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Table 3 Comparison of adjusted mean number of family meals per week and adjusted mean number of minutes in family meals per day from an analysis of covariance

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 (SE)

p value

Mean number of minutes per day (SE)

p value

Age of parent

 <40 years (n = 54)

12.0 (1.1)

0.73

120.3 (17.7)

0.07

 40 years or older (n = 31)

12.4 (1.1)

 

90.9 (17.1)

 

Parent gender

 Female (n = 77)

12.1 (0.8)

0.93

78.9 (11.5)

0.04

 Male (n = 8)

12.2 (1.7)

 

132.3 (25.9)

 

Child gender

 Female (n = 47)

11.6 (1.1)

0.22

121.0 (16.4)

0.04

 Male (n = 38)

12.8 (1.2)

 

90.2 (17.6)

 

Child grade

 3rd or 4th (n = 48)

12.1 (1.1)

0.85

96.4 (17.5)

0.21

 5th or 6th (n = 37)

12.3 (1.1)

 

114.8 (16.5)

 

Race/ethnicity

 White (n = 13)

13.2 (1.6)

0.63

97.0 (23.9)

0.11

 Black (n = 38)

11.6 (1.2)

 

135.7 (18.4)

 

 Hispanic (n = 24)

11.2 (1.2)

 

98.8 (18.8)

 

 Multi-racial/other (n = 10)

12.7 (1.6)

 

90.9 (24.1)

 

Born in the U.S.

 Yes (n = 51)

11.2 (1.0)

0.08

76.2 (15.8)

<0.001

 No (n = 34)

13.1 (1.2)

 

135.0 (18.8)

 

Marital status

 Single/separated/divorced (n = 42)

11.4 (1.1)

0.19

126.7 (17.0)

0.02

 Married/living with partner (n = 43)

12.9 (1.2)

 

84.4 (18.3)

 

Number of caretakers in household

 Single-parent (n = 26)

12.8 (1.4)

0.29

87.5 (21.0)

0.06

 Multiple caretakers (n = 59)

11.5 (0.9)

 

123.7 (14.5)

 

Number of siblings in household

 0 (n = 19)

12.0 (1.2)

0.08

100.8 (18.5)

0.47

 1 (n = 26)

10.2 (1.2)

 

93.4 (17.8)

 

 2 (n = 23)

13.6 (1.4)

 

103.1 (21.4)

 

 3 or more (n = 17)

12.8 (1.4)

 

125.1 (21.4)

 

Education

 High school/GED or less (n = 38)

12.5 (1.2)

0.46

91.5 (18.3)

0.07

 Some college or more (n = 47)

11.8 (1.0)

 

119.7 (15.9)

 

Household income in U.S. dollars

 ≤14,999 (n = 27)

12.1 (1.2)

0.55

109.1 (17.6)

0.73

 15,000–49,999 (n = 33)

11.0 (1.1)

 

99.9 (16.9)

 

 ≥50,000 (n = 20)

13.2 (1.3)

 

122.1 (19.8)

 

 Not reported (n = 5)

12.4 (2.1)

 

91.2 (32.5)

 
  1. Adjusting for all variables listed in the table
  2. SE standard error