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Table 1 Sociodemographic and behavioural characteristics of sample total (n = 742)a, and grouped by frequency of canteen use

From: Consumption habits of school canteen and non-canteen users among Norwegian young adolescents: a mixed method analysis

Demographics

Total

NEVb

SEL

OFT

P valuec

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 

Gender (female), n = 720

386 (53.6)

277 (57.1)

66 (46.5)

43 (46.2)

0.03

Parental education (≥13y), n = 690

417 (60.4)

306 (65.5)

71 (52.6)

40 (45.5)

< 0.001

Ethnicity (minority), n = 720

64 (8.9)

44 (9.1)

7 (4.9)

13 (14.0)

0.06

Self-efficacy (high), n = 684

366 (53.0)

271 (58.2)

55 (41.0)

40 (47.6)

0.001

  1. aDiscrepancies in size from sample total may exist owing to missing values
  2. bNEV: adolescents never or rarely using the school canteen (n = 485); SEL: adolescents using the school canteen once a week (n = 142); OFT: adolescents using the school canteen ≥2 times a week (n = 93)
  3. cChi-square test between frequency of canteen use groups