Table 2 Multi-variable adjusted odds ratio and 95% CI of meal skipping behaviours according to correlates from the individual, social-environmental and physical-environmental domains
From: Examining the correlates of meal skipping in Australian young adults
Variable | Meal skipping (any meal) | Breakfast skipping | Lunch skipping | Dinner skipping | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | OR (95% CI) | P^ | OR (95% CI) | P^ | OR (95% CI) | P^ | OR (95% CI) | P^ |
INDIVIDUAL DOMAIN | ||||||||
Education | ||||||||
 No University degree | Reference |  | Reference |  | Reference |  | Reference |  |
 University degree | 0.46 (0.22, 0.95) | 0.035 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Ethnicity | ||||||||
 Australia | Reference |  | Reference |  | Reference |  | Reference |  |
 Other | – | – | 1.66 (0.96, 2.86) | 0.07 | – | – | – | – |
Food culture/religion | ||||||||
 Yes | Reference |  | Reference |  | Reference |  | Reference |  |
 No | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Smoking status | ||||||||
 Never | Reference |  | Reference |  | Reference |  | Reference |  |
 Ex, Occasionally, Regularly smoke | 1.79 (0.88, 3.65) | 0.11 | 1.10 (1.15, 3.86) | 0.016 | – | – | – | – |
Physical activity | ||||||||
 Not meeting guidelines | Reference |  | Reference |  | Reference |  | Reference |  |
 Meeting guidelines | 0.65 (0.35, 1.19) | 0.16 | – | – | 0.61 (0.36, 1.03) | 0.07 | – | – |
Time as a barrier | 1.10 (0.96, 1.26) | 0.17 | 1.12 (1.00, 1.26) | 0.036 | 1.11 (1.01, 1.23) | 0.033 | 1.11 (0.98, 1.27) | 0.11 |
Self-efficacy to prepare foods | 0.98 (0.95, 1.01) | 0.20 | 0.98 (0.96, 1.01) | 0.16 | – | – | 1.00 (0.97, 1.02) | 0.86 |
Food insecurity | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1.11 (0.91, 1.36) | 0.30 |
Nutritional knowledge | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Mood | 0.99 (0.77, 1.27) | 0.93 | 0.93 (0.75, 1.15) | 0.48 | – | – | 1.16 (0.90, 1.48) | 0.25 |
Hunger | 1.20 (0.94, 1.54) | 0.14 | 1.09 (0.89, 1.33) | 0.41 | 1.19 (0.99, 1.41) | 0.06 | 1.00 (0.78, 1.27) | 0.30 |
Weight control | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1.13 (0.89, 1.43) | 0.30 |
Habit | 1.05 (0.84, 1.34) | 0.66 | 1.12 (0.93, 1.00) | 0.16 | – | – | 1.10 (0.87, 1.40) | 0.42 |
Taste | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
SOCIAL-ENVIRONMENTAL DOMAIN | ||||||||
Relationship status | ||||||||
 In a relationship | Reference |  | Reference |  | Reference |  |  |  |
 Single | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Preference of other people at eating occasion | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
PHYSICAL-ENVIRONMENTAL DOMAIN | ||||||||
SEIFA | ||||||||
 Low | Reference |  | Reference |  | Reference |  |  |  |
 Medium | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
 High | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Housing type | ||||||||
 Living with family | Reference |  | Reference |  | Reference |  |  |  |
 Living alone | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
 Living with flatmates | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
COVARIATES | ||||||||
 Age | – | – | 0.92 (0.84, 1.00) | 0.06 | – | – | 0.92 (0.85, 1.00) | 0.05 |
 BMI | 1.06 (1.00, 1.12) | 0.039 | 1.06 (1.00, 1.11) | 0.032 | 1.04 (0.99, 1.10) | 0.10 | – | – |
Sex | ||||||||
 Male | Reference |  | Reference |  | Reference |  |  |  |
 Female | 0.49 (0.26, 0.93) | 0.030 | 0.68 (0.39, 1.17) | 0.17 | – | – | – | – |