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Table 2 Comparison of mean number of meals per week and mean number of minutes in meals per day

From: Sociodemographic characteristics associated with frequency and duration of eating family meals: a cross-sectional analysis

Characteristic

Family meals

Mean number of meals per week (SD)

p value

Mean number of minutes per day (SD)

p value

Age of parent

 <40 years (n = 54)

10.6 (4.0)

0.38

104.4 (70.7)

0.38

 40 years or older (n = 31)

11.3 (3.6)

 

91.2 (57.9)

 

Parent gender

 Female (n = 77)

10.9 (3.8)

0.93

95.9 (53.0)

0.11

 Male (n = 8)

10.8 (4.1)

 

135.1 (143.5)

 

Child gender

 Female (n = 47)

10.8 (3.7)

0.91

108.5 (63.5)

0.17

 Male (n = 38)

10.9 (4.0)

 

88.7 (68.8)

 

Child grade

 3rd or 4th (n = 48)

11. 0 (4.0)

0.72

88.0 (38.8)

0.07

 5th or 6th (n = 37)

10.7 (3.6)

 

114.7 (88.7)

 

Race/ethnicity

 White (n = 13)

12.0 (3.2)

0.41

88.3 (72.5)

0.64

 Black (n = 38)

10.1 (3.9)

 

108.2 (73.8)

 

 Hispanic (n = 24)

11.2 (4.0)

 

99.5 (61.8)

 

 Multi-racial/other (n = 10)

11.3 (3.8)

 

82.0 (31.6)

 

Born in the U.S.

 Yes (n = 51)

10.4 (3.6)

0.20

82.7 (35.2)

0.003

 No (n = 34)

11.5 (4.1)

 

125.0 (90.5)

 

Marital status

 Single/separated/divorced (n = 42)

10.3 (4.0)

0.17

104.8 (71.3)

0.48

 Married/living with partner (n = 43)

11.4 (3.6)

 

94.6 (61.4)

 

Number of caretakers in household

 Single-parent (n = 26)

10.7 (4.4)

0.78

88.2 (42.1)

0.29

 Multiple caretakers (n = 59)

10.9 (3.6)

 

104.7 (74.2)

 

Number of siblings in household

 0 (n = 19)

10.8 (4.3)

0.40

93.9 (53.9)

0.96

 1 (n = 26)

9.9 (3.9)

 

103.8 (96.4)

 

 2 (n = 23)

11.6 (3.8)

 

97.0 (41.6)

 

 3 or more (n = 17)

11.5 (3.1)

 

103.2 (52.8)

 

Education

 High school/GED or less (n = 38)

10.8 (4.3)

0.82

94.7 (42.7)

0.54

 Some college or more (n = 47)

11.0 (3.5)

 

103.6 (80.7)

 

Household income in U.S. dollars

 ≤14,999 (n = 27)

10.7 (3.6)

0.64

106.2 (61.4)

0.88

 15,000–49,999 (n = 33)

10.4 (4.5)

 

98.1 (72.5)

 

 ≥50,000 (n = 20)

11.7 (3.3)

 

97.7 (69.7)

 

 Not reported (n = 5)

11.4 (2.7)

 

81.5 (43.3)

 
  1. SD standard deviation