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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Appetite. 2013 Apr 11;67:61–73. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2013.03.016

Table 4.

Random event/eating event binary items frequencies and bivariate odds ratios.

Question Option Mean per Daya SD per Dayb Odds Ratioc
Sweet Drinks Sweet Snacks Salty Snacks
Where were you just before eating/drinking? Home 0.643 0.186 0.753* 1.069 0.712
Other person’s home 0.086 0.108 1.142 0.762 1.110
Stores/entertainment 0.037 0.062 1.625 0.851 0.549
School 0.084 0.101 0.879 1.706* 1.948*
Vehicle 0.049 0.069 1.533 1.242 1.201
Outdoors 0.065 0.094 1.066 0.387** 1.215
None of the above 0.037 0.063 1.466 1.098 1.271
[If at home…] Where at home? Bedroom 0.311 0.203 0.766 0.906 0.744
Kitchen/dining room 0.151 0.127 0.789 1.030 0.817
Family/game room 0.143 0.156 1.129 1.471* 1.232
Yard 0.013 0.031 1.532 0.930 0.264
Bathroom 0.011 0.025 1.129 0.082 0.593
Other 0.014 0.038 0.628 0.855 0.884
Not applicable 0.357 0.186 1.327* 0.935 1.404
[If in a store…] What kind of store? Grocery store 0.005 0.018 1.493 0.927 1.528
Mall/food court 0.010 0.030 0.753 1.086 0.245
Restaurant/fast food 0.014 0.034 2.162 0.524 0.198
Movie theater 0.001 0.004 6.898 0.000 0.274
Gaming store 0.001 0.011 0.227 0.000 1.000
Other 0.007 0.021 1.290 1.417 0.976
Not applicable 0.963 0.062 0.615 1.176 1.820
[If at school…] Where at school? Classroom 0.016 0.035 0.755 1.960 1.556
Cafeteria 0.006 0.024 0.692 0.878 3.244
Gym 0.015 0.051 0.698 1.838 1.251
Library 0.002 0.008 0.564 0.177 1.000
School grounds 0.032 0.057 1.319 2.100* 1.715
Parking lot 0.003 0.016 0.140 0.006 0.161
Other 0.010 0.032 0.679 1.097 3.532
Not applicable 0.916 0.101 1.138 0.586* 0.513*
Were you alone? 0.367 0.199 1.090 0.944 0.725
[If not alone…] Who were you with? (Check all that apply) Family 0.415 0.208 0.770* 1.058 0.829
Friends 0.263 0.178 1.377* 0.864 1.459
Teams/Clubs/Groups 0.036 0.071 1.566 0.798 1.882
Classmates/peers 0.043 0.073 0.787 1.362 0.811
Co-workers 0.004 0.017 0.083 1.123 6.727**
Others 0.025 0.069 0.620 0.971 1.252
What were you doing? (Check all that apply) Using electronic media 0.418 0.223 1.145 1.324* 1.048
Coming from school 0.070 0.077 1.359 1.545 1.130
Working 0.023 0.053 0.906 0.713 0.728
Hanging with friends 0.139 0.132 1.634** 0.968 1.202
Sleeping 0.088 0.087 0.692 0.616 0.420*
Exercising 0.078 0.111 1.387 0.761 0.754
Studying/reading 0.085 0.102 0.736 0.845 0.782
Other activity 0.296 0.208 0.983 0.997 1.607*
[if electronic media…] What electronic media? (Check all that apply) Watching TV 0.217 0.178 1.289 1.461* 0.911
Computer/video games 0.103 0.122 0.764 1.112 0.948
Working on a computer 0.029 0.055 0.753 0.896 1.038
IM/email on computer 0.027 0.064 1.086 1.164 1.775
Texting 0.164 0.203 1.203 1.162 1.336
Listening to music 0.101 0.138 0.998 0.869 0.642
Other 0.024 0.103 0.357 0.429 0.470
What happened just before you drank/ate? (Check all that apply) Smelled food 0.156 0.154 0.845 0.354*** 1.078
Saw snacks 0.143 0.147 2.191*** 7.371*** 5.470***
Saw friend eating 0.039 0.068 1.076 0.670 2.248*
Friend offered food 0.054 0.075 1.728* 0.921 2.205*
Family offered food 0.153 0.132 0.546** 0.525** 0.426**
Bought drink/snack 0.060 0.072 2.878*** 1.627* 2.211*
None of the above 0.565 0.217 0.708** 0.417*** 0.300***
Did you eat by yourself? 0.437 0.223 1.120 2.377*** 1.421
[If not alone..] Who were you with? (Check all that apply) Friend 0.160 0.133 2.204*** 1.344 2.204***
Family member 0.246 0.174 1.445** 0.788 0.894
Classmate/peer 0.019 0.041 0.958 0.936 1.347
Others 0.028 0.060 2.503** 0.491 1.267
a

Mean proportion of ‘yes’ responses per day: Response options were ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ (Yes=1, No=0).

b

Standard deviation of the between person means.

c

Odds ratios are the increase in odds for an outcome (sweet drinks, sweet snacks, or salty snacks) for the designation response option relative to all other options for a single question.

d

Sweetened drinks;

e

Sweet snacks;

f

Salty snacks.

*

p<.05

**

p<.01

***

p<.001