Table 2 Description of energy from home-prepared food by population sub-group, and associations between socio-demographic characteristics and proportion of energy from home-prepared food
Characteristic | n (%) | Proportion of energy from home-prepared food (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (SD) (%) | Regressiona coefficient | 95% CI | P > |t| | ||
Total | 6364 (100) | 26.5 (12.1) | |||
Age group | |||||
19–24 (ref.) | 645 (10.1) | 26.6 (13.0) | |||
25–49 | 2761 (43.4) | 27.0 (12.5) | −0.2 | −2.2-1.8 | 0.84 |
50–64 | 1547 (24.3) | 26.2 (11.8) | −0.1 | −2.3-2.0 | 0.93 |
65+ | 1411 (22.2) | 25.8 (11.1) | 0.3 | −1.9-2.5 | 0.81 |
Sex | |||||
Male (ref.) | 2640 (41.5) | 25.8 (12.1) | |||
Female | 3724 (58.5) | 27.1 (12.1) | 1.5 | 0.6–2.4 | < 0.01 |
Ethnicity | |||||
White (ref.) | 5907 (92.9) | 25.9 (11.6) | |||
Mixed ethnicity | 58 (0.9) | 28.0 (13.5) | −0.9 | −5.7-3.9 | 0.70 |
Black or Black British | 133 (2.1) | 37.8 (15.8) | 14.5 | 10.9–18.2 | < 0.01 |
Asian or Asian British | 177 (2.8) | 34.4 (14.9) | 7.6 | 4.8–10.3 | < 0.01 |
Other | 82 (1.3) | 34.6 (14.4) | 10.8 | 6.4–15.1 | < 0.01 |
Children living at home | |||||
None (ref.) | 4392 (69.0) | 26.0 (11.9) | |||
Children aged < 16 | 1103 (17.3) | 27.5 (12.2) | 0.2 | −1.1-1.8 | 0.71 |
Children aged < 5 | 869 (13.7) | 28.3 (12.7) | 1.7 | 0.2–2.5 | 0.03 |
Educational attainment | |||||
Degree level (ref.) | 1461 (25.5) | 27.8 (12.2) | |||
12–13 years of education | 1505 (26.2) | 26.4 (11.8) | −1.7 | −2.9- -0.4 | < 0.01 |
11 years of education and/or vocational course | 1315 (22.9) | 25.9 (11.9) | −1.0 | −2.4-0.4 | 0.18 |
< 11 years of education | 1457 (25.4) | 25.6 (12.0) | −2.5 | −4.1- -0.9 | < 0.01 |
Equivalised income quintile | |||||
5 (Highest) (ref.) | 1061 (19.5) | 26.4 (11.9) | |||
4 | 1093 (20.1) | 26.6 (11.4) | 0.8 | −0.5-2.2 | 0.21 |
3 | 1099 (20.2) | 26.7 (12.6) | 1.8 | −0.3-3.2 | 0.02 |
2 | 1067 (19.6) | 26.0 (12.5) | 0.9 | −0.6-2.4 | 0.25 |
1 (Lowest) | 1132 (20.8) | 26.8 (12.2) | 1.2 | −0.4-2.8 | 0.15 |
Occupation | |||||
Professional and managerial (ref.) | 2468 (40.7) | 26.5 (11.6) | |||
Intermediate occupation | 1911 (31.5) | 26.7 (11.9) | 0.8 | −0.2-1.9 | 0.13 |
Routine and manual occupation | 1684 (27.8) | 28.6 (12.6) | 0.2 | −1.1-1.4 | 0.79 |