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Table 2 Confidence in using eight cooking techniques, National Diet & Nutrition Survey, 2008–09, n = 509

From: Prevalence and socio-demographic correlates of cooking skills in UK adults: cross-sectional analysis of data from the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey

Variable & level

Boiling, % (95 % CI)

Steaming, poaching, % (95 % CI)

Frying, % (95 % CI)

Stir frying, % (95 % CI)

Grilling, % (95 % CI)

Oven-baking, roasting, % (95 % CI)

Stewing, braising, casseroling, % (95 % CI)

Microwaving, % (95 % CI)

All respondents

93.1 (90.0–95.2)

75.0 (70.4–79.0)

88.2 (84.8–90.9)

74.4 (70.0–78.4)

90.6 (87.3–93.1)

90.0 (86.4–92.7)

76.0 (71.4–80.1)

83.1 (79.3–86.4)

Gender

 Men

89.7 (84.2–93.4)

67.3 (60.0–73.9)

90.0 (84.2–93.2)

69.7 (62.6–75.9)

87.7 (82.1–91.8)

81.9 (75.3–87.0)

81.9 (75.8–86.8)

81.9 (75.8–86.8)

 Women

96.3 (92.6–98.2)

82.3 (76.9–86.7)

86.8 (82.1–90.4)

79.0 (73.4–83.7)

93.4 (89.4–96.0)

97.7 (95.1–98.9)

84.2 (79.2–88.2)

84.2 (79.2–88.2)

Age (years)

 19–34

92.2 (85.7–95.9)

59.6 (49.3–69.0)

89.0 (82.1–93.4)

72.5 (63.1–80.3)

87.1 (79.1–92.3)

88.8 (80.5–93.8)

59.8 (49.6–69.3)

89.4 (82.0–94.0)

 35–49

94.5 (99.1–97.5)

86.5 (79.0–91.6)

88.3 (81.5–92.8)

83.3 (75.5–88.9)

94.8 (88.9–97.6)

96.7 (92.1–98.7)

82.0 (73.9–88.0)

81.3 (73.8–87.0)

 50–64

93.0 (84.2–97.0)

78.2 (69.2–85.2)

86.6 (78.5–91.9)

74.5 (65.2–82.0)

92.5 (84.8–96.5)

88.7 (79.8–94.0)

84.1 (75.5–90.1)

82.2 (73.7–88.5)

 > 64

92.4 (84.1–96.5)

76.6 (66.7–84.3)

88.7 (80.1–93.9)

64.8 (54.1–74.2)

87.6 (78.9–93.0)

83.8 (74.0–90.4)

80.6 (70.7–87.7)

77.8 (68.0–85.3)

NS-SEC

 Managerial & prof.

93.3 (88.3–96.3)

78.6 (71.4–84.3)

90.4 (85.3–93.8)

81.0 (74.4–86.3)

93.8 (89.2–96.6)

92.0 (86.3–95.5)

76.4 (69.0–82.4)

86.9 (81.3–90.9)

 Intermediate

96.0 (88.3–98.7)

86.1 (76.2–92.3)

91.5 (84.1–95.6)

82.1 (72.9–88.7)

94.6 (87.7–97.7)

94.9 (86.8–98.1)

89.9 (80.5–95.1)

84.6 (76.1–90.4)

 Routine & manual

91.1 (85.0–94.9)

64.9 (57.1–72.0)

84.0 (77.4–88.9)

63.1 (55.3–70.3)

85.1 (78.2–90.0)

85.0 (78.1–90.0)

67.9 (59.9–74.9)

78.3 (71.1–84.2)

Respondent is main food provider

 No

85.7 (77.9–91.1)

63.2 (53.7–71.9)

89.7 (82.4–94.1)

69.8 (70.6–77.6)

88.2 (80.3–93.2)

79.2 (70.4–85.9)

58.7 (49.1–67.6)

87.5 (79.9–92.5)

 Yes

96.6 (93.7–98.2)

80.6 (75.8–84.6)

87.4 (83.4–90.6)

76.7 (71.6–81.1)

91.8 (88.3–94.3)

95.1 (92.1–97.0)

84.4 (79.9–88.1)

81.0 (76.3–84.9)

  1. CI confidence intervals, NS-SEC National Statistics socio-economic classification