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Table 2 Demographic and health characteristic of participants; energy and food contents of the individual daily food baskets (mean ± standard deviation or %)

From: Food price policies improve diet quality while increasing socioeconomic inequalities in nutrition

 

Low-income group

Medium-income group

p-valuev

N = 95

N = 33

Demographic characteristics

   

Age, y

35.3 ± 7.0

34.8 ± 6.9

0.3509

Educationi, y

4.6 ± 2.1

6.5 ± 2.2

0.0001

Employed, %

17

70

<.0001

Income, € per month and per consumption unit

572.5 ± 140.4

1500.7 ± 444.5

<.0001

Household size, number of persons

3.8 ± 1.6

2.8 ± 1.4

0.0011

Health characteristics

   

Body Mass Indexi i, kg/m2

25.3 ± 5.8

23.9 ± 4.3

0.1921

Overweight, %

44

33

0.2744

At least one chronic health disorderi i i, %

20

12

0.3098

Never sport, %

58

24

0.0149

Total energy content, kcal

   

Learning (24 h recall)

1487.48 ± 584.6

1458.28 ± 679.7

0.4957

Baseline

1555.69 ± 949.7

1456.16 ± 643.5

0.4546

Fruit and vegetable condition

1471.33 ± 575.4

1409.98 ± 698.2

0.2926

Nutrient profile condition

1400.19 ± 570.5

1364.06 ± 550.5

0.3085

Food content at baselineiv, in grams

   

Fruit and vegetables (beverages included)

410.3 ± 380.8

514.7 ± 362.6

0.0776

  Beverages alone

56.3 ± 133.9

38.2 ± 78.3

0.3381

Other healthy products (beverages included)

518.7 ± 290.1

703.6 ± 325.2

0.0008

  Beverages alone

342.1 ± 249

462.5 ± 318.9

0.0127

Neutral products (beverages included)

727.5 ± 454.1

903.0 ± 664.8

0.1285

  Beverages alone

495.5 ± 389.6

630.7 ± 665

0.3729

Unhealthy products (beverages included)

322.9 ± 395.8

195.9 ± 235.5

0.0631

  Beverages alone

66.3 ± 157.2

39.3 ± 123

0.3242

Expendituresiv, €

   

Fruit and vegetables

1.16 ± 0.91

1.57 ± 1.20

0.0373

Other healthy products

1.23 ± 1.10

1.70 ± 1.22

0.0065

Neutral products

1.27 ± 2.13

1.42 ± 1.24

0.1539

Unhealthy products

1.56 ± 2.45

0.94 ± 1.26

0.0930

  1. ithe number of additional years of compulsory schooling in France (i.e. beyond 16 years).
  2. i icalculated from height and weight stated by participants.
  3. i i ias stated by participants.
  4. ivexcept for fruit and vegetables, foods are classified as other healthy, neutral and unhealthy products according a nutrient profiling described in the Method section. The values reported there are crude values i.e. not energy-adjusted.
  5. vWilcoxon rank sum test or Pearson χ2 test against null hypothesis of no differences between income groups.