Table 2.
The combination of the objective and subjective constructs of eating alone, presented with numbers, n = 695, and column %. Both constructs were coded into binary variables for regression analysis. Eating together ‘daily’ was categorised as eating together, while ‘several days per week’ or more rarely were categorised as eating alone. The experience of eating alone was divided into bothered (‘often/always bothered’) or not bothered (‘rarely/never bothered/never eating alone’)
| n (%) | Frequency of eating together | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | Several days a week | One or a couple of days a week | One or a couple of days a month | More rarely or never | ||
| Experience of eating alone | ||||||
| Often/Always bothered | 12 (2) | 1 (3) | 3 (5) | 8 (11) | 1 (3) | |
| Rarely/Never bothered | 382 (76) | 29 (97) | 54 (95) | 67 (89) | 29 (97) | |
| Never eating alone | 109 (22) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| n (%) | 503 (100) | 30 (100) | 57 (100) | 75 (100) | 30 (100) | |