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Table 4 Confidence in cooking 10 foods, National Diet & Nutrition Survey, 2008–09, n = 509

From: Prevalence and socio-demographic correlates of cooking skills in UK adults: cross-sectional analysis of data from the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey

Variable & level

Red meat, % (95 % CI)

Chicken, % (95 % CI)

White fish, % (95 % CI)

Oily fish, % (95 % CI)

Pulses, % (95 % CI)

Dry pasta, % (95 % CI)

Rice (savoury), % (95 % CI)

Potatoes (not chips), % (95 % CI)

Fresh green veg, % (95 % CI)

Root veg, % (95 % CI)

All

87.7 (84.2–90.5)

91.3 (88.1–93.8)

79.7 (75.4–83.5)

69.9 (65.2–74.1)

60.4 (55.5–65.1)

84.9 (80.9–88.1)

87.8 (84.1–90.7)

94.3 (91.2–96.4)

92.7 (89.4–95.1)

89.6 (86.1–92.3)

Gender

 Men

87.8 (82.3–91.7)

88.4 (82.7–92.3)

74.9 (67.8–80.9)

63.8 (56.5–70.5)

55.1 (47.7–62.2)

78.8 (72.3–84.2)

83.2 (76.9–88.1)

92.4 (87.0–95.7)

87.9 (81.9–92.1)

85.5 (79.5–90.0)

 Women

87.6 (82.6–91.3)

94.2 (90.3–96.6)

84.3 (79.1–88.4)

75.7 (70.0–80.7)

65.4 (58.9–71.4)

90.7 (86.0–93.9)

92.1 (87.9–95.0)

96.2 (92.1–98.2)

97.3 (93.7–98.9)

93.5 (89.2–96.1)

Age (years)

 19–34

82.0 (73.8–88.0)

88.9 (82.0–93.4)

70.5 (60.7–78.7)

56.5 (46.4–65.6)

46.4 (36.6–56.4)

92.3 (85.7–96.0)

91.7 (84.8–95.6)

93.4 (85.8–97.1)

90.4 (82.5–95.0)

85.7 (77.7–91.2)

 35–49

91.0 (84.1–95.1)

93.6 (87.2–96.9)

78.7 (70.3–85.3)

78.0 (69.9–84.4)

67.1 (58.4–74.8)

92.0 (84.6–96.0)

93.4 (86.0–97.0)

94.9 (87.6–98.0)

93.1 (85.7–96.8)

92.7 (86.0–96.3)

 50–64

91.1 (83.1–95.5)

92.1 (83.3–96.4)

86.2 (77.5–91.9)

74.4 (65.2–81.9)

65.2 (55.6–73.7)

81.9 (72.6–88.5)

84.9 (75.7–91.0)

94.6 (86.4–98.0)

93.1 (84.4–97.1)

90.3 (81.6–95.1)

 > 64

87.0 (78.4–92.5)

90.6 (82.1–95.3)

86.0 (76.8–92.0)

71.9 (61.3–80.5)

64.7 (53.9–74.1)

68.3 (57.7–77.4)

78.2 (68.2–85.7)

94.6 (87.3–97.8)

94.9 (87.9–98.0)

90.0 (80.9–95.0)

NS-SEC

 Managerial

88.0 (81.9–92.2)

91.8 (86.3–95.2)

82.4 (75.8–87.5)

76.4 (69.4–82.2)

69.2 (61.7–75.9)

90.2 (84.5–94.0)

91.0 (84.9–94.8)

95.1 (90.3–97.5)

92.9 (87.4–96.1)

90.5 (84.7–94.3)

 Intermediate

93.9 (87.3–97.1)

96.0 (88.6–98.7)

85.4 (75.5–91.7)

79.6 (69.4–87.0)

69.3 (58.2–78.5)

85.2 (75.6–91.5)

93.2 (86.5–96.7)

97.5 (84.5–99.6)

99.6 (96.9–99.9)

97.6 (90.9–99.4)

 Routine

84.0 (77.4–88.9)

88.2 (82.0–92.5)

73.7 (66.0–80.2)

57.6 (49.8–65.1)

46.0 (38.5–53.7)

79.0 (71.8–84.8)

81.3 (74.2–86.8)

91.8 (85.6–95.5)

88.7 (81.8–93.2)

84.1 (77.2–89.2)

Respondent is main food provider

 No

81.7 (73.5–87.8)

84.3 (76.2–90.0)

67.4 (58.0–75.6)

56.2 (46.8–65.3)

49.5 (40.2–58.8)

81.6 (73.3–87.7)

84.2 (76.0–89.9)

90.0 (82.6–94.4)

83.9 (75.6–89.7)

81.1 (72.7–87.3)

 Yes

90.6 (86.9–93.3)

94.7 (91.7–96.7)

85.7 (81.3–89.2)

76.4 (71.5–80.7)

65.6 (59.9–70.8)

86.5 (81.9–90.0)

89.5 (85.4–92.6)

96.5 (92.9–98.3)

97.0 (93.7–98.6)

93.7 (90.2–96.0)

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