Table 6.
Grocery shopping and food preparation responsibilities
| How do you feed your family? | Physicians, n (%) (N = 67) |
|---|---|
| I cook | 47 (70.2) |
| Household employee cooks | 15 (22.4) |
| Spouse cooks | 38 (56.7) |
| Kids cook or feed themselves | 7 (10.5) |
| Eat out | 27 (40.3) |
| Food delivery service | 14 (20.9) |
| Not applicable | 4 (6.0) |
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Individual responses: “We eat out or get take out 1 weeknight/week on average” “Family member cooks” |
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| To obtain groceries, which services do you use? |
Physicians, n (%) (N = 127) |
| Perform shopping myself | 87 (68.5) |
| Spouse performs | 56 (44.1) |
| Employ household employee to perform | 14 (11.0) |
| Online grocery order with pickup or delivery | 32 (25.2) |
| Other | 2 (1.6) |
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Individual responses: “Use a meal delivery service like plated or Green Chef” “Family members help with shopping” “Amazon Fresh” “Blue apron every other week” “Intermittent meal delivery service (blue apron)” “Online meal service- Hello Fresh!” “Peapod. It saves your prior orders and lets you update.” “Take out. Costco premade meals. Premade frozen dinner” “Need to use online services more often! Life changer.” |