Table 2.

Time spent cooking, UK Time-Use Survey 2005; men (n = 1922).

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 men		100	60.4 (57.9 to 62.9)	33.0 (30.7 to 35.4)	10 (0–40)	10 (0–30)
Age group	25–34 years	18.6	58.1 (51.6 to 64.6)	28.6 (22.8 to 34.5)	10 (0–30)	10 (0–30)
	35–44 years	22.9	62.8 (57.5 to 68.1)	34.0 (28.9 to 39.2)	20 (0–50)	10 (0–30)
	45–54 years	19.6	54.1 (48.3 to 59.9)	28.0 (22.9 to 33.1)	10 (0–40)	10 (0–30)
	55–64 years	18.1	59.3 (53.7 to 64.9)	32.0 (26.8 to 37.3)	10 (0–40)	10 (0–30)
	65+ years	20.9	66.9 (62.3 to 71.5)	41.3 (36.6 to 46.0)	30 (0–60)	20 (0–30)
Employment status	Not in employment	30.1	66.9 (62.9 to 70.9)	43.2 (39.1 to 47.3)	30 (0–60)	20 (0–30)
	In employment	69.9	57.7 (54.6 to 60.8)	28.6 (25.8 to 31.5)	10 (0–40)	10 (0–30)
NS-SEC	Routine and manual	38.5	58.3 (54.3 to 63.4)	33.9 (20.1 to 37.7)	20 (0–470)	10 (0–30)
	Intermediate	18.5	60.9 (55.2 to 66.6)	33.3 (28.0 to 38.7)	20 (0–50)	10 (0–30)
	Managerial and prof.	43.0	62.1 (58.3 to 65.9)	32.1 (28.5 to 35.7)	10 (0–40)	10 (0–30)
Age left education	<15 years	9.1	65.7 (58.5 to 73.0)	41.6 (34.3 to 49.0)	30 (0–60)	20 (0–30)
	15–18 years	63.9	58.9 (55.8 to 62.0)	21.5 (28.6 to 34.3)	10 (0–40)	10 (0–30)
	>18 years	27.1	62.2 (57.3 to 67.2)	33.7 (28.9 to 38.6)	10 (0–40)	10 (0–30)
Adults in household	One adult	16.1	73.8 (70.0 to 77.7)	42.1 (37.8 to 46.3)	30 (0–60)	20 (0–30)
	Two or more adults	83.9	57.9 (55.0 to 60.7)	31.3 (28.6 to 33.9)	10 (0–40)	10 (0–30)
Children in household	No children	73.3	60.9 (58.0 to 63.8)	32.7 (30.0 to 35.3)	20 (0–40)	10 (0–30)
	One or more children	26.7	59.2 (54.2 to 64.2)	33.9 (29.1 to 38.7)	10 (0–40)	10 (0–30)

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