| Â | Selected food items, vegetables and fruits purchasedb |
|---|
Cerealsc | Starch d | Meat e | Vegetables f | Fruit g | Bread h | SSBsi | Snackj | Sugark |
|---|
Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural |
|---|
n (%)l |
|---|
Daily/Weekly | 117 (28.0) | 14 (12.0) | 54 (12.9) | 7 (6.0) | 163 (39.0) | 43 (36.8) | 257 (61.5) | 65 (55.6) | 390 (93.39) | 60 (51.3) | 377 (90.2) | 96 (82.1) | 250 (59.8) | 18 (15.4) | 253 (60.5) | 18 (15.4) | 136 (32.5) | 3 (2.6) |
Monthly+ | 301 (72.0) | 103 (88.0) | 364 (87.1) | 110 (96.0) | 255 (61.0) | 74 (63.2) | 161 (38.0) | 52 (44.4) | 28 (6.7) | 57 (48.7) | 41 (9.8) | 21 (17.9) | 168 (40.2) | 99 (84.6) | 165 (39.5) | 99 (84.6) | 282 (67.5) | 114 (97.4) |
p-value** |
0.001
|
0.015
| 0.747 | 0.285 |
0.001
|
0.021
|
0.001
| 0.001 |
0.001
|
- a Urban Township (Langa) and Rural (Mount Frere) Community
- b Food items, vegetables and fruits purchased were reported in numbers (and frequency) – n(%)
- c – Cereals – oats, corn flakes, Weetabix, bran flakes, etc.;
- d – Starch – maize meal, samp (grounded maize), rice, flour, and pasta
- e – Meat – chicken, beef, mutton, pork, sausage;
- f – Vegetables – cabbage, spinach, pumpkin, carrots
- g – Fruit – Apple, pears, oranges, grapes, mango, avocado, banana;
- h – Bread – brown, white and whole wheat
- i – Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) – 100% fruit juice, fizzy drinks, /Soft drinks;
- j – Snacks –Potato chips, peanuts, candies, biscuit, cakes
- k – Sugar – white or brown granulated sugar
- l - Number and proportion of respondents that purchase food items and fruits/vegetables daily/weekly and monthly
- ** p-value is at 95% confidence interval, and are reported for the comparison of purchases (daily to monthly) between the urban and rural communities. Bolded p-values are those comparisions that are statistically significant
