title: Determinants of non-home-prepared food consumption in two low-income areas in Nairobi.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Street foods are an important source of nutrients for poor urban residents. This study aimed to identify determinants of the proportion of daily energy provided by non-home-prepared foods.
  
  
  METHODS
  A survey was conducted in a slum and a low- to middle-income area of Nairobi. The survey included 241 men and 254 women. Through a structured questionnaire, data on demographic and socioeconomic factors were collected and food intake was assessed with three standardized 24-hour recalls. A measure of socioeconomic status was constructed with principal component analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  For women in the slum area, the presence of school-age children and distance to work were determinants of non-home-prepared food consumption, whereas employment status and distance to work were determinants for men in the slum area (P < 0.05). Having their own income and, for those employed, employment status were determinants for women in the low- to middle-income area, whereas socioeconomic status was the determinant for the men (P < 0.05). In the slum area, most non-home-prepared foods were derived from street foods, whereas in the low- to middle-income area, both kiosks and street foods were important sources of non-home-prepared foods.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the determinants of non-home-prepared energy consumption, we discerned a pattern from rather basic determinants to determinants of a more complicated nature with increasing socioeconomic level of the groups. Furthermore, a shift from street foods to kiosks as the main source of non-home-prepared foods consumed appeared with increasing socioeconomic levels.
authors: Division of Human Nutrition and Epidemiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
authors: Hilda
authors: H
authors: van 't Riet
authors: Adel P
authors: AP
authors: den Hartog
authors: Danny A P
authors: DA
authors: Hooftman
authors: Dick W J
authors: DW
authors: Foeken
authors: Wija A
authors: WA
authors: van Staveren
mesh_terms: D004032:Diet; D004651:Employment; D002149:Energy Intake; D005260:Female; D005502:Food; D006801:Humans; D007630:Kenya; D008297:Male; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D011203:Poverty; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires