Table 3.

Factors Associated with Home Meal Preparation Frequency (> 1 Time/Day) among Low-Income African American Adults Living in Baltimore City (n = 295).

	Unadjusted		Adjusted
	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Healthy food beliefs and attitudes scale	1.04	[0.99, 1.09]	1.05	[1.00, 1.10]
Affordability	1.04	[0.96, 1.12]	1.04	[0.96, 1.13]
Convenience	1.07	[0.95, 1.20]	1.08	[0.95–1.22]
Importance	1.04	[0.92, 1.17]	1.04	[0.91, 1.19]
Tastes good	1.54^**	[1.18, 2.00]	1.59^**	[1.19, 2.12]
Food-related psychosocial factors scale
Food and nutrition knowledge	1.07	[0.94, 1.23]	1.13	[0.97, 1.32]
Intentions on healthy eating	1.03	[0.97, 1.09]	1.04	[0.98, 1.11]
Healthy eating self-efficacy	1.05	[0.99, 1.11]	1.07^*	[1.00, 1.14]
Number of times getting food from:
Farmers’ market	1.29	[0.98, 1.68]	1.38^*	[1.02, 1.88]
Corner store	1.00	[0.99, 1.01]	1.00	[0.98, 1.01]
Fast-food sources^a	0.95^*	[0.91, 0.99]	0.95^*	[0.91, 0.99]
Sit-down restaurant	0.88	[0.78, 1.00]	0.90	[0.78, 1.03]
Specialty store	0.98	[0.93, 1.04]	0.98	[0.92, 1.04]
Convenience store	0.98	[0.95, 1.01]	0.98	[0.95, 1.01]
Supermarket or grocery store	1.04	[0.99, 1.09]	1.05^*	[1.00, 1.10]
Consuming food from fast-food sources^a ≥ 1 time/week	0.55^*	[0.34, 0.88]	0.59^*	[0.35, 0.99]
Food acquisition score (yes/no)
Healthy food acquisition	1.02	[0.96, 1.08]	1.01	[0.95, 1.07]
Less-healthy food acquisition	1.04	[0.98, 1.11]	1.06	[0.99, 1.13]

Note. Multiple logistic regression analysis adjusted for employment status (unemployed), poverty status, education level (< high school degree), BMI (kg/m²), sex (female), age (years), participation in food assistance programs (SNAP and WIC). BMI = body mass index; WIC = The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children; SNAP = Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.

Carryout and/or fast-food restaurants.

p < .05;

^**

p < .01 for differences between groups.