Table 8 Behavioural practices to reduce salt intake performed in the past month by demographic characteristicsa
Group | Sex (n = 2398) | Age group (years) (n = 2398) | SES (n = 2377) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | P-value | 18–24 | 25–34 | 35–44 | 45–54 | 55–65 | P-value | Low | Mid | High | P-value | |
% | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | ||||
Used spices/herbs instead of salt when cooking | |||||||||||||
Often or always do this | 45.4 | 59.3 | <0.001 | 53.0 | 47.1 | 48.8 | 55.1 | 60.9 | <0.001 | 47.5 | 52.0 | 58.4 | <0.001 |
Sometimes do this | 29.1 | 22.5 | 27.5 | 29.7 | 26.2 | 23.3 | 21.9 | 26.1 | 27.1 | 23.5 | |||
Never or rarely do this | 21.0 | 15.9 | 14.3 | 19.9 | 20.5 | 19.5 | 15.0 | 22.6 | 16.7 | 16.1 | |||
Does not apply to me | 4.5 | 2.3 | 5.2 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 2.0 | |||
Avoided eating food from fast food restaurants (e.g. McDonalds, KFC, Pizza Hut) | |||||||||||||
Often or always do this | 47.1 | 57.1 | <0.001 | 44.2 | 47.1 | 47.3 | 51.5 | 67.2 | <0.001 | 41.0 | 48.6 | 64.0 | <0.001 |
Sometimes do this | 24.0 | 24.0 | 24.7 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 23.2 | 18.2 | 25.8 | 28.3 | 19.6 | |||
Never or rarely do this | 25.3 | 17.1 | 26.3 | 22.7 | 22.4 | 22.0 | 14.1 | 30.1 | 20.7 | 14.4 | |||
Does not apply to me | 3.5 | 1.8 | 4.8 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 2.0 | |||
Avoided eating packaged, ready-to-eat foods | |||||||||||||
Often or always do this | 41.5 | 52.2 | <0.001 | 41.8 | 41.8 | 43.5 | 46.9 | 59.1 | <0.001 | 37.2 | 46.1 | 56.0 | <0.001 |
Sometimes do this | 27.8 | 27.6 | 27.5 | 30.3 | 29.6 | 27.6 | 23.9 | 27.9 | 28.9 | 26.4 | |||
Never or rarely do this | 27.5 | 18.6 | 26.3 | 25.4 | 24.1 | 23.2 | 16.2 | 32.3 | 22.2 | 16.2 | |||
Does not apply to me | 3.2 | 1.6 | 4.4 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 1.4 | |||
Purchased foods labelled “no added salt”, “salt reduced” or “reduced sodium” | |||||||||||||
Often or always do this | 32.6 | 40.8 | <0.001 | 29.4 | 34.2 | 32.4 | 38.3 | 46.3 | <0.001 | 32.2 | 35.8 | 42.0 | 0.001 |
Sometimes do this | 32.7 | 29.9 | 32.7 | 33.6 | 34.5 | 30.9 | 25.4 | 31.7 | 32.3 | 29.6 | |||
Never or rarely do this | 31.3 | 27.8 | 33.9 | 30.1 | 30.6 | 28.6 | 26.3 | 33.3 | 28.9 | 27.0 | |||
Does not apply to me | 3.4 | 1.5 | 4.0 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 1.4 | |||
Avoided eating food from an Asian style restaurant or takeaway store (e.g. Chinese, Thai, Indian) | |||||||||||||
Often or always do this | 32.4 | 34.6 | <0.001 | 27.1 | 31.8 | 31.5 | 31.7 | 41.4 | 0.001 | 28.4 | 31.7 | 38.6 | <0.001 |
Sometimes do this | 26.1 | 32.4 | 31.1 | 30.9 | 27.5 | 30.7 | 29.0 | 27.6 | 31.3 | 29.8 | |||
Never or rarely do this | 37.3 | 29.4 | 36.2 | 33.0 | 36.2 | 33.5 | 27.8 | 38.7 | 32.9 | 29.1 | |||
Does not apply to me | 4.2 | 3.6 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 1.8 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 2.5 | |||
Looked at a food label to check the salt/sodium content of a food item | |||||||||||||
Often or always do this | 28.3 | 32.0 | 0.014 | 23.5 | 27.9 | 29.4 | 29.4 | 38.5 | <0.001 | 25.5 | 30.2 | 34.1 | 0.001 |
Sometimes do this | 26.3 | 25.6 | 28.3 | 24.5 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 24.6 | 25.5 | 28.4 | 24.2 | |||
Never or rarely do this | 42.3 | 40.9 | 43.8 | 44.7 | 43.2 | 43.2 | 35.7 | 46.5 | 38.7 | 40.3 | |||
Does not apply to me | 3.1 | 1.5 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 1.4 | |||
When eating out, asked to have your meal prepared without salt | |||||||||||||
Often or always do this | 16.3 | 8.6 | <0.001 | 11.9 | 17.8 | 15.2 | 6.8 | 8.6 | <0.001 | 10.3 | 9.9 | 14.5 | <0.001 |
Sometimes do this | 14.3 | 9.1 | 10.4 | 12.7 | 13.5 | 11.5 | 8.7 | 9.4 | 14.5 | 10.2 | |||
Never or rarely do this | 65.8 | 79.6 | 72.5 | 65.4 | 68.5 | 79.4 | 80.5 | 77.0 | 72.2 | 72.9 | |||
Does not apply to me | 3.6 | 2.7 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.4 | |||