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Table 1 Socio-demographic, economic and cooking practice characteristics of included (N =51,646) and excluded (N = 1,379) participants (NutriNet-Santé study, 2013)

From: Motives for dish choices during home meal preparation: results from a large sample of the NutriNet-Santé study

 

Included

Excluded

  

Never involved in dish choices (not analyzed)

p *

NutriNet-Santé cohort (not enrolled + not analyzed)

p *

(N = 51,646)

(N = 1,379)

 

(N = 99,079)

 

%

%

 

%

 

Sex

     

 Women

79.0

15.4

< 0.0001

77.2

< 0.0001

 Men

21.0

84.6

 

22.8

 

Age

     

 18–30

10.9

4.1

< 0.0001

21.9

< 0.0001

 30–50

35.9

13.2

 

45.6

 

 50–65

35.8

30.8

 

23.9

 

 > 65

17.4

51.9

 

8.6

 

Education level

     

 Up to secondary

31.3

47.9

< 0.0001

38.4

< 0.0001

 Some college

28.5

19.9

 

28.5

 

 University

34.4

26.5

 

29.1

 

 Missing data

5.7

5.7

 

4.0

 

Monthly income per household unit (€/CU)a

     

 < 1,200

14.4

10.5

< 0.0001

22.7

< 0.0001

 1,200–1,800

23.7

23.3

 

25.9

 

 1,800–2,700

24.7

24.8

 

21.1

 

 ≥ 2,700

26.3

31.3

 

18.7

 

 Missing data

10.9

10.1

 

11.6

 

Presence of children

     

 Yes

29.6

15.2

< 0.0001

38.7

< 0.0001

 No

70.4

84.7

 

61.3

 

 Missing data

0

0.1

 

0

 

Cooking skills

     

 Low

12.0

84.8

< 0.0001

  

 Medium

37.7

9.6

   

 High

50.3

5.5

   

Time spent in meal preparation

     

Weekdays

     

 < 15 min

12.3

80.6

< 0.0001

  

 15–30 min

42.5

11.0

   

 30–45 min

27.8

4.2

   

 ≥ 45 min

17.4

4.1

   

Weekends

     

 < 15 min

7.4

82.3

< 0.0001

  

 15–30 min

21.7

6.4

   

 30–45 min

30.7

5.0

   

 ≥ 45 min

40.9

6.3

   

Cooking enjoyment

     

Weekdays

     

 Yes

68.4

14.1

< 0.0001

  

 No

31.6

85.9

   

Weekends

     

 Yes

80.9

16.8

< 0.0001

  

 No

19.1

83.2

   
  1. *P-values based on non-parametric Wilcoxon test or chi-squared test
  2. aCU: Household Consumer Units. One CU is attributed for the first adult in the household, 0.5 for other persons aged 14 or older and 0.3 for children under 14