Relationship between mean daily energy intake and frequency of consumption of out-of-home meals in the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey

Table 2 Summary of child model variables

Variable	Level	N (%)	Mean (SD)
Categorical variables
All children		1797
Gender	Male	934 (52.0)
Gender	Female	863 (48.0)
NS-SeC	Class 1: Higher managerial, administrative, professional and intermediate occupations	1158 (64.4)
NS-SeC	Class 2: Routine and manual occupations	639 (35.6)
Frequency of eating meals out	Rarely or never	497 (27.7)
	1–2 times per month	923 (51.4)
	1 or more times per week	377 (21.0)
Frequency of eating takeaway meals at home	Rarely or never	682 (38.0)
	1–2 times per month	733 (40.8)
	1 or more times per week	382 (21.3)
Continuous variables
Age	Years		9.8 (5.0)
Height	Centimetres		138.4 (27.8)
Mean daily energy intake	Kilocalories		1595.3 (462.1)

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