Evaluating willingness to become a food education volunteer among urban residents in Japan: toward a participatory food policy

Table 5 Awareness of health and environment issues

Seeing yourself as having metabolic syndrome	Age group		Sex
Seeing yourself as having metabolic syndrome	<40 years	≥40 years	Females	Males
Yes	5.0	13.3	8.2	19.1
Potentially yes	24.0	34.1	29.2	35.5
No	62.8	48.2	56.7	39.8
Not sure	7.6	4.2	5.5	5.2
No answer	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.4
Total (%)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Test result (sample size)	***(1254)		***(1254)
Regular exercise habit	Age group		Sex
Regular exercise habit	<40 years	≥40 years	Females	Males
Everyday	6.9	14.7	10.8	16.5
Several times a week	19.7	26.8	24.6	22.1
Once a week	16.5	15.2	15.4	16.9
Rarely	56.3	42.9	48.7	44.2
No answer	0.7	0.5	0.6	0.4
Total (%)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Test result (sample size)	***(1254)		+(1254)
Change in volume of household trash	Age group		-	-
Change in volume of household trash	<40 years	≥40 years	-	-
Increased	9.5	2.9	-	-
Somewhat increased	18.6	14.3	-	-
No change	54.8	45.3	-	-
Somewhat decreased	13.4	28.7	-	-
Decreased	3.0	8.1	-	-
No answer	0.7	0.8
Total (%)	100.0	100.0	-	-
Test result (sample size)	***(1254)		-	-
Carries own shopping bag	Age group		Sex
Carries own shopping bag	<40 years	≥40 years	Females	Males
Always	18.4	29.9	28.9	11.3
Occasionally	36.4	35.6	37.2	29.9
Not often	16.5	16.2	15.4	19.9
Rarely	28.8	17.8	18.1	38.5
No answer	0.0	0.5	0.3	0.4
Total (%)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Test result (sample size)	***(1254)		***(1254)