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Table 3 Longitudinal changes in proportion of beverage consumers

From: Consumption patterns of sweet drinks in a population of Australian children and adolescents (2003–2008)

 

Time 1

Time 2

p‡

Consumers

Consumers

 
 

Age at time 1

Total n

n

(%)

n

(%)

 

Sweet drinks (total)

All

1604

1232

(76.8)

1145

(71.4)

<0.00001

 

4 to <6 years

169

125

(74.0)

112

(66.3)

0.06

 

6 to <8 years

214

157

(73.4)

140

(65.4)

0.04

 

8 to <10 years

278

221

(79.5)

215

(77.3)

0.53

 

10 to <12 years

184

146

(79.4)

141

(76.6)

0.54

 

12 to <14 years

309

248

(80.3)

233

(75.4)

0.12

 

14 to <16 years

277

206

(74.4)

188

(67.9)

0.06

 

16 to <18 years

173

129

(74.6)

116

(67.1)

0.09

 

p §

  

0.28

 

0.004

 

Fruit juice/cordial

All

1604

1106

(69.0)

1017

(63.4)

0.0001

 

4 to <6 years

169

111

(65.7)

102

(60.4)

0.26

 

6 to <8 years

214

145

(67.8)

123

(57.5)

0.02

 

8 to <10 years

278

199

(71.6)

192

(69.1)

0.49

 

10 to <12 years

184

129

(70.1)

127

(69.0)

0.89

 

12 to <14 years

309

222

(71.8)

201

(65.1)

0.05

 

14 to <16 years

277

183

(66.1)

167

(60.3)

0.11

 

16 to <18 years

173

117

(67.6)

105

(60.7)

0.13

 

p §

  

0.62

 

0.06

 

Soft drink

All

1604

532

(33.2)

442

(27.6)

0.0001

 

4 to <6 years

169

36

(21.3)

23

(13.6)

0.04

 

6 to <8 years

214

42

(19.6)

47

(22.0)

0.59

 

8 to <10 years

278

80

(28.8)

69

(24.8)

0.27

 

10 to <12 years

184

52

(28.3)

48

(26.1)

0.70

 

12 to <14 years

309

153

(49.5)

124

(40.1)

0.009

 

14 to <16 years

277

102

(36.8)

77

(27.8)

0.09

 

16 to <18 years

173

67

(38.7)

54

(31.2)

0.12

 

p §

  

<0.0001

 

<0.0001

 
  1. ‡ P-value for the difference between the proportion of consumers between time 1 and time 2, tested by McNemar’s test.
  2. § P-value for the difference in the proportion of consumers between age groups, tested by Chi-squared test.
  3. Intake of sweet drinks, fruit juice/cordial and soft drinks (yesterday or last school day) by baseline age groups at time 1 and time 2 presented as percentage consumers.