| Question item summarized |
Males n(%) |
Females n(%) |
Statistics |
| Always eat breakfast before going to school |
|
|
Pearson Chi-square = 1.299 |
| (yes= 305) |
186(61.0%) |
119(39.0%) |
Sig (p- value) = 0.250 |
| Always eat breakfast before going to school |
299(58.0%) |
216(42.0%) |
df=1 |
| (no =515) |
|
| Number of times skipped breakfast in past week |
|
|
|
| Not skipped |
193(63.3%) |
112(36.7%) |
Pearson Chi-square = 3.045 |
| 1-2 times/week |
155(55.6%) |
124(44.4%) |
Sig (p- value) = 0.550 |
| 3-4 times/week |
75(57.7%) |
55(42.3%) |
df=4 |
| 5-6 times/week |
19(65.5%) |
10(34.5%) |
|
| 7 times/week |
43(55.8%) |
34(44.2%) |
|
| Number of times skipped lunch in past week |
|
|
|
| Not skipped |
263(53.6%) |
228(46.4%) |
Pearson Chi-square = 13.257 |
| 1-2 times/week |
146(68.5%) |
67(31.5%) |
Sig (p- value) = 0.010 |
| 3-4 times/week |
47(68.1%) |
22(31.9%) |
df=4 |
| 5-6 times/week |
16(61.5%) |
10(38.5%) |
|
| 7 times/week |
13(61.9%) |
8(38.1%) |
|
| Number of times skipped supper in past week |
|
|
|
| Not skipped |
287(53.9%) |
245(46.1%) |
Pearson Chi-square = 14.784 |
| 1-2 times/week |
128(65.6%) |
67(34.4%) |
Sig (p- value) = 0.005 |
| 3-4 times/week |
30(81.1%) |
7(18.9%) |
df=4 |
| 5-6 times/week |
16(76.2%) |
5(23.8%) |
|
| 7 times/week |
24(68.6%) |
11(31.4%) |
|
| Average number of cooked meals usually consumed per day |
|
|
|
| 1 meal |
|
|
|
| 2 meals |
49(60.5%) |
32(39.5%) |
Pearson Chi-square = 5.462 |
| 3 meals |
207(56.4%) |
160(43.6%) |
Sig (p- value) = 0.243 |
| 4 meals |
191(62.6%) |
114(37.4%) |
df=4 |
| >4 meals |
35(56.5%) |
27(43.5%) |
|
| |
3(60.0%) |
2(40.0%) |
|
| Snack preferences during the day |
|
|
|
| Soft drink |
175(61.0%) |
112(39.0%) |
Pearson Chi-square = 19.280 |
| Ice cream/(fan ice, yoghurt) |
128(61.5%) |
80(38.5%) |
Sig (p- value) = 0.004 |
| Pastries(meat pie, doughnut, cakes, cookies) |
98(55.4%) |
79(44.6%) |
df=4 |
| Fruit (banana, orange, water melon, pineapple) |
67(56.3%) |
52(43.7%) |
|
| No preference |
17(58.6%) |
12(41.4%) |
|
| Frequency of soft drink consumption (no. of bottles consumed per week) |
|
|
|
| None |
|
|
|
| 1-2 bottles/week |
152(54.9%) |
125(45.1%) |
Pearson Chi-square = 8.143 |
| 3-4 bottles/week |
185(61.5%) |
116(38.5%) |
Sig (p- value) = 0.086 |
| 5-6 bottles/week |
101(62.0%) |
62(38.0%) |
df=4 |
| >7 bottles/week |
20(57.1%) |
15(42.9%) |
|
| |
27(61.4%) |
17(38.6%) |
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