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Table 1 Weighted sociodemographic characteristics of participants in five countries (expressed as n (%), unless otherwise stated) from the International Food Policy Study 2018 (n = 22,264)

From: Public support for healthy supermarket initiatives focused on product placement: a multi-country cross-sectional analysis of the 2018 International Food Policy Study

 

Overall

n = 22,264

Australia n = 4004

Canada n = 4288

United Kingdom n = 5367

United States n = 4523

Mexico n = 4082

Sex

 Male

10,909 (48.7)

1954 (48.8)

2123 (49.5)

2614 (48.7)

2203 (48.7)

1947 (47.7)

 Female

11,355 (51.3)

2050 (51.2)

2165 (50.5)

2753 (51.3)

2320 (51.3)

2135 (52.3)

 Age, mean (SD)

46.0 (20.1)

46.5 (19.6)

48.2 (21.9)

48.1 (20.4)

46.9 (20.3)

39.3 (18.3)

Age group

 18–29 years old

4965 (22.3)

877 (21.9)

853 (19.9)

1041 (19.4)

954 (21.1)

1233 (30.2)

 30–44 years old

5878 (26.4)

1057 (26.4)

1055 (24.6)

1310 (24.4)

1140 (25.2)

1318 (32.3)

 45–59 years old

5788 (26.0)

981 (24.5)

1111 (25.9)

1406 (26.2)

1149 (25.4)

1147 (28.1)

 60+ years old

5633 (25.3)

1089 (27.2)

1269 (29.6)

1610 (30.0)

1280 (28.3)

384 (9.4)

Ethnicity

 Majority

17,611 (79.1)

3015 (75.3)

3293 (76.8)

4728 (88.1)

3406 (75.3)

3159 (77.4)

 Minority

4386 (19.7)

977 (24.4)

858 (20.0)

596 (11.1)

1094 (24.2)

861 (21.1)

 Not stated

267 (1.2)

12 (0.3)

137 (3.2)

43 (0.8)

23 (0.5)

62 (1.5)

Education

 Low

9484 (42.6)

1666 (41.6)

1809 (42.2)

2576 (48.0)

2632 (58.2)

812 (19.9)

 Medium

4943 (22.2)

1297 (32.4)

1424 (33.2)

1229 (22.9)

448 (9.9)

535 (13.1)

 High

7770 (34.9)

1033 (25.8)

1038 (24.2)

1530 (28.5)

1438 (31.8)

2731 (66.9)

 Not stated

67 (0.3)

8 (0.2)

17 (0.4)

32 (0.6)

5 (0.1)

4 (0.1)

BMI

  < 18.5

668 (3.0)

124 (3.1)

142 (3.3)

161 (3.0)

158 (3.5)

86 (2.1)

 18.5–24.9

7748 (34.8)

1441 (36.0)

1432 (33.4)

1852 (34.5)

1375 (30.4)

1633 (40.0)

 25–30

6167 (27.7)

1053 (26.3)

1226 (28.6)

1428 (26.6)

1257 (27.8)

1208 (29.6)

  ≥ 30

4609 (20.7)

833 (20.8)

1029 (24.0)

896 (16.7)

1226 (27.1)

633 (15.5)

 Missing/not stated

3072 (13.8)

553 (13.8)

459 (10.7)

1030 (19.2)

507 (11.2)

522 (12.8)

Nutrition knowledge

 None/low

8416 (37.8)

1457 (36.4)

1454 (33.9)

2581 (48.1)

1569 (34.7)

1359 (33.3)

 Moderate

9462 (42.5)

1654 (41.3)

1908 (44.5)

1911 (35.6)

1841 (40.7)

2147 (52.6)

 High

4275 (19.2)

873 (21.8)

892 (20.8)

848 (15.8)

1090 (24.1)

567 (13.9)

 Not stated

111 (0.5)

20 (0.5)

34 (0.8)

27 (0.5)

23 (0.5)

9 (0.2)