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Table 4 Comparison of adjusted mean number of family meals per week and adjusted mean number of minutes in family meals per day by race/ethnicity and born in the U.S. from an analysis of covariance

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

Race/ethnicity

Mean number of meals per week (SE)

Mean number of minutes per day (SE)

Born in the U.S.

Born in the U.S.

Yes

No

Yes

No

White

13.0 (1.8)

13.7 (2.2)

71.1 (26.9)

134.4 (33.8)

Black

10.4 (1.2)

13.8 (1.8)

102.6 (18.3)

182.8 (26.6)

Hispanic

12.2 (2.1)

11.9 (1.3)

104.1 (31.3)

119.6 (20.2)

Multi-racial/other

11.8 (1.6)

15.1 (3.2)

63.7 (24.5)

124.8 (49.0)

p value

0.48

0.56

0.43

0.14

  1. Adjusting for all variables listed in the Table 3
  2. SE standard error