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

Table 3 Food/drink purchases from shops and shop numbers encountered for sample grouped for canteen use (n = 742)^a

Purchase habits		NEV^b	SEL	OFT	P value
	n	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
Purchase food/drink from shop near school during school break
Never/rarely	524	358 (74.0)	109 (77.3)	57 (62.6)
≥1 time/week	192	126 (26.0)	32 (22.7)	34 (37.4)	< 0.05
Purchase food/drink from shop near school before/after school
Never/rarely	477	347 (72.1)	89 (62.7)	41 (44.1)
≥1 time/week	239	134 (27.9)	53 (37.3)	52 (55.9)	< 0.001
Number of shops within walking distance from school
< 3 shops	359	253 (52.2)	69 (49.6)	37 (39.8)
≥3 shops	358	232 (47.8)	70 (50.4)	56 (60.2)	0.09

^aDiscrepancies in size from sample total may exist owing to missing values
^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)

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