Table 3 Comparisons of weight, physical activity, and food insecurity, by household income and gender
From: Dietary trends among young adults during the COVID-19 lockdown: socioeconomic and gender disparities
| Â | Â | Â | Household Income | Gender | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Â | Overall n (%) | Lower n (%) | Higher n (%) | P-value | Male n (%) | Female n (%) | P-value |
Change in weight | Sig. decrease | 6 (2.4) | 3 (1.9) | 3 (3.1) | .024 | 3 (4.2) | 3 (1.7) | .032 |
Decrease | 38 (15.0) | 20 (12.7) | 18 (18.8) | 4 (5.6) | 32 (17.8) | |||
No change | 102 (40.2) | 55 (35.0) | 47 (49.0) | 37 (52.1) | 65 (36.1) | |||
Increase | 93 (35.6) | 67 (42.7) | 25 (26.0) | 24 (33.8) | 68 (37.8) | |||
Sig. increase | 15 (5.9) | 12 (7.6) | 3 (3.1) | 3 (4.2) | 12 (6.7) | |||
Change in physical activity | Much less | 28 (11.0) | 17 (10.8) | 11 (11.5) | .882 | 13 (18.3) | 13 (7.2) | .061 |
Somewhat less | 56 (22.0) | 38 (24.2) | 18 (18.8) | 17 (23.9) | 38 (21.1) | |||
No change | 72 (28.3) | 44 (28.0) | 27 (28.1) | 20 (28.2) | 52 (28.9) | |||
Somewhat more | 68 (26.8) | 40 (25.5) | 28 (29.2) | 16 (22.5) | 52 (28.9) | |||
Much more | 30 (11.8) | 18 (11.5) | 12 (12.5) | 5 (7.0) | 25 (13.9) | |||
Food insecurity-worried about next meal | Never, always enough | 185 (72.8) | 100 (63.7) | 84 (87.5) | .001 | 45 (63.4) | 139 (77.2) | .015 |
Once or twice | 29 (11.4) | 23 (14.6) | 6 (6.3) | 7 (9.9) | 21 (11.7) | |||
Occasionally | 28 (11.0) | 24 (15.3) | 4 (4.2) | 12 (16.9) | 15 (8.3) | |||
Regularly | 7 (2.8) | 5 (3.2) | 2 (2.1) | 3 (4.2) | 4 (2.2) | |||
Most of the time | 5 (2.0) | 5 (3.2) | 0 (0) | 4 (5.6) | 1 (.6) | |||
Food insecurity-Not enough to eat | Never, always enough | 159 (62.6) | 83 (52.9) | 75 (78.1) | .001 | 39 (54.9) | 119 (66.10) | .392 |
Once or twice | 40 (15.7) | 34 (21.7) | 6 (6.3) | 13 (18.3) | 26 (14.4) | |||
Occasionally | 38 (15.0) | 28 (17.8) | 10 (10.4) | 12 (16.9) | 26 (14.4) | |||
Regularly | 10 (3.9) | 7 (4.5) | 3 (3.1) | 5 (7.0) | 5 (2.8) | |||
Most of the time | 7 (2.8) | 5 (3.2) | 2 (2.1) | 2 (2.8) | 4 (2.2) | |||