Table 3.

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

	Family breakfast frequency in the past week*
	Never (n 437)		1–2 times (n 217)		3–7 times (n 173)
	Mean	se	Mean	se	Mean	se	P value
Importance (range: 3–12)	6·1a,c	0·2	7·0b,c	0·2	7·8a,b	0·2	<0·001
Positive interactions (range: 3–12)	6·3a,b	0·2	7·5b	0·2	7·8a	0·2	<0·001
Structure (range: 2–8)	4·2a,b	0·1	4·8b	0·1	4·9a	0·1	<0·001

^a,b,cMean values within a row with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (P<0·05).

^*The model includes fixed effects for gender, school grade level, race, ethnicity, household structure, free/reduced-price school meal eligibility and household food security status, along with a random effect representing school.