Parameter | International students | Home-country students | χ² | P value | Ghana | χ² | P value | India | χ² | P value | Montenegro | χ² | P value | Overall | ||||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |||||||||
Rating of nutrition significance | ||||||||||||||||||||
≤2 | 7 | 3.7 | 17 | 8.9 | 9.347 | 0.009 | 5 | 12.5 | 1.581 | 0.454 | 1 | 5.0 | 3.041 | 0.219 | 11 | 55.0 | 40.925 | 0.001 | 24 | 12.6 |
3 | 23 | 12.1 | 15 | 7.9 | 7 | 17.5 | 1 | 5.0 | 7 | 35.0 | 38 | 20.0 | ||||||||
4 and 5 | 80 | 42.1 | 48 | 25.3 | 28 | 70.0 | 18 | 90.0 | 2 | 10.0 | 128 | 67.4 | ||||||||
Importance of nutrition in the country | ||||||||||||||||||||
Very important | 34 | 30.9 | 20 | 33.3 | 0.203 | 0.997 | 10 | 25.0 | 1.466 | 0.690 | 10 | 50.0 | 4.522 | 0.210 | 4 | 20.0 | 5.997 | 0.112 | 54 | 31.8 |
Important | 49 | 44.5 | 26 | 43.3 | 22 | 55.0 | 4 | 20.0 | 7 | 35.0 | 75 | 44.1 | ||||||||
Not so important | 18 | 16.4 | 10 | 16.7 | 6 | 15.0 | 4 | 20.0 | 8 | 40.0 | 28 | 16.5 | ||||||||
Not sure | 9 | 8.2 | 4 | 6.7 | 2 | 5.0 | 2 | 10.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 13 | 7.6 | ||||||||
Awareness of national nutrition policy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Yes | 45 | 40.9 | 25 | 31.3 | 30.309 | <0.001 | 11 | 27.5 | 49.994 | <0.001 | 2 | 10.0 | 2.823 | 0.244 | 0 | 0.0 | – | – | 70 | 36.8 |
Name specific policy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Correctly named | 9 | 8.2 | 11 | 13.8 | 1.525 | 0.160 | 8 | 20.0 | 4.077 | 0.046 | 0 | 0.0 | – | – | 1 | 5.0 | 2.765 | 0.251 | 20 | 10.5 |
Prepared to manage nutrition challenges | ||||||||||||||||||||
Strongly disagree | 6 | 5.5 | 5 | 6.3 | 8.582 | 0.072 | 4 | 10.0 | 9.339 | 0.053 | 0 | 0.0 | 6.226 | 0.183 | 1 | 5.0 | 6.613 | 0.158 | 11 | 5.8 |
Disagree | 15 | 13.6 | 13 | 16.3 | 7 | 17.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 30.0 | 28 | 14.7 | ||||||||
Not sure | 53 | 48.2 | 23 | 28.8 | 10 | 25.0 | 9 | 45.0 | 4 | 20.0 | 76 | 40.0 | ||||||||
Agree | 32 | 29.1 | 37 | 46.3 | 19 | 47.5 | 10 | 50.0 | 8 | 40.0 | 69 | 36.3 | ||||||||
Strongly agree | 4 | 3.6 | 2 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 6 | 3.2 |
Bold values indicate significantly different compared to the international students' group at P <0.05.