Table 2.

Perceptions of family breakfast importance, positive interactions and structure among adolescents in rural Minnesota, USA, 2012–2014

	Agreement (%) by family breakfast frequency in the past week*
	Never (n 437)	1–2 times (n 217)	3–7 times (n 173)	P value
It is important we eat breakfast together	11	28	43	<0·001
It is often difficult to find a time when family members can sit down to breakfast together	77	65	45	<0·001
I am often too busy to eat breakfast with my family	70	53	38	<0·001
Breakfast is a time for talking with other family members	17	39	44	<0·001
I enjoy eating breakfast with my family	56	80	81	<0·001
Manners are important during breakfast	59	69	69	0·01
There are rules at breakfast we are expected to follow	12	25	31	<0·001

^*Unadjusted percentage agreement was determined by collapsing the response options ‘strongly agree’ and ‘agree’ as compared with ‘strongly disagree’ and ‘disagree’. Probability testing represents a χ ² test of overall differences in prevalence across the three categories of family breakfast.