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Table 2 Frequency distribution (percentage %) of students by weekly intake of soft drinks, sugared coffee tea, and chocolate/candy and by place of origin and sex, 1999–2001.

From: Oral health behavior patterns among Tanzanian university students: a repeat cross-sectional survey

 

Urban

Rural

 

Total

Female

Male

Total

Female

Male

1999

n = 421 (%)

n = 185 (%)

n = 236 (%)

n = 207 (%)

n = 48(%)

n = 159(%)

Soft drinks

216(51)

89 (49)

127 (53)

59 (29)**

20 (42)

39 (25)*

Sugared coffee/tea

382 (91)

163 (88)

219 (93)

187 (90)

44 (92)

143 (90)

Chocolate/candy

50 (12)

37 (20)

13 (6)**

11 (5)*

4 (6)

7 (5)

2001

617 (%)

226 (%)

391 (%)

358 (%)

98 (%)

260 (%)

Soft drinks

341 (56)

126 (56)

215 (55)

154 (44)**

46 (43)

111 (43)

Sugared coffee/tea

509 (83)

179 (79)

330 (85)

314 (88)*

84 (82)

232 (90)

Chocolate/candy

57 (9)

35 (16)

22 (6)**

16 (4)*

8 (8)

8 (3)*

  1. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.001.