Table 1 Characteristics of participants in the NutriNet Santé Study included in the present study (N = 104,183; 23,491 men and 84,692 women)a
Men (N = 23,491) % or mean (SD) | Women (N = 84,692) % or mean (SD) | P- value for chi-square or student t test analysis | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age class | ≤30y | 17.8 | 28.5 | < 0.0001 |
31-45 | 28.2 | 31.0 | ||
46-60 | 27.9 | 29.0 | ||
>60y | 26.1 | 11.5 | ||
Presence of children in the household | No child in the household | 70.9 | 64.4 | < 0.0001 |
At least one child in the household | 29.1 | 35.6 | ||
Educational level | Postgraduate level | 38.4 | 31.3 | < 0.0001 |
Undergraduate level | 24.6 | 32.3 | ||
Secondary school | 33.5 | 33.7 | ||
Primary school | 3.5 | 2.7 | ||
Household income per consumption unit | > 2700 euros | 31.5 | 20.6 | < 0.0001 |
1800-2700 euros | 25.2 | 22.2 | ||
1200-1800 euros | 23.1 | 25.0 | ||
< 1200 euros | 13.1 | 19.0 | ||
Unwilling to declare | 7.1 | 13.2 | ||
Occupation | Managerial staff | 50.0 | 29.7 | < 0.0001 |
Self-employed | 5.3 | 3.3 | ||
Intermediate profession | 22.8 | 26.7 | ||
Employee | 14.2 | 34.0 | ||
Manual worker | 5.3 | 1.9 | ||
Never employed | 2.4 | 4.4 | ||