Table 4.

Family meal patterns among parents and non-parent young adults at EAT-IV; data from Wave 4 (EAT-IV; 2015–2016) of Project EAT (Eating and Activity in Teens and Young Adults)

	Parents (n 726)		Non-parents (n 618)
	n	%	n	%
Family meal pattern*
Never	133	18·3	113	18·3
Starter	299	41·2	208	33·7
Stopper	68	9·4	98	15·9
Maintainer	226	31·1	199	32·2
Sex*
Female	463	63·8	347	56·2
Male	263	36·2	271	43·9
Race*
White	489	68·1	453	73·5
Non-White	229	31·9	163	26·5
SES*
High	106	14·7	161	26·4
Low/medium	616	85·3	448	73·6
Education*
Bachelor’s degree or greater	330	45·6	390	63·3
Less than bachelor’s degree	394	54·4	226	36·7

^*Parents and non-parents differ significantly at P (χ ²)<0·05.