Table 2.

Expenditure on food away from home (percentage of total food budget) in nationally representative samples of Australian households, 1989–2010

	% of total food budget			Change 1989–1999		Change 1999–2010		Change 1989–2010
	1988/89	1998/99	2009/10	Diff.	P value	Diff.	P value	Diff.	P value
Food away from home	22·8	24·8	26·5	2·0	<0·001	1·7	<0·001	3·7	<0·001
Takeaway foods	13·4	15·4	14·4	2·0	<0·001	−1·0	<0·001	1·0	<0·001
Meals out	9·6	9·4	12·1	−0·2	0·423	2·7	<0·001	2·5	<0·001

All expenditure shares are at 2010 prices. Differences that are statistically significant at the 95 % level or higher are shown in bold.