Socio-economic and demographic factors associated with snacking behavior in a large sample of French adults

Table 3 Associations^a between socioeconomic and demographic characteristics and snacking occurrence in women (N = 84,962) and men (N = 23,491)^b

		Women			Men
		Odds Ratio	Confidence Interval (CI 95%)	P-value	Odds Ratio	Confidence Interval (CI 95%)	P-value
Age class	≤30y	1		< 0.0001	1		0.0001
	31-45	1.24	1.18; 1.30		1.17	1.06; 1.29
	46-60	1.35	1.29; 1.41		1.11	1.01; 1.22
	>60y	1.14	1.08; 1.21		0.98	0.89; 1.08
Presence of children in the household	No child at in the household	1		0.3	1		0.2
Presence of children in the household	At least one child in the household	1.02	0.98; 1.06		1.05	0.98; 1.13
Educational level	Postgraduate level	1		< 0.0001	1		< 0.0001
	Undergraduate level	0.94	0.90; 0.98		0.97	0.90; 1.05
	Secondary school	0.82	0.79; 0.87		0.87	0.80; 0.94
	Primary school	0.79	0.71; 0.87		0.71	0.60; 0.83
Household income per consumption unit	> 2700 euros	1		0.04	1		0.2
	1800-2700 euros	1.04	0.99; 1.09		0.97	0.90; 1.05
	1200-1800 euros	1.03	0.98; 1.08		0.98	0.90; 1.06
	< 1200 euros	0.98	0.92; 1.03		0.90	0.81; 1.00
	Unwilling to declare	0.97	0.92; 1.03		0.89	0.79; 1.01
Occupation class	Managerial staff	1		< 0.0001	1		0.02
	Self-employed	0.89	0.82; 0.98		0.93	0.82; 1.06
	Intermediate profession	1.06	1.01; 1.11		1.11	1.03; 1.21
	Employee	0.94	0.89; 0.99		1.06	0.96; 1.16
	Manual worker	0.94	0.83; 1.06		1.14	0.99; 1.32
	Never employed	0.97	0.89; 1.06		1.20	0.97; 1.48

^aUsing multivariable logistic regression adjusted on total energy intake. The demographic and socio-economic factors were included simultaneously in the models
^bData used in the analysis were collected for each participant at inclusion in the cohort

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