Food Purchasing Behaviors of a Remote and Rural Adult Solomon Islander Population
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design and Setting
2.2. Participants and Recruitment
2.3. Tools and Measures
2.4. Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Demographic Characteristics
3.2. Food Purchasing Behaviors
3.2.1. Sources of Food
3.2.2. Reported Food Expenditure
3.2.3. Number of Reported Food Shopping Experiences
3.2.4. Types of Foods Purchased in the Previous 24 Hours
3.2.5. Influences on Food Purchasing Behaviors
4. Discussion
Limitations
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Demographic Characteristic | |
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Sex | n (%) |
Male | 49 (36.8) |
Female | 84 (63.2) |
Age (years) | mean, (SD) |
Overall mean | 37.1 (12.19) |
Male | 39.6 (13.02) |
Female | 35.7 (12.19) |
Participant home location | n (%) |
In Auki Town | 52 (39.1) |
Out of Auki Town (villages: Ambu, Fasitoro, Finkawi, Kawi, Kilfui, Kilusakwalo, Kunu, Lilisiana, New Kaloka, Numerula, Sikitae, Talakali, Other) | 81 (60.9) |
Reported no. people in household | mean (range) |
Current household size | 6 (1–20) |
Maximum household size | 7 (1–30) |
Access to own garden | n % |
Yes | 86 (65.6) |
No | 45 (34.4) |
Education level | n (%) |
Primary years 1–6 | 44 (33.1) |
Secondary Form 1–3 | 25 (18.8) |
Secondary Form 4–6 | 31 (23.3) |
Secondary Form 7 | 3 (2.3) |
University | 13 (9.8) |
Technical | 4 (3.0) |
Unable to attend | 13 (9.8) |
Job Type ^ | n (%) |
Total Employed | 65 (49.2) |
Teacher | 9 (6.8) |
Market Vendor | 9 (6.8) |
Retail | 5 (3.8) |
Police | 3 (2.3) |
Farm—Home | 2 (1.5) |
Farm—Subsidiary | 2 (1.5) |
Other * | 35 (26.5) |
Total Unemployed | 67 (50.8) |
Housewife/Looks after family/Takes care of family | 8 (6.1) |
Retired | 4 (3.05) |
Student | 4 (3.05) |
Activity not defined | 51 (38.6) |
Fresh Food Sources | n (%) |
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Market | 76 (57) |
Own garden | 30 (22.5) |
Garden & market | 13 (9.8) |
Store | 5 (3.8) |
Market & store | 3 (2.3) |
Ocean | 2 (1.5) |
Market & ocean | 2 (1.5) |
Market, ocean & store | 1 (0.8) |
Own garden & store | 1 (0.8) |
Number of Times a Week | Fresh Food (Total n = 130) n (%) | Store Food (Total n = 127) n (%) |
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1 a week | 31 (23.8) | 29 (22.8) |
2 a week | 29 (22.3) | 21 (16.5) |
3 a week | 34 (26.2) | 25 (19.7) |
4 a week | 5 (3.8) | 3 (2.4) |
5 a week | 1 (0.8) | 4 (3.1) |
6 a week | 3 (2.3) | 1 (0.8) |
Daily | 27 (20.8) | 44 (34.6) |
Mean (SD) number of shops a week | 3.25 (2.18) | 3.87 (2.47) |
Food Group and Item | Number and Proportion of All Participants Who Reported Purchased Item | ||||
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Cereal | Gender n (%) # | Location n (%) ^ | |||
TOTAL n (%) * | Female | Male | Auki town | Out of Auki town | |
White rice | 117 (88) | 74 (63.2) | 43 (36.8) | 43 (36.8) | 74 (63.2) |
Bread | 39 (29.3) | 28 (71.8) | 11 (28.2) | 13 (33.3) | 26 (66.7) |
Noodles | 33 (24.8) | 23 (69.7) | 10 (30.3) | 10 (30.3) | 23 (69.7) |
Breakfast cracker | 31 (23.3) | 22 (71) | 9 (29) | 12 (38.7) | 19 (61.3) |
Tubers and roots | |||||
Sweet potato (white) | 55 (41.4) | 36 (65.4) | 19 (34.5) | 19 (34.5) | 36 (65.4) |
Sweet potato (other) | 42 (31.6) | 28 (66.6) | 14 (33.3) | 12 (28.6) | 30 (71.4) |
Taro | 20 (15) | 12 (60) | 8 (40) | 12 (60) | 8 (40) |
Cassava | 20 (15) | 14 (70) | 6 (30) | 8 (40) | 12 (60) |
Vegetables | |||||
Cabbage | 90 (67.7) | 59 (65.5) | 31(34.4) | 35 (38.9) | 55 (61) |
Tomato | 41 (30.8) | 28 (68.3) | 13 (31.7) | 18 (43.9) | 23 (56.1) |
Cucumber | 36 (27) | 28 (77.8) | 8 (22.2) | 14 (38.9) | 22 (61.1) |
Capsicum | 25 (19) | 21 (84) | 4 (16) | 12 (48) | 13 (52) |
Eggplant | 22 (16.5) | 19 (86.3) | 3 (13.6) | 7 (31.8) | 15 (68.1) |
Snake bean | 21 (16) | 14 (66.6) | 7 (33.3) | 5 (23.8) | 16 (76.2) |
Pumpkin | 21 (16) | 16 (76.2) | 5 (23.8) | 5 (23.8) | 16 (76.2) |
Spring onion | 20 (15) | 13 (65) | 7 (35) | 6 (30) | 14 (70) |
Fruit | |||||
Banana | 33 (24.8) | 22 (66.6) | 11 (33.3) | 7 (21.2) | 26 (79) |
Papaya | 28 (21) | 20 (71.4) | 8 (32) | 10 (35.7) | 18 (72) |
Watermelon | 27 (20.3) | 23 (85.2) | 4 (14.8) | 12 (44.4) | 15 (55.6) |
Pineapple | 26 (19.5) | 20 (76.9) | 6 (23) | 8 (30.8) | 18 (69.2) |
Coconut | 23 (17.2) | 13 (56.6) | 10 (43.5) | 7 (30.4) | 16 (70) |
Mango | 20 (15) | 14 (70) | 6 (30) | 4 (20) | 16 (80) |
Plantain | 18 (13.5) | 12(66.7) | 6 (44.4) | 5 (27.8) | 13 (72.2) |
Meat and eggs | |||||
Tinned fish | 76 (57.1) | 50 (66) | 26 (34.2) | 28 (36.8) | 48 (63.2) |
Fresh fish | 39 (29.3) | 27 (69.2) | 12 (31) | 16 (41) | 23 (59) |
Eggs | 18 (13.5) | 13 (72.2) | 5 (27.8) | 6 (33.3) | 12 (66.7) |
Seafood crab | 11 (12) | 7 (58.3) | 4 (36.3) | 5 (45.4) | 6 (54.4) |
Nuts ** | |||||
Ngali nut | 37 (27.8) | 25 (67.63) | 12 (32.4) | 11 (29.7) | 26 (70.2) |
Peanuts | 15 (11.3) | 10 (66.7) | 5 (33.3) | 6 (40) | 9 (60) |
Dairy | |||||
Milk powder | 18 (13.5) | 12 (66.47) | 6 (33.3) | 3 (16.7) | 15 (83.3) |
Fats *** | |||||
Coconut cream | 38 (28.6) | 30 (79) | 8 (21) | 16 (42) | 22 (58) |
Coconut milk | 37 (28) | 24 (65) | 13 (35.1) | 12 (32.4) | 25 (68) |
Coconut oil | 18 (13.5) | 13 (72.2) | 5 (27.8) | 4 (22.2) | 14 (77.8) |
Peanut oil | 13 (9.8) | 10 (77) | 3 (23) | 4 (31) | 9 (69.2) |
Discretionary | |||||
Sugar | 80 (60.1) | 49 (61.2) | 31(39) | 29 (36.2) | 51 (64) |
Cake | 22 (16.5) | 16 (72.7) | 6 (27.2) | 5 (22.7) | 17 (77.2) |
Soft drink | 22 (16.5) | 15 (68.1) | 7 (31.8) | 10 (45.4) | 12 (54.5) |
Flavored ice block | 20 (15) | 16 (80) | 4 (20) | 7 (35) | 13 (65) |
Sweet bun | 15 (11.3) | 9 (60) | 6 (40) | 3 (20) | 12 (80) |
Sweet biscuit | 12(9) | 9 (75) | 3 (25) | 6 (50) | 6 (50) |
Condiments ^^ | |||||
Tea | 95 (71.4) | 60 (63.1) | 35 (36.8) | 35 (36.8) | 60 (63.1) |
Salt | 69 (52) | 51 (73.9) | 18 (26) | 20 (29) | 49 (71) |
Soy sauce | 26 (19.5) | 20 (76.9) | 6 (23) | 7 (27) | 19 (73) |
Coffee | 18 (13.5) | 15 (83.3) | 3 (16.7) | 1 (5.6) | 17 (94.4) |
Curry | 11 (82.7) | 7 (63.6) | 4 (36.3) | 6 (54.5) | 5 (45.4) |
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Bottcher, C.; Underhill, S.J.R.; Aliakbari, J.; Burkhart, S.J. Food Purchasing Behaviors of a Remote and Rural Adult Solomon Islander Population. Foods 2019, 8, 464. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods8100464
Bottcher C, Underhill SJR, Aliakbari J, Burkhart SJ. Food Purchasing Behaviors of a Remote and Rural Adult Solomon Islander Population. Foods. 2019; 8(10):464. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods8100464
Chicago/Turabian StyleBottcher, Charis, Steven J. R. Underhill, Judith Aliakbari, and Sarah J. Burkhart. 2019. "Food Purchasing Behaviors of a Remote and Rural Adult Solomon Islander Population" Foods 8, no. 10: 464. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods8100464