Table 5.
Time spent on eating activities in nationally representative samples of Australian households, 1989–2010
| Eating activity | Change 1992–1997 | Change 1997–2006 | Change 1992–2006 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1997 | 2006 | Diff. | P value | Diff. | P value | Diff. | P value | |
| Weekdays | |||||||||
| Minutes spent eating per adult | 103·7 | 102·5 | 101·0 | −1·2 | 0·332 | −1·5 | 0·245 | −2·7 | 0·042 |
| Number of eating episodes per adult | 3·9 | 3·8 | 3·8 | −0·1 | 0·001 | 0·0 | 0·992 | −0·1 | 0·001 |
| Average length of eating episodes (min) | 27·7 | 28·9 | 28·1 | 1·2 | 0·001 | −0·8 | 0·034 | 0·4 | 0·246 |
| % of household eating time spent eating | |||||||||
| With others | 75·5 | 73·9 | 71·9 | −1·7 | 0·032 | −2·0 | 0·016 | −3·6 | <0·001 |
| Alone | 22·1 | 25·4 | 27·1 | 3·2 | <0·001 | 1·7 | 0·034 | 5·0 | <0·001 |
| At home | 73·0 | 73·4 | 72·8 | 0·5 | 0·457 | −0·6 | 0·370 | −0·1 | 0·860 |
| At someone else’s home | 6·0 | 5·6 | 4·5 | −0·3 | 0·339 | −1·1 | 0·002 | −1·5 | <0·001 |
| At work/school | 11·5 | 11·4 | 12·9 | −0·1 | 0·764 | 1·5 | 0·001 | 1·4 | 0·003 |
| At food locale | 4·1 | 4·9 | 5·8 | 0·8 | 0·011 | 0·9 | 0·011 | 1·7 | <0·001 |
| In other public place | 5·2 | 4·2 | 3·4 | −1·1 | <0·001 | −0·8 | 0·004 | −1·9 | <0·001 |
| Eating meals | – | 75·7 | 76·0 | – | – | 0·3 | 0·509 | – | – |
| Snacking | – | 6·9 | 7·3 | – | – | 0·4 | 0·139 | – | – |
| % of households visiting food locale | 15·2 | 16·9 | 23·5 | 1·7 | 0·037 | 6·6 | <0·001 | 8·3 | <0·001 |
| Weekends | |||||||||
| Minutes spent eating per adult | 118·6 | 113·8 | 114·3 | −4·8 | 0·044 | 0·5 | 0·809 | −4·3 | 0·050 |
| Number of eating episodes per adult | 3·8 | 3·8 | 3·7 | −0·0 | 0·699 | −0·1 | 0·037 | −0·1 | 0·012 |
| Average length of eating episodes (min) | 33·4 | 32·2 | 33·4 | −1·2 | 0·107 | 1·1 | 0·067 | −0·1 | 0·912 |
| % of household eating time spent eating | |||||||||
| With others | 80·1 | 78·7 | 76·5 | −1·4 | 0·282 | −2·2 | 0·051 | −3·6 | 0·002 |
| Alone | 18·4 | 20·5 | 22·6 | 2·1 | 0·090 | 2·1 | 0·065 | 4·2 | <0·001 |
| At home | 73·1 | 76·2 | 75·9 | 3·2 | 0·005 | −0·4 | 0·710 | 2·8 | 0·007 |
| At someone else’s home | 13·4 | 9·3 | 9·4 | −4·2 | <0·001 | 0·2 | 0·820 | −4·0 | <0·001 |
| At work/school | 1·8 | 2·3 | 1·9 | 0·5 | 0·104 | −0·4 | 0·163 | 0·1 | 0·677 |
| At food locale | 4·2 | 6·4 | 7·2 | 2·2 | <0·001 | 0·8 | 0·168 | 3·0 | <0·001 |
| In other public place | 7·1 | 5·3 | 5·1 | −1·8 | 0·002 | −0·2 | 0·707 | −2·0 | <0·001 |
| Eating meals | – | 75·4 | 76·5 | – | – | 1·2 | 0·118 | – | – |
| Snacking | – | 6·4 | 6·1 | – | – | −0·3 | 0·459 | – | – |
| % of households visiting food locale | 15·9 | 19·0 | 26·1 | 3·1 | 0·020 | 7·1 | <0·001 | 10·2 | <0·001 |
Differences that are statistically significant at the 95 % level or higher are shown in bold.