Table 1.

Demographic and personal characteristics of participants (n and %), South West England, UK (2014).

	Total (n = 590)	Females (n = 428)	Males (n = 162)	P
Marital status				0.10
Married/cohabiting	446 (75.6)	311 (72.7)	135 (83.3)
Single	94 (15.9)	74 (17.3)	20 (12.4)
Separated/divorced/widowed	50 (8.5)	43 (10.0)	7 (4.3)
Ethnic origin				0.94
Caucasian	556 (94.2)	404 (94.4)	152 (93.8)
Other	34 (5.8)	28 (5.6%)	10 (6.2)
Level of education				0.032
Postgraduate degree	121 (20.5)	83 (19.4)	38 (23.5)
Degree or equivalent	224 (38.0)	151 (35.3)	73 (45.1)
Higher education below degree level	139 (23.6)	105 (24.5)	34 (20.9)
A levels or equivalent	62 (10.5)	53 (12.4)	9 (5.6)
High school	41 (6.9)	33 (7.7)	8 (4.9)
No qualifications	3 (0.5)	3 (0.7)	0 (0.0)
Occupation				< 0.001
Managerial	104 (17.6)	63 (14.7)	41 (25.3)
Professional occupation	173 (29.3)	126 (29.4)	47 (29.0)
Associate professional/technical	103 (17.5)	64 (15.0)	39 (24.1)
Administrative/secretarial	170 (28.9)	144 (33.6)	26 (16.0)
Skilled trades	6 (1.0)	3 (0.7)	3 (1.9)
Personal services	15 (2.5)	12 (2.8)	3 (1.9)
Sales/customer services	17 (2.9)	16 (3.7)	1 (0.6)
Process occupation	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Elementary occupation	2 (0.3)	0 (0.0)	2 (1.2)
Work status				< 0.001
Full-time	448 (76.0)	300 (70.0)	151 (93.2)
Part-time	139 (23.6)	128 (30.0)	11 (6.8)
Number of children living in household				0.11
None	356 (60.3)	267 (62.4)	89 (54.9)
≥ 1	234 (39.7)	161 (37.6)	73 (45.1)
Food shopping responsibility				< 0.001
I am	289 (49.1)	258 (60.4)	31 (19.2)
Family members	49 (8.3)	24 (5.6)	25 (15.4)
Shared	251 (42.6)	145 (34.0)	106 (65.4)
Others	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Food preparation responsibility				< 0.001
I am	255 (43.3)	223 (52.2)	32 (19.8)
Family members	60 (10.2)	29 (6.8)	31 (19.1)
Shared	274 (46.5)	175 (41.0)	99 (61.1)
Others	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)

Differences between genders were examined using the Chi-square test.