Temporal eating patterns: a latent class analysis approach

Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of temporal eating patterns, overall and by latent class membership

	Men (n = 2402)					Women (n = 2840)
	Overall	Conventional	Later Lunch	Grazing	P value¹	Overall	Conventional	Later Lunch	Grazing	P value¹
Age (y, mean [SD])	47 (17)	51 (17)^a	48 (16)^b	41 (16)^c	<0.01	49 (18)	51 (20)^a	50 (16)^a	46 (17)^b	<0.001
Education level (%)					<0.001					<0.001
Low	21	26	17	17		29	35	26	25
Medium	54	54	54	53		42	41	47	39
High	26	21	30	30		28	24	27	36
Weekly income (quintiles, [%])²					0.14					0.24
First: <$398	16	18	13	18		22	25	19	21
Second: $399–638	17	17	17	16		19	19	19	18
Third: $639–958	19	21	19	17		19	20	19	19
Fourth: $959–1,438	23	23	21	23		19	18	18	22
Fifth: ≥ $1439	25	21	30	26		21	18	25	20
Geographic region (%)					<0.01					<0.01
Major cities of Australia	73	69	72	81		74	70	74	80
Inner regional cities	18	20	21	12		18	20	19	13
Other areas (rural or remote)	9	11	8	7		9	10	7	7
Country of birth (%)					0.23					<0.001
Australia	69	70	71	63		69	71	74	59
Main English speaking countries	12	12	11	14		12	12	12	12
All other countries	19	18	18	23		19	17	15	29
Hours worked in past week (%)					0.03					0.02
Not in workforce	30	31	26	33		44	49	42	39
< 35 h	10	8	11	14		27	24	30	28
≥ 35 h	60	61	63	53		29	28	28	33
Social marital status (%)					<0.001					0.01
Married³	63	67	67	48		59	58	64	56
Not married	37	33	33	52		41	42	36	44
Household composition (%)					<0.001					0.01
Person living alone	13	14	11	15		16	19	14	15
Couple only	32	36	32	23		31	31	34	26
Couple with children	38	35	42	38		34	30	26	27
Other household	17	15	15	24		19	20	17	22

¹Different superscript letters indicate significant differences between classes, assessed using a F-test with Bonferroni correction for continuous variables. Differences between classes for categorical variables were assessed using an adjusted Pearson Chi2 test
² n = 2258 men and n = 2586 women due to missing cases for income
³In a registered or de facto marriage

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