Gender, socioeconomic status and family status as determinants of food behaviour

Roos, Eva; Lahelma, Eero; Virtanen, Mikko; Prättälä, Ritva; Pietinen, Pirjo

doi:10.1016/s0277-9536(98)00032-x

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“…A similar trend was seen among the same study population in 1986, when the older age cohorts were already adults. This finding is consistent with earlier Finnish and Scandinavian dietary studies (Prättälä et al, 1992;Roos et al, 1998;Johansson et al, 1999). Gender differences in health behaviour are well recognised but poorly understood (Kandrack et al, 1991;Griffiths, 1996).…”

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“…Surprisingly, level of education had no significant influence on the quality of diet. In earlier studies, particularly in other western European countries and also in Finland, socioeconomic status has been an important predictor of food choices and nutrient intake (Roos et al, 1998;Johansson et al, Longitudinal changes in diet V Mikkilä et al 1999;De Irala-Estévez et al, 2000;Groth et al, 2001). The participants of our study were 24-39 y of age at follow-up, thus, most had completed their studies.…”

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Longitudinal changes in diet from childhood into adulthood with respect to risk of cardiovascular diseases: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

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“…In Finland, as well as elsewhere, following the recommended food habits tends to be more common among individuals in higher socio-economic positions (10)(11)(12)(13) ; however, this is not completely consistent for all food habits (14) . Thus, people in higher socio-economic groups consume less traditional foods such as dark rye bread (15) , but more fresh vegetables (16) .…”

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Changes in socio-economic differences in food habits over time

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Objective: To examine absolute socio-economic differences in food habits and their changes over time. Design: A longitudinal study using the cohort baseline mail surveys conducted in 2000-2002 (n 8960, response rate 67 %) and the follow-up in 2007 (n 7332, response rate 83 %), including data on seven food habits recommended in the national dietary guidelines, as well as socio-economic and sociodemographic variables. Setting: Data from the Helsinki Health Study survey, followed up for 5-7 years. Subjects: Municipal employees of the City of Helsinki, Finland. Results: Apart from fish and vegetable-based margarine on bread, the proportions of the recommended food items were higher for women than for men. The consumption of the recommended food items either increased or remained stable over the follow-up period. On the basis of the slope index of inequality (SII) it was observed that socio-economic differences widened with regard to the consumption of fresh vegetables and fish and use of vegetable-based margarine or oil in cooking, with the upper classes consuming these foods more often. The largest differences were observed in the consumption of fresh vegetables, for which the SII value among women was 2?38 (95 % CI 1?93, 2?95) at baseline and 2?47 (95 % CI 2?01, 3?03) at follow-up, and 3?36 (95 % CI 1?80, 6?28) and 3?47 (95 % CI 1?95, 6?19) for men, respectively. Socio-economic differences were non-existent for milk, and the reverse was observed for dark bread and vegetable-based margarine on bread. Conclusions: Consumption of the recommended food items increased in the examined cohort over time. This increase was mostly similar throughout the socioeconomic groups and thus the socio-economic differences remained stable. The upper classes followed the guidelines better with regard to the consumption of vegetables and fish and in the use of vegetable-based margarine or oil in cooking.

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“…Similar food habits have also been used in other studies as markers of healthy dietary behaviours (Prättälä et al, 1992;Roos et al, 1998;Perrin et al, 2002;Grabauskas et al, 2004). However, as our measure of food habits did not take into account the actual intake of the foods consumed, it is a rather proxy indicator for healthy choices.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…Logistic regression analysis was used to further examine the associations between socio-economic circumstances and healthy food habits. As previous studies show that age (Johansson et al, 1999;Groth et al, 2001;Naska et al, 2006) and marital status (Roos et al, 1998;Naska et al, 2006) are associated with healthy food habits, and these two variables were adjusted for, as covariates in all models. We started by examining the covariate-adjusted associations between each socio-economic indicator and healthy food habits that is, each socio-economic indicator was first added to the model separately.…”

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Multiple socio-economic circumstances and healthy food habits

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Objective: To examine associations between seven indicators of socio-economic circumstances and healthy food habits, while taking into account assumed temporal order between these socio-economic indicators. Design and setting: Data were derived from cross-sectional postal questionnaires in 2000-2002. Socio-economic circumstances were assessed by parental education, childhood economic difficulties, own education, occupational class, household income, home ownership and current economic difficulties. Healthy food habits were measured by an index consisting of consumption of fresh vegetables, fruit or berries, rye bread, fish and choosing vegetable fats on bread and oil in cooking. Sequential logistic regression models were used, adjusting for age and marital status. Participants: Employees of the City of Helsinki, Finland (n ¼ 8960, aged 40-60 years). Results: Healthy food habits were reported by 28% of women and by 17% of men. Own education, occupational class, household income, home ownership and current economic difficulties were associated with healthy food habits. These associations were attenuated but mainly remained after mutual adjustments for the socio-economic indicators. Among women, a pathway was found suggesting that part of the effects of education on food habits were mediated through occupational class. Conclusions: Employees in higher and lower socio-economic positions differ in their food habits, and those in lower positions and economically disadvantaged are less likely to report healthy food habits. Health promotion programmes and food policies should encourage healthier food choices among those in lower socio-economic positions and among those with economic difficulties in particular. Sponsorship: Academy of Finland.

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Gender, socioeconomic status and family status as determinants of food behaviour

Cited by 217 publications

References 41 publications

Longitudinal changes in diet from childhood into adulthood with respect to risk of cardiovascular diseases: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

Longitudinal changes in diet from childhood into adulthood with respect to risk of cardiovascular diseases: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

Changes in socio-economic differences in food habits over time

Multiple socio-economic circumstances and healthy food habits

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