Association between eating behaviour and diet quality: eating alone vs. eating with others

Chae, Wonjeong; Ju, Yeong Jun; Shin, Jaeyong; Jang, Sung-In; Park, Eun-Cheol

doi:10.1186/s12937-018-0424-0

Nutrition Journal

Table 3 Eating style and MAR by socioeconomic status

From: Association between eating behaviour and diet quality: eating alone vs. eating with others

Variables	Eating Style
	Together	Alone			Some Together
	β	β	S.E	p-value	β	S.E	p-value
Male
One person household
Yes	Ref.	−0.072	0.105	0.495	0.030	0.090	0.742
No	Ref.	−0.134	0.039	0.001	−0.002	0.018	0.919
Education Level
Primary	Ref.	−0.141	0.091	0.124	0.022	0.062	0.725
Secondary	Ref.	0.019	0.114	0.867	−0.039	0.499	0.499
Upper Secondary	Ref.	−0.036	0.056	0.520	0.000	0.030	0.999
Tertiary	Ref.	−0.212	0.059	<.001	−0.002	0.027	0.934
Income Level
Lowest	Ref.	−0.216	0.068	0.002	0.024	0.040	0.539
Lower-Middle	Ref.	−0.045	0.063	0.479	0.010	0.033	0.752
Upper-Middle	Ref.	−0.058	0.079	0.462	−0.008	0.037	0.827
Highest	Ref.	−0.167	0.081	0.040	−0.032	0.036	0.367
Occupation
White Collar	Ref.	−0.003	0.085	0.970	0.030	0.031	0.343
Pink Collar	Ref.	−0.067	0.085	0.435	−0.123	0.050	0.015
Blue Collar	Ref.	−0.112	0.059	0.057	0.015	0.029	0.595
Others	Ref.	−0.193	0.070	0.006	−0.007	0.046	0.887
Female
One person household
Yes	Ref.	0.059	0.092	0.519	0.103	0.086	0.234
No	Ref.	−0.081	0.026	0.002	−0.010	0.014	0.475
Education Level
Primary	Ref.	−0.163	0.055	0.003	−0.040	0.039	0.309
Secondary	Ref.	−0.146	0.071	0.040	−0.068	0.045	0.128
Upper Secondary	Ref.	−0.048	0.042	0.252	0.009	0.022	0.695
Tertiary	Ref.	−0.024	0.043	0.578	−0.008	0.023	0.710
Income Level
Lowest	Ref.	−0.077	0.046	0.096	−0.020	0.030	0.501
Lower-Middle	Ref.	−0.083	0.048	0.086	−0.010	0.027	0.702
Upper-Middle	Ref.	−0.086	0.051	0.092	−0.041	0.028	0.135
Highest	Ref.	−0.044	0.052	0.400	0.031	0.028	0.271
Occupation
White Collar	Ref.	−0.026	0.052	0.622	−0.002	0.027	0.950
Pink Collar	Ref.	−0.125	0.059	0.035	−0.016	0.036	0.669
Blue Collar	Ref.	−0.178	0.062	0.004	−0.055	0.034	0.107
Others	Ref.	−0.038	0.037	0.306	−0.006	0.021	0.795

Adjusted for living arrangement, residential area, BMI, weight changes, marital status, educational level, income level, occupation, alcohol consumption, smoking, stress level, nutritional education, nutrient supplement intake, and nutrition facts usage

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