. 2020 Apr 2;23(11):2000–2005. doi: 10.1017/S1368980019004300

Table 2.

Associations of food insecurity with the frequency of helping choose family meals and frequency of food preparation/cooking among fifth-grade children (aged 10–11) in Nova Scotia, Canada

	Once a month			Once a week			2–3 times per week			≥4 times per week
	RRR	95 % CI	P-value	RRR	95 % CI	P-value	RRR	95 % CI	P-value	RRR	95 % CI	P-value
How often do you hel p choose family meals?
All students^*
Food-secure	1			1			1			1
Food-insecure	0·96	0·74, 1·25	0·776	0·81	0·63, 1·04	0·100	1·01	0·80, 1·29	0·909	1·21	0·93, 1·59	0·154
Girls	1			1			1			1
Boys	0·58^†	0·46, 0·74^†	<0·001^†	0·41^†	0·33, 0·51^†	<0·001^†	0·36^†	0·29, 0·45^†	<0·001^†	0·38^†	0·30, 0·47^†	<0·001^†
Girls only^‡
Food-secure	1			1			1			1
Food-insecure	0·89	0·59, 1·34	0·576	0·67^†	0·46, 0·97^†	0·036^†	0·95	0·68, 1·33	0·771	1·18	0·80, 1·73	0·395
Boys only^‡
Food-secure	1			1			1			1
Food-insecure	1·01	0·72, 1·40	0·975	0·97	0·72, 1·31	0·848	1·03	0·74, 1·44	0·863	1·19	0·85, 1·66	0·300
How often do you help prepare or cook food in your home?
All students^*
Food-secure	1			1			1			1
Food-insecure	0·94	0·71, 1·23	0·652	1·07	0·83, 1·38	0·616	1·09	0·85, 1·40	0·507	1·63^†	1·26, 2·10^†	<0·001^†
Girls	1			1			1			1
Boys	0·37^†	0·29, 0·48^†	<0·001^†	0·31^†	0·24, 0·38^†	<0·001^†	0·22^†	0·17, 0·28^†	<0·001^†	0·22^†	0·18, 0·29^†	<0·001^†
Girls only^‡
Food-secure	1			1			1			1
Food-insecure	0·77	0·48, 1·25	0·289	0·88	0·56, 1·38	0·577	0·85	0·56, 1·27	0·418	1·40	0·91, 2·15	0·122
Boys only^‡
Food-secure	1			1			1			1
Food-insecure	1·02	0·74, 1·39	0·914	1·16	0·84, 1·59	0·375	1·30	0·92, 1·84	0·141	1·65^†	1·19, 2·28^†	0·002^†

Reference: never helping. RRR, relative risk ratio.

Adjusted for gender, region of residence, number of people in the household and parental education.

^†

Values are statistically significant (P < 0·05).

^‡

Adjusted for region of residence, number of people in the household and parental education.