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Table 1 Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the sample (n = 48,401 women and n = 13,972 men)

From: Social disparities in food preparation behaviours: a DEDIPAC study

 

Raw data

P-value#

Weighted dataa

P-value#

Women

Men

Women

Men

Education

  

<0.0001

  

<0.0001

 Primary

2.9

3.9

 

30.2

24.1

 

 Secondary

33.1

34.9

 

44.2

50.9

 

 Under-graduate

32.4

23.5

 

13.3

10.7

 

 Post-graduate

31.6

37.7

 

12.3

14.3

 

Occupation

  

<0.0001

  

<0.0001

 Self-employed

2.7

4.8

 

5.2

9.9

 

 Never employed

5.1

2.1

 

5.1

3.6

 

 Manual worker, Office worker

34.2

16.8

 

54.1

39.2

 

 Intermediate profession

28.4

24.5

 

22.9

23.7

 

 Managerial staff

29.6

51.8

 

12.7

23.6

 

Monthly household income per household unit

  

<0.0001

  

<0.0001

 Unwilling to answer

12.0

6.2

 

15.1

9.9

 

  < 1200 euros

16.5

10.9

 

24.9

21.0

 

 1200–1800 euros

39.9

38.2

 

40.9

43.4

 

 1801–2700 euros

9.0

11.2

 

6.9

8.9

 

  > 2700 euros

22.6

33.5

 

12.2

16.8

 

Age

  

<0.0001

  

0.07

 18–24 years

6.0

2.5

 

10.6

10.8

 

 25–34 years

21.8

12.1

 

13.8

14.1

 

 35–54 years

40.9

33.9

 

35.9

39.1

 

  > 55 years

21.3

51.5

 

39.7

36.0

 

Household composition

  

<0.0001

  

0.22

 Single

17.8

14.6

 

16.6

14.6

 

 Couple without child

38.8

49.5

 

37.6

38.2

 

 Couple with ≥one child

33.1

26.3

 

36.6

36.9

 

 Household without child and with ≥3 adults

10.3

9.6

 

9.2

10.3

 
  1. aWeighting calculated according to national census reports on age, birthplace, educational level, employment status, marital status, presence of children in the household and geographical area of residence
  2. # P-value represented the overall significance of each variable (Type 3 analysis of effects)