Local food procurement behavior and overall diet quality among adults in Québec: results from the NutriQuébec project

Table 1 Participants’ characteristics (n = 806)¹

Characteristics	N (%)
Sex
Female	695 (86.2)
Male	111 (13.8)
Age
18 to < 30 y	78 (9.7)
30 to < 50 y	280 (34.7)
50 to < 70 y	369 (45.8)
≥70 y	79 (9.8)
Body mass index (kg/m²)²
Normal weight, < 25	397 (53.5)
Overweight, 25.0–29.9	201 (27.1)
Obese, ≥30	144 (19.4)
Education²
Trade school, high school, or no diploma	86 (10.8)
CEGEP	170 (21.3)
University	541 (67.9)
Household income²
<30 000$CAD	51 (6.5)
30 000–59 999$CAD	156 (19.9)
60 000–99 999$CAD	224 (28.5)
≥ 100 000$CAD	354 (45.1)
Smoking²
Never	761 (96.7)
Yes, or occasionally	26 (3.3)
Vegetarian²
Yes	74 (9.4)
No	710 (90.6)
Material deprivation^2,3
Q1	280 (36.7)
Q2 & Q3	372 (48.8)
Q4	111 (14.5)
Social deprivation^2,3
Q1	184 (24.1)
Q2 & Q3	385 (50.5)
Q4	194 (25.4)
Census Metropolitan Areas⁴
Outside CMAs (no metropolitan influenced zone)	171 (21.2)
In CMAs (metropolitan influenced zone)	635 (78.8)

¹CEGEP, Collège d’Enseignement Général et Professionnel; CAD, Canadian dollars; Q, quartile
²Body mass index, n = 742 (64 missing values), Education, n = 797 (9 missing values); Household income, n = 785 (21 missing values); Smoking, n = 787 (19 missing values); Material deprivation, n = 763 (43 missing values); Social deprivation, n = 763 (43 missing values)
³Quartiles are from the Material and Social Deprivation Index of the Institut national de santé publique du Québec, where Q1 represents the least deprived and Q4 the most deprived. Q2 and Q3 were combined to obtain 3 groups. Material deprivation reflects low income, education, and employment, while social deprivation involves widowhood, separation, living alone, or single parenthood
⁴Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs) are defined by Statistics Canada as having a total population of at least 100,000 and a core population of at least 50,000 [41]. The CMAs of the province of Québec are Saguenay, Québec, Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivières, Montréal and Gatineau

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