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Table 2 Descriptive data on life transitions among participants in the Project EAT study with two or more waves of survey data (n = 2902)

From: Associations of early adulthood life transitions with changes in fast food intake: a latent trajectory analysis

 

Across all waves

Between pairs of waves

Waves 1–2

Waves 2–3

Waves 3–4

Leaving the parental home

 Completes transition, %(n)

76.3 (2214)

32.4 (940)

29.7 (863)

14.2 (411)

 No transition, %(n)

22.8 (661)

54.3 (1576)

37.3 (1083)

43.8 (1271)

 Missing, %(n)

0.9 (27)

13.3 (386)

32.9 (956)

42.0 (1220)

Leaving full-time education

 Completes transition, %(n)

87.1 (2527)

26.3 (763)

49.0 (1423)

11.8 (341)

 No transition, %(n)

12.3 (357)

58.6 (1700)

27.2 (789)

47.9 (1390)

 Missing, %(n)

0.6 (18)

15.1 (439)

23.8 (690)

40.4 (1171)

Beginning full-time employment

 Completes transition, %(n)

74.7 (2169)

26.5 (769)

35.8 (1038)

12.5 (362)

 No transition, %(n)

24.0 (697)

58.6 (1701)

34.8 (1010)

41.7 (1210)

 Missing, %(n)

1.2 (36)

14.9 (432)

29.4 (854)

45.8 (1330)

Beginning cohabitation

 Completes transition, %(n)

59.9 (1739)

10.5 (305)

31.9 (925)

17.5 (509)

 No transition, %(n)

39.5 (1145)

76.2 (2211)

39.8 (1155)

40.3 (1169)

 Missing, %(n)

0.6 (18)

13.3 (386)

28.3 (822)

42.2 (1224)

Becoming a parent

 Completes transition, %(n)

43.2 (1254)

9.7 (281)

15.6 (454)

17.9 (519)

 No transition, %(n)

56.1 (1627)

75.7 (2197)

61.5 (1784)

41.5 (1205)

 Missing, %(n)

0.7 (21)

14.6 (424)

22.9 (664)

40.6 (1178)

  1. ‘No transition’ includes both those who have not yet transitioned or who have already completed a transition, i.e. those who show no change in status between 2 waves. Mean age at each wave: wave 1: 14.9y (SD = 1.6), wave 2: 19.4y (SD = 1.7), wave 3: 25.3y (SD = 1.6) and wave 4: 31.1y (SD = 1.6)