Table 1.

Sample characteristics (n = 473).

Characteristic	Total sample	P-valuea
Age [Mean (SD)]a
Mother	39.1 (7.2)	<0.001
Father	42.0 (8.9)
Adolescents	12.5 (1.7)
Adolescents' gender (%)
Male	51.4
Female	48.6
Number of family members [Mean (SD)]	4.4 (1.0)
Number of children [Mean (SD)]	2.2 (0.8)
Socioeconomic status (%)
High	22.2
Middle	61.5
Low	16.3
Gender of the main breadwinner (%)
Female	23.3
Male	76.7
Number of days/week couples ate together [Mean ( SD )]
Breakfast	2.8 (2.3)
Lunch	3.3 (2.2)
Supper	5.1 (2.5)
Dinner	2.5 (3.1)
Number of days families eat different types of foods [Mean (SD)]
Homemade foods	6.1 (1.5)
Buy ready-to eat food	0.6 (1.1)
Order food at home	0.6 (0.7)
Eat at restaurants	0.3 (0.7)
Eat at fast-food outlets	0.4 (0.7)
Number of hours per day spent cooking during the week [Mean (SD)]b
Mother	2.2 (1.3)	<0.001
Father	1.0 (1.3)
Other person	0.9 (1.6)
Number of hours per day spent cooking on the weekend [Mean (SD)]b
Mother	3.0 (1.7)	<0.001
Father	1.6 (1.5)
Other person	0.6 (1.3)
Type of employment (%) c
Woman employee	72.7
Woman self-employed	27.3	0.460
Man employee	74.8
Man self-employed	25.2
Working hours (%)c
Woman working 45 h per week	59.2	<0.001
Woman <45 h per week	40.8
Man working 45 h per week	72.3
Man working <45 h per week	27.7

^aIndependent sample t-test.

^bAnalysis of variance.

^cP-value corresponds to the (bilateral) asymptotic significance obtained in Pearson's Chi-square Test.