Table 6 Proportion of people who believe the following groups are responsible for population salt reduction by demographic characteristicsa b
Group | Sex | Age group (years) | SES | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | P-value | 18–24 | 25–34 | 35–44 | 45–54 | 55–65 | P-value | Low | Mid | High | P-value | |
% | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | ||||
Government (sex & age group n = 2278, SES n = 2262) | |||||||||||||
 Responsible | 60.3 | 56.3 | 0.146 | 58.6 | 63.7 | 60.4 | 56.7 | 52.0 | 0.011 | 54.3 | 57.6 | 60.3 | 0.009 |
 Somewhat responsible | 26.1 | 28.2 |  | 27.2 | 24.4 | 27.2 | 27.8 | 29.4 |  | 27.0 | 27.7 | 27.5 |  |
 Not responsible | 13.6 | 15.5 |  | 14.2 | 11.9 | 12.5 | 15.5 | 18.6 |  | 18.7 | 14.7 | 12.2 |  |
Business (e.g. supermarkets, local markets) (sex & age group n = 2294, SES n = 2278) | |||||||||||||
 Responsible | 61.3 | 55.9 | 0.032 | 59.8 | 62.8 | 58.7 | 55.8 | 55.1 | 0.182 | 53.8 | 59.1 | 60.1 | 0.005 |
 Somewhat responsible | 22.8 | 25.3 |  | 24.7 | 23.3 | 23.8 | 24.1 | 25.4 |  | 24.8 | 22.3 | 25.3 |  |
 Not responsible | 15.9 | 18.8 |  | 15.5 | 13.9 | 17.5 | 20.1 | 19.5 |  | 21.4 | 18.6 | 14.6 |  |
Friends/family (sex & age group n = 2311, SES n = 2295) | |||||||||||||
 Responsible | 67.5 | 66.8 | 0.574 | 67.9 | 68.2 | 68.5 | 65.9 | 65.7 | 0.915 | 65.9 | 68.5 | 66.8 | 0.614 |
 Somewhat responsible | 23.2 | 22.6 |  | 22.9 | 22.1 | 22.0 | 24.7 | 22.8 |  | 23.0 | 21.4 | 23.9 |  |
 Not responsible | 9.3 | 10.6 |  | 9.2 | 9.7 | 9.5 | 9.4 | 11.5 |  | 11.1 | 10.1 | 9.3 |  |
Chefs preparing foods in restaurants/pubs/cafes(sex & age group n = 2324, SES n = 2307) | |||||||||||||
 Responsible | 76.0 | 79.9 | 0.003 | 74.5 | 79.3 | 78.2 | 79.1 | 78.1 | 0.634 | 77.9 | 76.4 | 79.5 | 0.280 |
 Somewhat responsible | 17.8 | 16.7 |  | 21.0 | 16.5 | 17.8 | 16.7 | 16.0 |  | 16.4 | 19.3 | 16.4 |  |
 Not responsible | 6.2 | 3.4 |  | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 5.9 |  | 5.7 | 4.3 | 4.1 |  |
Fast food chains (sex & age group n = 2301, SES n = 2284) | |||||||||||||
 Responsible | 80.0 | 81.1 | 0.796 | 79.8 | 80.4 | 82.4 | 78.9 | 81.3 | 0.145 | 79.6 | 80.2 | 81.6 | 0.298 |
 Somewhat responsible | 11.6 | 11.0 |  | 13.0 | 13.3 | 10.6 | 11.3 | 9.1 |  | 10.7 | 12.7 | 10.7 |  |
 Not responsible | 8.4 | 7.9 |  | 7.2 | 6.3 | 7.0 | 9.8 | 9.6 |  | 9.7 | 7.1 | 7.7 |  |
Food manufacturers (sex & age group n = 2319, SES n = 2302) | |||||||||||||
 Responsible | 81.8 | 84.7 | 0.139 | 82.3 | 85.1 | 83.5 | 83.3 | 82.5 | 0.063 | 81.3 | 84.3 | 84.3 | 0.529 |
 Somewhat responsible | 11.6 | 10.3 |  | 12.8 | 11.6 | 11.5 | 9.9 | 9.5 |  | 12.3 | 10.2 | 10.4 |  |
 Not responsible | 6.6 | 5.0 |  | 4.9 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 6.8 | 8.0 |  | 6.4 | 5.5 | 5.3 |  |
Yourself (sex & age group n = 2290, SES n = 2274) | |||||||||||||
 Very responsible or responsible | 91.8 | 95.2 | 0.004 | 93.5 | 93.2 | 92.9 | 93.1 | 95.5 | 0.569 | 93.3 | 93.1 | 94.5 | 0.685 |
 Somewhat responsible | 6.9 | 3.9 |  | 4.8 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 3.8 |  | 5.3 | 5.8 | 4.7 |  |
 Not responsible | 1.3 | 0.9 |  | 1.7 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 |  | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.8 |  |