Table 2.

The score patterns average for meals eaten outside of the home according to personal, demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. Brazilian population aged 10 and up (2008–2009).

	Traditional Meals a			Typical Brazilian Breakfast/Tea b			Ultra-Processed Food c
	Average	95% CI *		Average	95% CI *		Average	95% CI *
Brazil	0.01	−0.02	0.03	0.04	0.02	0.07	0.08	0.05	0.10
Age
10–19	−0.32	−0.36	−0.29	−0.12	−0.15	−0.08	0.21	0.15	0.27
20–39	0.16	0.12	0.20	0.13	0.08	0.18	0.13	0.09	0.18
40–59	0.09	0.04	0.14	0.07	0.02	0.13	−0.09	−0.14	−0.02
60–over	−0.05	−0.13	0.06	−0.06	−0.17	0.05	−0.30	−0.37	−0.22
Sex
Male	0.15	0.12	0.19	0.06	0.02	0.10	0.11	0.06	0.15
Female	−0.15	−0.18	−0.13	0.02	−0.01	0.06	0.04	0.00	0.08
Area
Rural	0.00	−0.05	0.05	−0.04	−0.09	0.01	−0.27	−0.31	−0.23
Urban	0.01	−0.02	0.03	0.05	0.02	0.08	0.12	0.09	0.16
Education
Up to 4	−0.01	−0.06	0.04	0.01	−0.04	0.07	−0.21	−0.25	−0.17
5–8	−0.09	−0.13	−0.04	0.06	0.00	0.11	0.03	−0.03	0.09
9–12	0.07	0.02	0.11	0.08	0.03	0.1 3	0.21	0.15	0.26
Over 12	0.06	0.00	0.12	−0.02	−0.08	0.04	0.26	0.18	0.33
Income
Q1	−0.06	−0.10	−0.01	−0.05	−0.09	0.00	−0.24	−0,28	−0.19
Q2	−0.04	−0.09	0.00	0.03	−0.02	0.09	−0.05	−0.11	0.02
Q3	−0.02	−0.09	0.03	0.08	0.02	0.15	0.01	−0.04	0.06
Q4	0.05	0.00	0.11	0.11	0.04	0.17	0.17	0.10	0.24
Q5	0.07	0.02	0.12	0.02	−0.04	0.08	0.33	0.26	0.40
Region
North	0.08	0.02	0.14	−0.04	−0.09	0.02	0.00	−0.05	0.06
Northeast	0.00	−0.04	0.04	0.01	−0.04	0.05	−0.11	−0.15	−0.07
Southeast	−0.01	−0.05	0.03	0.10	0.05	0.15	0.12	0.07	0.17
South	−0.01	−0.06	0.05	−0.01	−0.06	0.04	0.23	0.16	0.30
Centre-west	0.09	0.03	0.15	−0.04	−0.09	0.02	0.16	0.05	0.27

*—95% CI; CI—Confidence Interval. ^a—composition: rice, beans, vegetables and greens, roots and tubers, pasta, beef, poultry, eggs; ^b—composition: butter, milk, coffee and tea, processed bread, processed cheese, margarine; ^c—composition: sweet, ready-to-eat meals, soft drinks.