Eating occasion situational factors and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption in young adults

Table 3 Frequency distribution of contextual characteristics for all eating occasions (n = 481) where sugar-sweetened beverages were consumed^a

	Overall	Men	Women	P value^b
Persons present^c				0.03
Alone	249 (53)	59 (51)	190 (53)
With friends	61 (13)	23 (20)	38 (11)
With other people (e.g. family/partner)	159 (34)	33 (29)	126 (36)
Location of SSB intake^c				0.16
Home (including family/friends’ home)	265 (56)	54 (48)	211 (59)
Work/University	84 (18)	22 (19)	62 (17)
Fast Food Venue	21 (5)	8 (7)	13 (4)
Café/Restaurant	40 (8)	10 (9)	30 (8)
Other^d	59 (13)	19 (17)	40 (11)
Activity^e				0.31
Nothing else	99 (21)	23 (20)	76 (21)
Visiting family/friends	70 (15)	13 (12)	57 (16)
Screen-based activity	216 (46)	51 (45)	165 (46)
Other^f	83 (18)	26 (23)	57 (16)
Location of purchase^g				< 0.001
Supermarket/grocery store	282 (62)	52 (47)	230 (67)
Convenience outlet^h	86 (19)	36 (33)	50 (15)
Otherⁱ	86 (19)	22 (20)	64 (19)

^aValues are n(%)
^bDifferences across gender assessed using Pearson’s chi2 test
^cn = 12 occasions where persons present or location of sugar-sweetened beverage intake were not specified
^dIncludes sporting venue or in transit (i.e. car, bus train)
^en = 13 occasions where activity was not specified
^fIncludes in transit (i.e. car, bus train), reading/studying or playing sports
^gn = 27 occasions where location of purchase was not specified/unknown
^hIncludes fast food/takeaway shop, Convenience store/milk bar/service station; vending machines
ⁱIncludes specialty shops, food markets, and common text responses stating ‘tap water’

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