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Table 1 Characteristics of 3 groups in stages of most learning

From: Learning cooking skills at different ages: a cross-sectional study

 

Child

Teen

Adult

 

N = 198 (22.9 %)

N = 286 (33.1 %)

N = 381 (44 %)

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Age (yrs)

43

12

39

12

41

11

BMI

24.06

4.66

24.62

3.95

24.80

3.69

Household Size

3.17

1.42

3.06

1.30

3.08

1.33

 

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Sex

Male

37 (18.7)

Female

161 (81.3)

Male

97 (33.9)

Female

189 (66.1)

Male

203 (53.3)

Female

178 (46.7)

SES*

High

91 (46)

Low

107 (54)

High

142 (49.7)

Low

144 (50.3)

High

197 (51.7)

Low

184 (48.3)

 

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Education Level

Compulsory

33 (16.7)

Further

117 (59.1)

Higher

48 (24.2)

Compulsory

29 (10.1)

Further

184 (64.3)

Higher

73 (25.5)

Compulsory

48 (12.6)

Further

239 (62.7)

Higher

94 (24.7)

  1. *Socio-economic groupings were created based upon the occupation of the highest earner in the household and were classified as High (ABC1 - higher, intermediate, supervisory, clerical & junior managerial, administrative, professional occupations) versus low (C2DE - skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled manual occupations, unemployed and lowest grade occupations), developed by the ONS, UK Office for National Statistics [53]