Table 5.
Situational context of eating occasions by six need state segments
| Need state segments | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Routine family meal (N = 60) | Healthy regimen (N = 160) | Comforting personal time (N = 116) | Fast fueling (N = 114) | Family ritual (N = 46) | Indulgent escape (N = 63) | |||||||
| No. of people present | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % |
| Adult family members** | ||||||||||||
| 1 adult1 | 21 | 35.0 | 138 | 86.3 | 101 | 87.1 | 100 | 87.7 | 24 | 52.2 | 40 | 63.5 |
| ≥ 2 adults | 39 | 65.0 | 22 | 13.8 | 15 | 12.9 | 12 | 12.3 | 22 | 47.8 | 23 | 36.5 |
| Child family members** | ||||||||||||
| No children | 24 | 40.0 | 134 | 83.8 | 106 | 91.4 | 96 | 84.2 | 30 | 65.2 | 52 | 82.5 |
| ≥ 1 child2 | 36 | 60.0 | 26 | 16.3 | 10 | 8.6 | 18 | 15.8 | 16 | 34.8 | 11 | 17.5 |
| Who prepared the food* | ||||||||||||
| Participant | 42 | 89.4 | 129 | 93.5 | 83 | 92.2 | 75 | 90.4 | 33 | 89.2 | 26 | 74.3 |
| Others | 5 | 10.6 | 9 | 6.5 | 7 | 7.8 | 8 | 9.6 | 4 | 10.8 | 9 | 25.7 |
| Preparation time** | ||||||||||||
| No time | 2 | 3.3 | 20 | 12.5 | 29 | 25.0 | 28 | 24.6 | 3 | 6.5 | 8 | 12.7 |
| Under 5 minutes | 8 | 13.3 | 54 | 33.8 | 45 | 38.8 | 48 | 42.1 | 5 | 10.9 | 15 | 23.8 |
| 5–10 minutes | 6 | 10.0 | 46 | 28.8 | 20 | 17.2 | 17 | 14.9 | 9 | 19.6 | 11 | 17.5 |
| More than 11 minutes | 44 | 73.3 | 40 | 25.0 | 22 | 19.0 | 21 | 18.4 | 29 | 63.0 | 29 | 46.0 |
| Eating time** | ||||||||||||
| Under 15 minutes | 7 | 11.7 | 79 | 49.4 | 53 | 45.7 | 56 | 49.1 | 6 | 13.0 | 18 | 28.6 |
| 16–20 minutes | 13 | 21.7 | 37 | 23.1 | 28 | 24.1 | 29 | 25.4 | 15 | 32.6 | 17 | 27.0 |
| More than 21 minutes | 40 | 66.7 | 44 | 27.5 | 35 | 30.2 | 29 | 25.4 | 25 | 54.3 | 28 | 44.4 |
1
Including herself.
2
Under the age of 18. Pearson’s chi-square test,
*
P < 0.05;
**
P < 0.001.