From: Association between depression and fruit and vegetable consumption among adults in South Asia
Variables | Bangladesh | India | Nepal |
---|---|---|---|
Age Mean(SD) | 39.66 (15.31) | 39.11 (15.32) | 42.65 (16.58) |
18–29 | 28.6 | 30.7 | 24.7 |
30–39 | 26.4 | 25.2 | 23.6 |
40–49 | 20.6 | 18.0 | 19.0 |
50–59 | 11.4 | 12.3 | 12.5 |
60+ | 13.0 | 13.7 | 20.2 |
Sex | |||
Female | 57.2 | 52.2 | 63.1 |
Male | 42.8 | 47.8 | 36.9 |
Currently married | |||
Yes | 57.2 | 76.8 | 80.8 |
No | 42.8 | 23.2 | 19.2 |
Educational attainment | |||
Nil | 44.2 | 39.6 | 69.3 |
Primary | 43.1 | 27.0 | 21.5 |
Secondary | 9.7 | 23.0 | 8.5 |
Pre-university/University | 3.0 | 10.3 | 0.6 |
Job | |||
Govt. employee | 2.7 | 4.7 | 2.3 |
Private employee | 5.5 | 10.4 | 1.5 |
Employer | 36.9 | 39.3 | 63.0 |
Not working for payment | 54.9 | 45.7 | 33.1 |
Smoking habit | |||
Daily | 41.0 | 31.2 | 39.2 |
Yes. not daily | 4.8 | 3.0 | 6.3 |
Non-smoker | 54.2 | 65.7 | 54.5 |
Alcohol | |||
Yes | 6.5 | 10.5 | 36.1 |
No | 93.5 | 89.5 | 63.9 |
Satisfaction with health | |||
Very dissatisfied | 7.9 | 5.1 | 6.8 |
Dissatisfied | 18.1 | 14.9 | 23.3 |
Neither | 31.3 | 21.5 | 28.0 |
Satisfied | 35.5 | 48.8 | 38.5 |
Very Satisfied | 7.2 | 9.8 | 3.4 |
Fruit consumption | |||
<5 | 94.9 | 94.9 | 91.4 |
5 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 6.5 |
5+ | 2.6 | 2.9 | 1.1 |
Vegetable consumption | |||
<5 | 86.2 | 94.4 | 97.3 |
5 | 4.2 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
5+ | 9.6 | 4.3 | 1.2 |