Association of food insecurity with dietary patterns and expenditure on food, alcohol and tobacco amongst indigenous Inuit in Greenland: results from a population health survey

Table 2 Population characteristics of all 2436 Greenland Inuit in the 2018 Greenland Population Health Survey and of 1886 urban Inuit with valid information on diet

	N	Median (IQR)	N	Median (IQR)
Age (years)	2436	49 (34–61)	1886	49 (35–61)
	N	%	N	%
Men	1086	44.6	842	44.6
Women	1350	55.4	1044	55.4
	2436	100	1886	100
Place of residence
Town	2005	82.3	1886	100
Village	431	17.7	–	–
	2436	100	1886	100
Household Asset Score
0–2	476	19.5	320	17.0
3	357	14.7	272	14.4
4	498	20.4	361	19.1
5	650	26.7	506	26.8
6	455	18.7	427	22.6
	2436	100	1886	100
Highest attained education^a
Primary school	1128	49.7	763	43.0
Upper secondary school	85	3.7	73	4.1
Short vocational (< 2 years)	741	32.6	642	36.2
Medium long (2–3 years)	290	12.8	270	15.2
Long, university(4+ years)	26	1.1	25	1.4
Missing	90	–	57	–
	2360	100	1830	100
Job category^b
Not working	344	18.0	239	16.2
Students	106	5.5	97	6.6
Unskilled labourers	692	36.2	497	33.7
Hunters/fishermen and families	113	5.9	51	3.5
Skilled workers	428	22.4	382	25.9
White collar employees	229	12.0	207	14.1
Missing	36	–	32	–
	1912	100	1505	100
Food security
Secure	2197	90.3	1711	90.7
Insecure	235	9.7	175	9.3
Missing	4	–	–	–
	2436	100	1886	100

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