money spent on food at supermarket on average per day

Median (IQR)

2.0 (2.0)

1.8 (1.0)

2.0 (2.0)

2.0 (2.0)

2.0 (2.0)

2.5 (1.0)

2.0 (2.0)

1.35 (1.0)

2.0 (2.0)

  1. n number, M mean, SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range