Table 4 Association between perceived availability of healthy foods and frequency of consumption of fruit – ELSA-Brasil, 2008–2010

 Neighbourhood availability of healthy foods (better)

1.01

0.91 – 1.14

1.37

1.24 – 1.52

1.65

1.47 – 1.84

Model 2: Model 1 + age

 Neighbourhood availability of healthy foods (better)

1.02

0.91 – 1.14

1.31

1.18 – 1.45

1.53

1.36 – 1.71

  Age

1

0.99 – 1.00

1.03

1.02 – 1.04

1.05

1.04 – 1.05

 Neighbourhood availability of healthy foods (better)

1.02

0.91 – 1.15

1.32

1.19 – 1.46

1.55

1.38 – 1.74

  Age

1

0.99 – 1.00

1.03

1.02 – 1.04

1.05

1.04 – 1.06

  Gender (male)

0.76

0.67 – 0.85

0.45

0.4 – 0.5

0.28

0.25 – 0.32

 Neighbourhood availability of healthy foods (better)

1.02

0.91 – 1.14

1.30

1.17 – 1.44

1.50

1.33 – 1.68

  Age

1.00

0.99 – 1.01

1.04

1.03 – 1.04

1.06

1.05 – 1.06

  Gender (male)

0.77

0.69 – 0.87

0.46

0.42 – 0.51

0.28

0.25 – 0.32

  Education (Elementary complete)

1.24

0.94 – 1.63

1.23

0.96 – 1.58

1.11

0.82 – 1.49

  (Secondary complete)

1.42

1.13 – 1.78

1.82

1.48 – 2.23

1.56

1.23 – 1.99

  (University graduate)

1.8

1.4 – 2.33

2.5

1.98 – 3.15

2.11

1.61 – 2.75

  (Postgraduate)

2.21

1.75 – 2.80

3.56

2.88 – 4.41

4.41

3.47 – 5.62

 Neighbourhood availability of healthy foods (better)

1.02

0.91 – 1.14

1.29

1.16 – 1.43

1.48

1.32 – 1.66

  Age

1

0.99 – 1.01

1.03

1.03 – 1.04

1.05

1.04 – 1.06

  Gender (male)

0.77

0.69 – 0.87

0.46

0.42 – 0.52

0.29

0.25 – 0.32

  Education (Elementary complete)

1.24

0.94 – 1.64

1.21

0.94 – 1.56

1.08

0.8 – 1.45

  (Secondary complete)

1.42

1.13 – 1.78

1.75

1.42 – 2.15

1.46

1.15 – 1.87

  (University graduate)

1.81

1.39 – 2.36

2.27

1.78 – 2.89

1.8

1.36 – 2.37

  (Postgraduate)

2.23

1.72 – 2.89

3.06

2.42 – 3.86

3.42

2.62 – 4.46

  Per capita income z-score

1

0.91 – 1.08

1.12

1.04 – 1.21

1.2

1.10 – 1.30