Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of alternative high school students for the total sample and by family meals frequency groups
| Total | Never eats family meals |
Eats family meals 1–4 times/week |
Eats family meals 5–7 times/week |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N=1431 (%) | N=37 (%) | N=34 (%) | N=72 (%) | |
| Age: Mean (SD) | 17.2 (1.2) | 17.3 (1.2) | 17.3 (1.2) | 17.1 (1.2) |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 68 (49%) | 18 (28%) | 16 (24%) | 31 (48%) |
| Male | 72 (51%) | 17 (24%) | 15 (21%) | 40 (55%) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| White | ||||
| Black/African | 56 (40%) | 12 (23%) | 15 (28%) | 26 (49%) |
| American | 44 (31%) | 13 (29%) | 9 (20%) | 23 (51%) |
| Other/Hispanic | 40 (29%) | 10 (26%) | 7 (18%) | 22 (56%) |
| Socioeconomic status | ||||
| Low | 87 (63%) | 22 (26%) | 19 (22%) | 45 (49%) |
| High | 51 (37%) | 13 (27%) | 12 (24%) | 24 (49%) |
| Living Arrangement | ||||
| Both parents | 44 (32%) | 9 (21%) | 11 (26%) | 22 (52%) |
| Mother only | 57 (42%) | 14 (25%) | 13 (23%) | 30 (53%) |
| Other | 36 (26%) | 11 (31%) | 6 (17%) | 19 (53%) |
Note: Chi-square tests of family meal frequency by demographic characteristics did not indicate any significant differences. SD = standard deviation.
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Numbers may be reduced by varying amounts because of incidental missing data.