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

Table 4 Individual and occasion level factors associated with consuming a SSB at eating occasions that include a beverage^a

*Individual level: Sociodemographic and health behaviour factors*
Age	1.00 (0.97, 1.02)
Gender
Male (ref.)	1.00
Female	1.02 (0.72, 1.44)
Education level
Tertiary or higher (ref.)	1.00
Less than tertiary	1.53 (1.16, 2.01)**
Smoking status
Never smoker (ref.)	1.00
Past/current	1.26 (0.94, 1.68)
Weight Status
Healthy/underweight (ref.)	1.00
Overweight/obese	1.20 (0.92, 1.57)
*Eating occasion level: Situational factors*
Persons present
Alone (ref.)	1.00
With friends	1.45 (0.94, 2.24)
With other people	0.83 (0.64, 1.07)
Location of SSB intake
Home, including family/friends’ home (ref.)	1.00
Work/University	1.27 (0.89, 1.83)
Fast food venue	1.78 (0.77, 4.14)
café/restaurant	3.02 (1.58, 5.78)**
Other^b	1.31 (0.86, 2.00)
Activity
Nothing else (ref.)	1.00
Visiting family/friends	1.49 (0.89, 2.50)
Screen-based activity	1.21 (0.86, 1.71)
Other^c	1.01 (0.70, 1.46)
Location of purchase
Supermarket/grocery store (ref.)	1.00
Convenience outlet^d	4.58 (2.85, 7.38)***
Other^e	0.39 (0.26, 0.59)***

Abbreviations: ref. reference group, SSB Sugar-sweetened beverage
^a Values are odds ratios (95% CI) determined using multilevel logistic regression adjusted for all individual and eating occasion level factors (n = 2185 beverage EO with complete data on EO level situational factors)
^bIncludes sporting venue or in transit (i.e. car, bus train)
^cIncludes in transit (i.e. car, bus train), reading/studying or playing sports
^dIncludes fast food/takeaway shop, Convenience store/milk bar/service station; vending machines
^eIncludes specialty shops, food markets, and common text responses stating ‘tap water’
**P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001

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