Table 1.

Time spent cooking, UK Time-Use Survey 2005; women (n = 2292).

Variable	Level	Sample, %	Time spent cooking or washing up in one 24 hour period
			Any, % (95% CI)	30 continuous min, % (95% CI)	Total, median (IQR)	Longest continuous, median (IQR)
All women		100	85.0 (83.2 to 86.6)	59.5 (57.3 to 61.8)	50 (20–90)	30 (10–50)
Age group	25–34 years	17.7	81.0 (76.7 to 85.3)	55.4 (49.8 to 61.0)	40 (10–70)	30 (10–40)
	35–44 years	21.8	83.0 (79.2 to 86.9)	60.7 (55.8 to 65.6)	50 (20–90)	30 (10–60)
	45–54 years	19.0	84.5 (80.4 to 88.6)	54.4 (48.6 to 60.0)	40 (10–80)	30 (10–40)
	55–64 years	17.3	89.4 (86.3 to 92.5)	61.0 (55.7 to 66.2)	50 (30–90)	30 (20–50)
	65+ years	24.1	86.8 (83.6 to 90.0)	64.6 (60.4 to 68.8)	60 (30–100)	30 (20–50)
Employment status	Not in employment	45.3	87.2 (85.0 to 89.4)	64.6 (61.6 to 67.7)	60 (30–100)	30 (20–50)
	In employment	54.7	83.1 (80.6 to 85.6)	55.3 (52.0 to 58.6)	40 (10–70)	30 (10–40)
NS-SEC	Routine and manual	41.6	88.1 (85.8 to 90.3)	64.5 (61.1 to 67.8)	60 (30–90)	30 (20–50)
	Intermediate	25.2	85.3 (82.0 to 88.5)	59.6 (55.1 to 64.1)	50 (20–80)	30 (10–40)
	Managerial and prof.	33.2	80.8 (77.5 to 84.2)	53.3 (49.1 to 57.5)	40 (10–80)	30 (10–40)
Age left education	<15 years	11.0	83.7 (78.7 to 88.7)	59.3 (52.9 to 65.7)	50 (20–90)	30 (10–50)
	15–18 years	65.2	86.3 (84.3 to 88.3)	60.1 (57.4 to 62.9)	50 (20–90)	30 (10–50)
	>18 years	23.8	82.0 (78.2 to 85.7)	58.0 (53.1 to 63.0)	40 (20–90)	30 (10–50)
Adults in household	One adult	24.7	82.4 (79.7 to 85.0)	52.4 (49.0 to 55.8)	40 (10–70)	30 (10–30)
	Two or more adults	75.3	85.8 (83.8 to 87.9)	61.9 (59.1 to 64.7)	50 (20–90)	30 (10–50)
Children in household	No children	69.2	83.8 (81.7 to 85.9)	56.7 (53.9 to 59.5)	50 (20–90)	30 (10–40)
	One or more children	30.8	87.5 (84.7 to 90.3)	65.9 (62.0 to 69.9)	50 (30–90)	30 (20–50)

CI: confidence intervals; IQR: inter-quartile range; NS-SEC: National Statistics Socio-economic Classification.