Adherence to a Mediterranean diet in Morocco and its correlates: cross-sectional analysis of a sample of the adult Moroccan population

Table 1 Main demographic and socioeconomic characteristics according to gender

	All population	Women	Men	p
*Place of residence*
N	2214	1208	1006
Rural area	42.8	40.8	45.2	0.03
Urban area	57.2	59.2	54.8
*Age groups (years)*
N	2212	1206	1006
< 35	38.1	43.0	32.3	<0.0001
35 - 49	32.5	34.7	29.8
≥ 50	29.4	22.3	37.9
*Marital status*
N	2193	1194	999
Single/Divorced/widowed	31.5	34.8	27.5	<0.0001
Married	68.5	65.2	72.5	<0.0001
*Education*
N	2204	1203	1001
Illiterate	44.6	56.8	30.0	<0.0001
< 6 years	29.2	21.9	37.8
≥ 6 years	26.2	21.3	32.2
*Occupation*
N	2186	1186	1000
Active/student	45.7	18.0	78.5	<0.0001
Retired/unemployed/Housewife	54.3	82.0	21.5	<0.0001
*Average family income (MAD)*
N	2108	1123	985
< 2000	52.2	44.6	60.9	<0.0001
2 000 à 4 999	25.7	24.2	27.4	<0.0001
≥ 5 000	08.9	08.0	09.9
Don’t know	13.2	23.2	01.8
*Housing*
N	2214	1208	1006
Luxurious or modern	13.6	15.3	11.4	0.04
New medina	15.4	15.5	15.2
Old medina	19.0	18.0	20.5
Poor housing or slums	52.0	51.2	52.9
*Tobacco consumption*				<0.001
Current smoker	15.9	0.7	30.1
Ex-smoker	9.1	0.5	17.1
Never smoker	75.1	98.7	52.8
*Physical activity > = 30 min/day*
N	2032	1134	898
Yes	61.6	59.1	63.6	00.040
*BMI class (Kg/m2)*
N	2204	1201	1003
< 25	56.3	47.4	67.0	<0.0001
25 – 29.9	30.1	32.8	26.8
≥ 30	13.6	19.8	6.2

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