Table 2 Descriptive statistics of loneliness and meeting the recommendations for health behavioursa
Variable | Respondents (N = 5835) |
|---|---|
Loneliness n(%) | Â |
Higher | 1035 (17.7) |
Lower | 4423 (75.8) |
Missing | 377 (6.5) |
MVPAb recommendations n(%) | Â |
Not meeting | 3359 (57.6) |
Meeting | 1790 (30.7) |
Missing | 686 (11.8) |
Fibre recommendations n(%) | Â |
Not meeting | 3914 (67.1) |
Meeting | 667 (11.4) |
Missing | 1254 (21.5) |
Fruit and Vegetable recommendations n(%) | Â |
Not meeting | 4006 (68.7) |
Meeting | 1659 (28.4) |
Missing | 170 (2.9) |
Fat recommendations n(%) | Â |
Not meeting | 1769 (30.3) |
Meeting | 2300 (39.4) |
Missing | 1766 (30.3) |
Sugar recommendations n(%) | Â |
Not meeting | 2663 (45.6) |
Meeting | 2694 (46.2) |
Missing | 478 (8.2) |
Red meat recommendations n(%) | Â |
Not meeting | 139 (2.4) |
Meeting | 5035 (86.3) |
Missing | 661 (11.3) |
Processed meat recommendations n(%) | Â |
Not meeting | 2861 (49.0) |
Meeting | 2640 (45.2) |
Missing | 334 (5.7) |
Alcohol recommendations n(%) | Â |
Not meeting | 714 (12.2) |
Meeting | 4848 (83.1) |
Missing | 273 (4.7) |
Smoking recommendations n(%) | Â |
Not meeting (i.e., current smoker) | 347 (5.9) |
Meeting (i.e., current nonsmoker) | 5445 (93.3) |
Missing | 43 (0.7) |
BMIc recommendations n(%) | Â |
Not meeting | 3521 (60.3) |
Meeting | 1978 (33.9) |
Missing | 336 (5.8) |