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Table 1 Sample demographics, by country (n = 19,857)

From: A multi-country survey of public support for food policies to promote healthy diets: Findings from the International Food Policy Study

 

Australia, n = 3767

Canada, n = 3118

Mexico, n = 4057

UK, n = 4047

US, n = 4868

Unweighted

Weighted

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Weighted

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Unweighted

Weighted

Gender % (n)

 Male

40.0 (1505)

49.6 (1870)

43.9 (1370)

50.2 (1565)

49.7 (2017)

47.8 (1938)

48.7 (1.971)

49.8 (2016)

47.0 (2289)

49.8 (2424)

 Female

60.0 (2262)

50.4 (1897)

56.1 (1748)

49.8 (1553)

50.3 (2.040)

52.2 (2119)

51.3 (2.075)

50.2 (2031)

53.0 (2579)

50.2 (2444)

Age Mean (SD)

40.2 (14.6)

40.4 (13.3)

41.9 (15.4)

40.5 (13.7)

33.7 (11.4)

37.1 (12.6)

37.3 (13.3)

40.8 (13.2)

39.1 (14.0)

41.1 (13.5)

Education % (n)

 Low

27.0 (1018)

26.9 (1013)

15.5 (484)

14.1 (440)

18.1 (735)

17.0 (688)

24.6 (996)

25.5 (1033)

19.3 (941)

21.1 (1027)

 Medium

35.4 (1334)

35.2 (1324)

34.8 (1084)

34.4 (1072)

12.3 (501)

12.5 (508)

28.4 (1150)

28.3 (1145)

17.7 (863)

19.5 (947)

 High

36.9 (1390)

37.1 (1399)

48.9 (1525)

50.7 (1582)

68.4 (2774)

69.4 (2817)

46.1 (1865)

45.3 (1834)

62.5 (3043)

58.9 (2869)

 Not stated

0.7 (25)

0.8 (30)

0.8 (25)

0.8 (24)

1.2 (47)

1.1 (45)

0.9 (36)

0.9 (35)

0.4 (21)

0.5 (24)

Ethnicity % (n)

 Majority

83.2 (3134)

81.6 (3076)

70.0 (2184)

67.2 (2096)

86.0 (3489)

86.0 (3489)

87.8 (3.552)

88.4 (3579)

66.9 (3255)

65.0 (3166)

 Minority

16.1 (607)

17.5 (661)

27.8 (868)

39.5 (950)

12.5 (509)

12.7 (515)

11.3 (456)

10.4 (420)

32.2 (1568)

34.0 (1656)

 Not stated

0.7 (26)

0.8 (31)

2.1 (66)

2.3 (72)

1.5 (61)

1.3 (52)

1.0 (39)

1.2 (48)

0.9 (45)

0.9 (46)

BMI % (n)

 Underweight

3.1 (118)

2.8 (104)

2.8 (87)

2.9 (91)

2.6 (106)

2.5 (100)

3.9 (156)

3.6 (145)

2.4 (115)

2.8 (138)

 Normal weight

36.0 (1356)

36.5 (1374)

39.6 (1235)

40.2 (1255)

42.8 (1737)

40.8 (1655)

33.0 (1337)

31.4 (1270)

37.5 (1827)

35.4 (1722)

 Overweight

25.0 (941)

25.3 (954)

27.8 (868)

27.4 (854)

31.5 (1277)

33.1 (1341)

20.2 (819)

21.8 (881)

29.5 (1436)

30.4 (1479)

 Obese

20.3 (765)

18.8 (707)

18.3 (571)

17.4 (543)

16.0 (649)

17.1 (692)

11.6 (470)

12.5 (505)

22.1 (1078)

22.0 (1073)

 Missing

15.6 (587)

16.6 (628)

11.4 (357)

12.0 (376)

7.1 (288)

6.6 (269)

31.2 (1265)

30.8 (1248)

8.4 (412)

9.3 (455)

  1. Sample weights constructed using population estimates from the census in each country based on age group, gender and region