Table 5 Univariate association between social and demographic factors and plate wastage
Top 3 Wasted food | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics | Rice | p-value | Vegetable | p-value | Fish, meat, & poultry | p-value | |||
| Â | No rice waste | Had rice waste | Â | No vegetable waste | Had vegetable waste | Â | No meat waste | Had meat waste | Â |
n (Column %) | n (Column %) | Â | n (Column %) | n (Column %) | Â | n (Column %) | n (Column %) | Â | |
All | 12,373 (61.4) | 7,778 (38.6) | Â | 17,955 (89.1) | 2,196 (10.9) | Â | 18,571 (92.1) | 1,580 (7.8) | Â |
Household head characteristics | |||||||||
Age group | |||||||||
 18–29 years old | 876 (7.1) | 416 5.3) | 0.005* | 1,183 (6.6) | 109 (5) | 0.112NS | 1,213 (6.5) | 79 (5) | 0.217NS |
 30–49 years old | 5,612 (45.4) | 3,349 (43) |  | 8,017 (44.6) | 944 (43) |  | 8,303 (44.7) | 658 (41.7) |  |
 50–69 years old | 4,713 (38.1) | 3,269 (42) |  | 7,029 (39.1) | 953 (43.4) |  | 7,291 (39.3) | 692 (43.8) |  |
 70 + years old | 1173 (9.5) | 744 (9.6) |  | 1,725(9.6) | 190 (8.7) |  | 1,766 (9.5) | 150 (9.5) |  |
Sex | |||||||||
 Male | 9,292 (75.1) | 6,143 (79) |  < 0.001* | 13,724 (76.4) | 1,711 (77.9) | 0.419NS | 14,252 (76.7) | 1,184(75) | 0.256NS |
 Female | 3,081 (24.9) | 1,635 (21) |  | 4,230 (23.6) | 486 (22.1) |  | 4,320 (23.3) | 396 (25) |  |
Educational attainment | |||||||||
 No Grade Completed | 265 (2.1) | 151 (1.9) | 0.013* | 370 (2.1) | 46 (2.1) | 0.192NS | 403 (2.2) | 12 (0.8) | 0.001* |
 At Least Elementary Level | 4,181 (33.8) | 2,925 (37.6) |  | 6,417 (35.7) | 688 (35.7) |  | 6,661 (35.9) | 445 (28.1) |  |
 At Least High School Level | 5,451 (44.1) | 3,377 (43.4) |  | 7,799 (43.4) | 1,028 (46.8) |  | 8,077 (43.5) | 752 (47.6) |  |
 At Least College Level | 2,419 (19.5) | 1,311 (16.9) |  | 3,302 (18.4) | 429 (19.5) |  | 3,361 (18.1) | 369 (23.3) |  |
 Others (SPED, Arabic, etc.) | 57 (0.5) | 14 (0.2) |  | 65 (0.4) | 5 (0.2) |  | 69 (0.4) | 2 (0.1) |  |
Household size | |||||||||
  ≤ 5 members | 8,331 (67.3) | 4,966 (63.8) | 0.003* | 11,981 (66.7) | 1,317(60) |  < 0.001* | 12,209 (65.7) | 1,089 (68.9) | 0.199NS |
  > 5 members | 4,042 (32.7) | 2,813 (36.2) |  | 5,973 (33.3) | 880 (40) |  | 6,362 (34.3) | 491 (31.1) |  |
Type of residence | |||||||||
 Rural | 6,415 (51.8) | 4,945 (63.6) |  < 0.001* | 10,160 (56.6) | 1,200 (54.6) | 0.527NS | 10,599 (57.1) | 761(48.2) | 0.122NS |
 Urban | 5,957 (48.2) | 2,833 (36.2) |  | 7,794 (43.4) | 996 (45.4) |  | 7,973 (42.9) | 819 (51.8) |  |
Wealth quintile | |||||||||
 Poorest | 2,602 (21) | 1,679 (21.6) | 0.507NS | 3,903 (21.7) | 379 (17.3) | 0.005* | 4,099 (22.1) | 182 (11.5) |  < 0.001* |
 Poor | 2,748 (22.2) | 1,770 (22.8) |  | 4,065 (22.6) | 453 (20.6) |  | 4,240 (22.8) | 278 (17.6) |  |
 Middle | 2,518 (20.3) | 1,628 (20.9) |  | 3,726 (20.7) | 420 (19.1) |  | 3,822 (20.6) | 323 (20.5) |  |
 Rich | 2,378 (19.2) | 1,510 (19.4) |  | 3,399 (18.9) | 489 (22.2) |  | 3,486 (18.8) | 403 (25.5) |  |
 Richest | 2,128 (17.2) | 1,192 (15.3) |  | 2,864 (15.9) | 455 (20.7) |  | 2,925 (15.7) | 395 (25) |  |
Household food security | |||||||||
 Food Secure | 5,761 (46.6) | 3,273 (42.1) | 0.006* | 8,008 (44.6) | 1,026 (46.7) | 0.355NS | 8,190 (44.1) | 843 (53.4) | 0.010* |
 Mild Food Insecure | 1,402 (11.3) | 1,131 (14.5) |  | 2,243 (12.5) | 290 (13.2) |  | 2,329 (12.5) | 205 (13) |  |
 Moderate Food Insecure | 3,560 (28.8) | 2,435 (31.3) |  | 5,368 (29.9) | 626 (28.5) |  | 5,603 (30.2) | 391 (24.7) |  |
 Severe Food Insecure | 1,651 (13.3) | 940 (12.1) |  | 2,336 (13) | 255 (11.6) |  | 2,450 (13.2) | 141 (8.9) |  |