Table 1

Demographics, eating preference and daily fruit and vegetable consumption

			% preferring ‘feel good’ foods rather than healthy foods					% reporting low (≤2 portions) daily fruit and vegetable consumption
	n	Per cent	n	Per cent	χ²	DF	p Value	n	Per cent	χ²	DF	p Value
All	11 243	100	5954	53				1706	15
Age groups
18–24	975	9	622	64				197	20
25–39	2462	22	1466	60				461	19
40–54	2402	21	1287	54				386	16
55–64	1761	16	848	48				244	14
65+	3643	32	1731	48	148.836	4	<0.001	418	11	85.909	4	<0.001
Gender
Male	4672	42	2746	59				879	19
Female	6571	58	3208	49	108.624	1	<0.001	827	13	82.302	1	<0.001
Ethnicity
White	10 774	96	5706	53				1668	15
Non-white	469	4	248	53	0.001	1	0.972	38	8	19.014	1	<0.001
Deprivation quintile
(least deprived) 1	1410	13	514	36				94	67
2	1501	13	652	43				153	10
3	1566	14	770	49				195	12
4	2042	18	1148	56				292	14
(most deprived) 5	4724	42	2870	61	341.749	4	<0.001	972	21	225.532	4	<0.001
Adult well-being
High	9736	87	5043	52				1309	13
Low	1507	13	911	60	39.229	1	<0.001	397	26	168.687	1	<0.001
Childhood experience
Happy non-violent	9378	83	4846	52				1245	13
Unhappy non-violent	605	5	329	54				124	21
Happy violent	545	5	302	55				89	16
Unhappy violent	715	6	477	67	62.318	3	<0.001	248	35	251.604	3	<0.001