Table 9.2

Adds salt to food^a, by age within minority ethnic group

Aged 16 and over								1999
Adds salt to food	Age group
	Men				Women
	16-34	35-54	55 +	All men	16-34	35-54	55 +	All women
Observed %
Black Caribbean
Adds saltb at the table without
tasting food	16	11	12	14	14	5	5	8
Tastes the food at the table, then
generally adds saltb	13	17	13	14	6	12	10	10
Tastes the food at the table, only
occasionally adds saltb	24	27	12	21	25	17	10	19
Rarely, or never, adds saltb at the table	47	45	63	52	55	65	75	63
Adds saltb during cooking	82	83	84	83	82	79	83	81
Indian
Adds saltb at the table without
tasting food	12	16	17	15	13	17	9	14
Tastes the food at the table, then
generally adds saltb	19	23	15	20	15	15	21	16
Tastes the food at the table, only
occasionally adds saltb	33	23	34	29	33	25	29	29
Rarely, or never, adds saltb at the table	37	39	34	37	40	44	40	41
Adds saltb during cooking	96	95	95	95	97	97	94	97
Pakistani
Adds saltb at the table without
tasting food	17	15	[11]	16	12	10	[14]	12
Tastes the food at the table, then
generally adds saltb	21	26	[16]	23	19	19	[20]	19
Tastes the food at the table, only
occasionally adds saltb	26	25	[19]	25	30	29	[13]	28
Rarely, or never, adds saltb at the table	36	34	[54]	37	39	42	[53]	41
Adds saltb during cooking	94	99	[97]	96	97	96	[96]	97
Bangladeshi
Adds saltb at the table without
tasting food	15	15	9	13	19	7	c	15
Tastes the food at the table, then
generally adds saltb	22	15	7	16	22	20	c	20
Tastes the food at the table, only
occasionally adds saltb	29	29	33	30	22	25	c	23
Rarely, or never, adds saltb at the table	34	41	50	40	37	49	c	42
Adds saltb during cooking	96	99	97	97	98	98	c	98
Chinese
Adds saltb at the table without
tasting food	11	10	[5]	9	4	6	[10]	6
Tastes the food at the table, then
generally adds saltb	9	23	[9]	16	12	16	[15]	15
Tastes the food at the table, only
occasionally adds saltb	31	30	[33]	31	43	34	[23]	35
Rarely, or never, adds saltb at the table	49	37	[54]	44	40	44	[53]	44
Adds saltb during cooking	89	97	[92]	94	94	95	[91]	94
Irish
Adds saltb at the table without
tasting food	27	34	36	33	24	19	21	21
Tastes the food at the table, then
generally adds saltb	23	17	22	20	12	22	20	18
Tastes the food at the table, only
occasionally adds saltb	15	24	16	20	33	24	26	27
Rarely, or never, adds saltb at the table	35	25	27	28	32	36	33	34
Adds saltb during cooking	56	67	72	66	55	53	74	59
Bases (weighted):d
Black Caribbean	98	62	86	245	134	142	77	353
Indian	159	197	84	441	175	184	70	428
Pakistani	110	84	26	220	146	71	19	236
Bangladeshi	33	20	18	72	49	19	7	75
Chinese	19	31	12	62	21	48	10	80
Irish	277	568	331	1176	471	699	421	1591
Bases (unweighted):d
Black Caribbean	137	92	125	354	198	210	110	518
Indian	165	209	88	462	187	201	77	465
Pakistani	184	145	44	373	250	123	34	407
Bangladeshi	128	77	65	270	194	80	28	302
Chinese	62	93	40	195	66	150	36	252
Irish	92	184	125	401	163	229	155	547

^a Adds salt to food at the table or during cooking.

^b Excludes salt alternative.

^c Results not shown because of small bases.

^d Bases vary: those shown are for adds salt to food at the table.

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