Table 9.6

Fat and fibre intake, by equivalised household income tertile within minority ethnic group

Aged 16 and over with valid scores						1999
Fat/fibre scores	Equivalised household income tertile
	Men			Women
	Lowest	Middle	Highest	Lowest	Middle	Highest
Observed %
Black Caribbean
Fat scorea
High (over 40)	b	22	8	14	9	8
Mean fat scorea	b	30	25	27	26	24
Standard error of the mean	b	1.6	0.9	1.6	1.3	1.0
Fibre score
Low (under 30)	[60]	61	70	71	60	56
Mean fibre score	[28]	29	27	26	28	29
Standard error of the mean	[3.0]	1.4	1.2	1.5	1.5	1.0
Indian
Fat scorea
High (over 40)	[15]	20	6	11	10	5
Mean fat scorea	[26]	30	25	25	25	25
Standard error of the mean	[2.2]	1.6	1.0	1.9	1.4	0.9
Fibre score
Low (under 30)	[45]	36	44	[46]	41	45
Mean fibre score	[35]	36	32	[31]	33	32
Standard error of the mean	[2.5]	1.7	1.3	[1.7]	1.6	1.3
Pakistani
Fat scorea
High (over 40)	18	19	[11]	20	6	[11]
Mean fat scorea	31	29	[25]	28	26	[27]
Standard error of the mean	1.5	1.5	[1.3]	1.5	1.2	[1.4]
Fibre score
Low (under 30)	[71]	58	[47]	66	67	[70]
Mean fibre score	[28]	31	[32]	27	27	[27]
Standard error of the mean	[2.2]	1.8	[1.9]	1.9	1.2	[1.4]
Bangladeshi
Fat scorea
High (over 40)	[27]	b	b	[33]	b	b
Mean fat scorea	[35]	b	b	[38]	b	b
Standard error of the mean	[1.7]	b	b	[1.7]	b	b
Fibre score
Low (under 30)	92	b	b	87	b	b
Mean fibre score	20	b	b	19	b	b
Standard error of the mean	1.1	b	b	1.0	b	b
Chinese
Fat scorea
High (over 40)	b	b	9	b	[5]	b
Mean fat scorea	b	b	27	b	[28]	b
Standard error of the mean	b	b	1.3	b	[1.9]	b
Fibre score
Low (under 30)	b	b	[72]	b	b	74
Mean fibre score	b	b	[26]	b	b	25
Standard error of the mean	b	b	[1.2]	b	b	1.5
Irish
Fat scorea
High (over 40)	b	22	21	[17]	23	8
Mean fat scorea	b	34	32	[29]	32	27
Standard error of the mean	b	1.4	1.0	[2.0]	1.3	0.7
Fibre score
Low (under 30)	b	54	52	b	46	41
Mean fibre score	b	32	32	b	32	33
Standard error of the mean	b	1.6	1.0	b	1.4	0.9
Bases (weighted):
Black Caribbean
Fat	22	45	70	37	57	90
Fibre	27	52	62	49	56	87
Indian
Fat	34	78	102	45	73	102
Fibre	35	67	93	36	63	92
Pakistani
Fat	46	40	33	45	40	22
Fibre	23	38	26	39	34	23
Bangladeshi
Fat	15	5	4	14	4	1
Fibre	18	5	2	20	6	2
Chinese
Fat	2	7	17	6	10	19
Fibre	3	6	13	5	8	17
Irish
Fat	40	249	523	119	325	563
Fibre	37	207	450	64	282	607
Bases (unweighted):
Black Caribbean
Fat	29	64	102	54	89	129
Fibre	36	76	92	73	87	130
Indian
Fat	35	75	123	50	76	126
Fibre	35	62	107	36	63	110
Pakistani
Fat	81	70	47	87	72	34
Fibre	43	68	38	72	59	37
Bangladeshi
Fat	49	21	9	46	16	4
Fibre	72	25	6	77	20	7
Chinese
Fat	9	22	52	20	31	59
Fibre	12	16	40	19	23	55
Irish
Fat	17	73	178	48	105	198
Fibre	17	62	149	28	91	200

^a Adjusted for energy requirement.

^b Results not shown because of small bases. continued...

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