Table 4 Respondents’ attitudes towards nutrition by gender
Questions | Male (n = 91) | Female (n = 97) | Total (n = 188) | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
In your opinion, is nutrition important to your health? | |||||||
  Very important | 75 | 82.4 | 79 | 81.4 | 154 | 81.9 | 0.181 |
  Important | 9 | 9.9 | 16 | 16.5 | 25 | 13.3 | |
  Not sure | 5 | 5.5 | 1 | 1.0 | 6 | 3.2 | |
  Not important | 2 | 2.2 | 1 | 1.0 | 3 | 1.6 | |
Which aspect do you think to be the most important aspect when you are buying foods? | |||||||
  The brand is famous | 8 | 8.8 | 9 | 9.3 | 17 | 9.0 | 0.572 |
  The quality is good | 44 | 48.4 | 55 | 56.7 | 99 | 52.7 | |
  The nutrition is balanced | 35 | 38.5 | 31 | 32.0 | 66 | 35.1 | |
  The package is exquisite | 4 | 4.4 | 2 | 2.1 | 6 | 3.2 | |
Which aspect do you want to know most? | |||||||
  Food safety | 63 | 69.2 | 54 | 55.7 | 117 | 62.2 | 0.065 |
  Nutrition issue | 18 | 19.8 | 27 | 27.8 | 45 | 23.9 | |
  Food taste | 7 | 7.7 | 16 | 16.5 | 23 | 12.2 | |
  Food appearance | 3 | 3.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.6 | |
What is your attitude to expired food? | |||||||
  Do not care about the expiration date of food | 7 | 7.7 | 7 | 7.2 | 14 | 7.4 | 0.432 |
  Throw away | 71 | 78.0 | 83 | 85.6 | 154 | 81.9 | |
  Continue to eat if it only expiration date has been surpassed by only 1 or 2 days | 12 | 13.2 | 6 | 6.2 | 18 | 9.6 | |
  Continue to eat if there is no obvious qualitative change | 1 | 1.1 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 1.1 | |
Do you think it is important to develop healthy dietary habits? | |||||||
  Very important | 67 | 73.6 | 76 | 78.4 | 143 | 76.1 | 0.764 |
  Important | 19 | 20.9 | 15 | 15.5 | 34 | 18.1 | |
  Not sure | 4 | 4.4 | 4 | 4.1 | 8 | 4.3 | |
  Not important | 1 | 1.1 | 2 | 2.0 | 3 | 1.6 | |