Relationships between frequency of family meals, BMI and nutritional aspects of the home food environment among New Zealand adolescents

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of adolescents by frequency of consuming a meal with their family during the previous school week

Frequency of family meals		None		1–2 days		3–4 days		Everyday
	n	%¹	SE	%	SE	%	SE	%	SE	p-value
Total	3119	9.6	0.6	17.9	0.7	30.2	0.9	42.4	1.1
Gender
Male	1496	8.0	0.7	17.0	1.0	31.8	1.2	43.2	1.4
Female	1623	11.1	0.9	18.7	1.0	28.7	1.1	41.6	1.5	0.049
Ethnicity
Pacific Island	1949	8.6	0.7	19.1	0.9	31.2	1.0	41.0	1.3
Maori	603	10.3	1.2	16.7	1.3	30.0	2.3	43.0	2.1
Asian	335	11.3	1.6	14.6	1.8	27.2	2.4	46.9	2.7
European	232	13.8	2.0	15.1	2.6	25.9	3.2	45.3	3.2	0.55
Age
≥ 13	733	8.6	1.1	17.2	1.6	28.1	1.8	46.1	1.9
14	780	8.8	1.2	16.2	1.2	30.9	1.7	44.1	2.0
15	600	10.5	1.3	14.5	1.5	29.7	2.0	45.3	2.2
16	538	9.3	1.1	22.3	1.6	31.8	2.2	36.6	2.3
≥ 17	468	11.8	1.7	20.9	1.9	31.0	2.1	36.3	2.1	< 0.001

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