A Scientific Assessment of Sociodemographic Factors, Physical Activity Level, and Nutritional Knowledge as Determinants of Dietary Quality among Indo-Mauritian Women

Table 2

Percentage distribution of sample sociodemographic characteristics.

Demographic characteristics	18–25 years; (𝑛=117)	26–44; (𝑛=160)	45–55 years; (𝑛=50)	𝑃 value
Area of residence
Urban	52.1	40.0	34.0	0.199
Rural	47.9	60.0	66.0
Ethnic group
Indo-Mauritian	94.0	80.6	90.0	0.050*
Afro-Mauritian	6.0	15.6	8.0
Sino-Mauritian	0.0	2.5	2.0
Europids	0.0	1.3	0.0
Marital status
Single	85.5	11.9	6.0	0.000**
Married	14.5	86.3	88.0
Divorced/separated	0.0	1.3	2.0
Widowed	0.0	0.6	4.0
Cohabitation	0.0	0.0	0.0
Family structure
Nuclear	81.2	79.4	72.0	0.402
Extended	18.8	20.6	28.0
Employment status
Full time	29.1	0.0	34.0	0.000**
Part time	4.3	16.3	2.0
Self-employed	3.4	11.9	14.0
Housewife	3.4	4.4	50.0
Student	59.8	67.5	0.0
Income level
Low	20.5	16.9	22.0	0.790
Moderate	44.4	49.4	50.0
High	35.0	33.8	28.0
Education level
Low	0.9	6.9	26.0	0.000**
Medium	5.1	13.8	18.0
High	94.0	79.4	56.0

^∗𝑃<0.05, ∗∗𝑃<0.01.