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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of youth and adult participants, International Food Policy Study, 2020 and 2021

From: Self-reported decreases in the purchases of selected unhealthy foods resulting from the implementation of warning labels in Mexican youth and adult population

 

Youth (14–17 y)

Adults (³18 y)

  
 

2020

2021

Both

2020

2021

Both

 

n sample

891

805

1,696

3,900

3,875

7,775

 
 

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

 

Age (years)*

15.3 (15.2, 15.4)

15.5 (15.4, 15.6)

15.4 (15.3, 15.4)

40.5 (39.9, 41.1)

40.9 (40.3, 41.6)

40.7 (40.3, 41.2)

 

Sex

       

Female

49.4 (45.4, 53.4)

49.3 (45.1, 53.5)

49.4 (46.5, 52.2)

51.8 (49.9, 53.7)

52.0 (50.2, 53.8)

51.9 (50.6, 53.2)

 

Male

50.6 (46.6, 54.6)

50.7 (46.5, 54.9)

50.6 (47.7, 53.5)

48.2 (46.3, 50.0)

47.9 (46.1, 49.8)

48.1 (46.7, 49.4)

 

Indigeneity

       

No

79.1 (74.8, 82.9)

75.4 (70.8, 79.5)

77.4 (74.3, 80.2)

80.8 (79.1, 82.4)

80.8 (79.1, 82.3)

80.7 (79.6, 81.9)

 

Yes

20.9 (17.1, 25.2)

24.6 (20.5, 29.2)

22.6 (19.8, 25.7)

19.2 (17.6, 20.9)

19.2 (17.7, 20.9)

19.2 (18.1, 20.4)

 

Income adequacy

       

Easy

38.9 (34.9, 43.0)

21.5 (18.4, 25.1)

20.8 (18.6, 23.2)

13.7 (12.6, 15.0)

19.4 (18.0, 20.8)

16.5 (15.6, 17.5)

 

Neither

38.6 (34.9, 42.5)

38.9 (34.9, 43.0)

38.8 (36.0, 41.6)

36.1 (34.3, 37.9)

40.8 (39.0, 42.7)

38.4 (37.2, 39.7)

 

Difficult

41.2 (37.2, 45.3)

39.5 (35.4, 43.7)

40.4 (37.6, 43.4)

50.2 (48.3, 52.1)

39.8 (37.9, 41.7)

44.9 (43.6, 46.3)

 

BMI category‡

       

Underweight/Normal weight

53.5 (49.5, 57.5)

55.0 (50.8, 59.2)

54.2 (51.3, 57.1)

38.0 (36.2, 39.8)

41.1 (39.3, 43.0)

39.6 (38.3, 40.8)

 

Overweight

22.1 (19.0, 25.5)

19.1 (16.1, 22.6)

20.7 (18.5, 23.1)

31.9 (30.2, 33.8)

30.6 (28.9, 32.3)

31.2 (30.0,32.5)

 

Obesity

4.4 (3.1, 6.2)

4.9 (3.5, 6.9)

4.6 (3.6, 5.9)

15.3 (13.9, 16.8)

14.8 (13.5, 16.2)

15.1 (14.1, 16.1)

 

Missing

20.0 (16.9, 23.6)

20.9 (17.7, 24.4)

20.5 (18.2, 22.9)

14.7 (13.4, 16.1)

13.4 (12.1, 14.7)

14.0 (13.1, 15.0)

 

Education level

       

Low

   

21.4 (19.9, 23.0)

19.1 (17.7, 20.5)

20.2 (19.2, 21.3)

 

Medium

   

13.6 (12.2, 14.9)

14.2 (12.9, 15.6)

13.8 (12.9, 14.8)

 

High

   

65.0 (63.2, 66.8)

66.8 (64.9, 68.5)

65.9 (64.6, 67.1)

 

Children in the household

       

No

   

51.2 (49.3, 53.1)

50.4 (48.5, 52.3)

50.8 (49.5, 52.1)

 

Yes

   

48.7 (46.8, 50.6)

49.6 (47.7, 51.4)

49.2 (47.8, 50.5)

 

Food shopping role

       

Most

   

73.6 (72.0, 75.2)

73.2 (71.6, 74.8)

73.4 (72.2, 74.6)

 

Some or None

   

26.4 (24.7, 28.0)

26.7 (25.1, 28.4)

26.5 (25.4, 27.7)

 

Nutrition knowledge

       

Not knowledgeable

   

31.4 (29.7, 33.1)

33.9 (32.2, 35.7)

32.7 (31.4, 33.9)

 

Somewhat

   

55.5 (53.6, 57.4)

50.8 (48.9, 52.7)

53.2 (51.8, 54.5)

 

Knowledgeable

   

13.1 (11.8, 14.5)

15.2 (13.9, 16.6)

14.2 (13.2, 15.1)

 
  1. *Means. Bold numbers indicate p value < 0.05 among study years ‡For adults, BMI was categorized as < 25 (Underweight or Normal weight), 25–29 (Overweight), and ≥ 30 (Obesity). For youth, BMI z-score was categorized as ≤ 1 (Severe thinness/Thinness/Normal), > 1 to ≤ 2 (Overweight), or > 2 (Obesity)
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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

ISSN: 1479-5868

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