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Table 6 The baseline characteristics of questionnaire respondents by educational level

From: Changes in dietary habits during Covid-19 lockdown in Egypt: the Egyptian COVIDiet study

 

Educational Level

 

Total (n = 1010)

University (n = 629)

Postgraduate (n = 315)

Secondary (n = 66)

p-Value 1

Place of residence

     

Family home

541 (53.6%)

389 (61.8%)

98 (31.1%)

54 (81.8%)

0.07

Alone

469 (46.4%)

240 (38.2%)

217 (68.9%)

12 (18.2%)

Gender

     

Male

229 (22.7%)

166 (26.4%)

44 (14.0%)

19 (28.8%)

< 0.001*

Female

781 (77.3%)

463 (73.6%)

271 (86.0%)

47 (71.2%)

Children in Care

     

No

541 (53.6%)

389 (61.8%)

98 (31.1%)

54 (81.8%)

< 0.001*

Yes

469 (46.4%)

240 (38.2%)

217 (68.9%)

12 (18.2%)

Governorates

     

Alexandria

504 (49.9%)

329 (52.3%)

148 (47.0%)

27 (40.9%)

0.045

Delta

342 (33.9%)

208 (33.1%)

102 (32.4%)

32 (48.5%)

Cairo

114 (11.2%)

64 (10.2%)

45 (14.3%)

5 (7.6%)

Others

50 (05.0%)

28 (4.4%)

20 (6.3%)

2 (3.0%)

BMI (kg/m 2 )

     

< 19

23 (2.3%)

18 (2.9%)

3 (1.0%)

2 (3.0%)

< 0.001*

19-24.9

369 (36.5%)

241 (38.3%)

92 (29.2%)

36 (54.5%)

25-29.9

394 (39.0%)

249 (39.6%)

126 (40.0%)

19 (28.8%)

> 30

224 (22.2%)

121 (19.2%)

94 (29.8%)

9 (13.7%)

Age (years)

     

< 20

87 (8.6%)

52 (8.3%)

1 (0.3%)

34 (51.5%)

< 0.001*

21–35

683 (67.6%)

467 (74.2%)

194 (61.6%)

22 (33.3%)

36–50

219 (21.7%)

96 (15.3%)

115 (36.5%)

8 (12.1%)

> 50

21 (2.1%)

14 (2.2%)

5 (1.6%)

2 (3.1%)

  1. Chi square test (for categorical data) and Student’s t-test (continuous normal data) were used to analyze differences in means or proportions of the tested variables. 1 Significant difference (*) was considered at p < 0.05