Measuring implementation behaviour of menu guidelines in the childcare setting: confirmatory factor analysis of a theoretical domains framework questionnaire (TDFQ)

Table 3 Demographics of non-respondent service cooks

	Respondents n = 202	Non-respondents^a n = 140	p-value**
Demographic variable	N (%)	N (%)	p-value**
Female	188 (93.07)	127 (90)	0.43
Qualification
University Qualification	4 (1.98)	2 (1.43)	0.70
Tafe Course	88 (43.56)	56 (40.00)	0.58
Registered Training Organisation Course	88 (43.56)	78 (55.71)	0.03
‘On the job’ Training	44 (21.78)	27 (19.29)	0.59
≥40 years of age	130 (64.68)	88 (62.86)	0.73
>5 years as a service cook in childcare services	109 (56.19)	66 (47.83)	0.15
>5 years in current position	83 (41.92)	40 (28.99)	0.02
Hours worked per week			0.89
20–29 h	82 (40.59)	60 (43.17)
Works ≥30 h per week	93 (46.04)	61 (43.88)
Menu planning practices
Menu cycle Length			0.42
Six week menu cycle	31 (15.35)	12 (8.57)
Four week menu cycle	108 (53.47)	78 (55.71)
Two week menu cycle	14 (9.41)	11 (7.86)
Frequency service plans a menu			0.92
Every 6 months	84 (41.58)	63 (45.00)
Every 3 months	60 (29.70)	38 (27.14)
Hours taken to plan a service menu			0.04
< 5 h	127 (62.87)	96 (68.57)
≥ 5 h	66 (32.67)	31 (22.14)

^aNon-respondents are those eligible service cooks who did not complete all 75 TDFQ items and whose data is not included in the analysis
**p-value <0.05 is considered significant

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