Table 3 Traditional food consumption trends and selected participant characteristics
From: Facilitators and barriers to the consumption of traditional foods among adults in Zimbabwe
| Â | Traditional food consumption frequency n (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Never | Once per month | 1–2 times per week |  > 2 times per week |  > 3 times per week | Daily | P value1 | |
Total | 20 (4.9) | 123 (30.1) | 96 (23.5) | 64 (15.6) | 68 (16.6) | 38 (9.3) | Â |
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Male | 4 (20) | 41 (33.3) | 23 (24) | 29 (45.3) | 17 (25.4) | 11 (28.9) | 0.05 |
female | 16 (80) | 82 (66.7) | 73 (76) | 35 (54.7) | 50 (74.6) | 27 (71.1) | Â |
Age category in years | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
18–30 | 10 (52.6) | 54 (44.3) | 45 (46.9) | 32 (51.6) | 29 (46) | 19 (54.3) | 0.89 |
31–40 | 7 (36.8) | 50 (41) | 38 (39.6) | 17 (27.4) | 24 (38.1) | 8 (22.9) |  |
41–49 | 1 (5.3) | 13 (10.7) | 9 (9.4) | 9 (14.5) | 8 (12.7) | 6 (17.1) |  |
50–69 | 1 (5.3 | 5 (4.1) | 4 (4.2) | 4 (6.5) | 2 (3.2) | 2 (5.7) |  |
Education level | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Ordinary level | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (2.1) | 2 (3.1) | 1 (1.5) | 1(2.6) | 0.36 |
Advanced level | 1 (5.0) | 3 (2.4) | 6 (6.3) | 3 (4.7) | 3 (4.5) | 0 (0.0) | Â |
Tertiary level | 19 (95.0) | 120 (97.6) | 88 (91.7) | 88 (91.7) | 63 (94.0) | 37 (97.4) | Â |
Employment status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Employed | 4 (70) | 101 (82.1) | 61 (63.5) | 41 (65.1) | 43 (64.2) | 20 (52.6) | 0.004* |
Not employed | 6 (30) | 22 (17.9) | 35 (36.5) | 22 (34.9) | 24 (35.8) | 18 (47.4) | Â |
Province | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Urban | 10 (55.6) | 78 (70.9) | 52 (58.4) | 27 (46.6) | 37 (60.7) | 23 (65.7) | 0.06 |
Rural | 8 (44.4) | 32 (29.1) | 37 (41.6) | 31 (53.4) | 24 (39.3) | 12 (34.3 | Â |
Who do you stay with | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Family | 17 (85.0) | 105 (85.4) | 83 (86.5) | 60 (93.8) | 61 (89.7) | 34 (89.5) | 0.91 |
Friends | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.8) | 1 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | Â |
Alone | 3 (15.0) | 17 (13.8) | 12 (12.5) | 4 (6.3) | 4 (10.5) | 4 (10.5) | Â |
Nutritional status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Underweight | 2 (10) | 5 (4.1) | 3 (3.1) | 3 (4.7) | 3 (4.4) | 0 (0) | 0.83 |
Normal | 9 (45) | 42 (34.1) | 35 (36.5) | 26 (40.6) | 24 (35.3) | 13 (34.2) | Â |
Overweight | 5(25) | 56 (45.5) | 45 (46.9) | 27 (42.2) | 35 (51.5) | 19 (50) | Â |
Obesity | 4 (20) | 20 (16.3) | 13 (13.5) | 8 (12.5) | 6 (8.8) | 6 (15.8) | Â |
Religion | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
None | 1 (5.0) | 1 (0.8) | 1 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0.72 |
Christian | 18 (90.0) | 117 (95.9) | 92 (96.8) | 60 (93.8) | 63 (95.5) | 37 (97.4) | Â |
Muslim | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | Â |
AFR | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.5) | 1 (2.6) | Â |
Apostolic sect | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.8) | 1 (1.1) | 2 (3.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | Â |
Other | 1 (5.0) | 1 (0.8) | 1 (1.1) | 1 (1.6) | 1 (1.5) | 0 (0.0) | Â |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Single | 10 (50.0) | 52 (42.3) | 45 (47.4) | 31 (48.4) | 27 (40.3) | 25 (65.8) | 0.32 |
Married | 10 (50.0) | 68 (55.3) | 46 (48.4) | 31 (48.4) | 36 (53.7) | 11 (28.9) | Â |
Divorced | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.8) | 3 (3.2) | 2 (3.1) | 2 (3.0) | 0 (0.0) | Â |
Widowed | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.6) | 1 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (3.0) | 2 (5.3) | Â |