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Table 9 Discretionary salt use behaviours by demographic characteristicsa,b

From: Knowledge, attitudes and behaviours related to dietary salt among adults in the state of Victoria, Australia 2015

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

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

How often do you add salt to your food at the table? (sex & age group n = 2381, SES n = 2364)

 Often or always

28.6

20.8

<0.001

23.3

29.2

27.5

23.1

18.4

<0.001

25.4

24.5

23.0

0.668

 Sometimes

25.4

23.1

 

27.3

25.4

25.3

22.4

22.1

 

25.0

23.7

23.8

 

 Never or rarely

46.0

56.1

 

49.4

45.4

47.2

54.5

59.5

 

49.6

51.8

53.2

 

In the food you eat at home, how often is salt added during cooking? (sex & age group n = 2369, SES n = 2354)

 Often or always

42.3

33.1

<0.001

48.6

49.3

39.1

31.4

25.0

<0.001

41.0

32.9

43.2

<0.001

 Sometimes

27.4

24.1

 

26.1

26.2

28.5

25.5

22.2

 

27.1

25.8

24.2

 

 Never or rarely

30.3

42.8

 

25.3

24.5

32.4

43.1

52.8

 

31.9

41.3

32.6

 

Do you place a salt shaker on your table at meal times? (sex & age group n = 2378, SES n = 2363)

 Often or always

32.4

24.7

<0.001

29.5

30.2

27.7

26.7

27.1

0.927

35.4

28.2

23.1

<0.001

 Sometimes

20.6

19.2

 

20.1

20.1

20.0

20.2

18.9

 

17.9

21.2

20.1

 

 Never or rarely

47.0

56.1

 

50.4

49.7

52.3

53.1

54.0

 

46.7

50.6

56.8

 
  1. aAssociation between categorical variables assessed by Chi-square test. Significant findings (i.e. P < 0.05) are shown in bold
  2. bParticipants who responded ‘don’t know’ were removed from this analysis