Table 2 Types of breakfast (%) usually consumed by Saudi children relative to gender (more than one choice was possible)
Variable | Boys | Girls | All | p-value a |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Spread cheese sandwich | 39.2 | 45.3 | 42.2 | 0.046 |
Fried egg sandwich | 45.1 | 37.1 | 41.1 | 0.008 |
Breakfast cereals | 30.2 | 38.4 | 34.3 | 0.003 |
Boiled egg sandwich | 27.5 | 26.7 | 27.1 | 0.762 |
Nutella sandwich | 16.6 | 23.5 | 20.1 | 0.006 |
Tuna sandwich | 13.6 | 20.1 | 16.8 | 0.005 |
Fava beans (Foul) | 17.0 | 14.4 | 15.7 | 0.242 |
Labneh sandwich b | 10.5 | 17.8 | 14.2 | 0.001 |
Croissant | 9.9 | 11.6 | 10.8 | 0.399 |
Cheese pie (Fataer Jubin) | 9.8 | 10.4 | 10.1 | 0.367 |
Thyme sandwich | 6.9 | 11.2 | 9.0 | 0.015 |
Peanut butter sandwich | 8.0 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 0.256 |
Falafel sandwich | 7.5 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 0.367 |
Jam sandwich | 7.1 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 0.184 |
Pancake | 4.6 | 7.2 | 5.9 | 0.073 |
Solid cheese sandwich | 5.0 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 0.251 |
Labneh pie (Fataer Labneh) | 4.0 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 0.078 |
Thyme pie (Fataer Zatar) | 3.8 | 6.4 | 5.1 | 0.055 |
Mortadella sandwich | 4.0 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 0.322 |
Yogurt-with or without fruits | 2.9 | 6.3 | 4.6 | 0.009 |
Oreo biscuit/other types of biscuit | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.908 |
Donuts | 2.7 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 0.140 |
Pizza | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 0.756 |
Hot dog | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 0.586 |
Hamburger | 3.4 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 0.179 |
Cake or cookies | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 0.871 |
Chickpeas (Hummus) sandwich | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 0.673 |
French fries | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 0.821 |
Baked potatoes | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.005 |
Other kinds of breakfast | 2.9 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 0.063 |