TABLE 2.

Source of meals prepared outside the home over the past week, by sociodemographic variables and BMI category, International Food Policy Study, Australia, 2018 (n = 3963)

	Mean number of meals from each source (95% CI)
	Fast-food/takeaway/café	Sit-down restaurant or pub with a waiter/waitress	Work or school/university/hospital canteen	Sandwich/ready-meal from a supermarket	Food truck/market food stall/“street food”	Convenience store/petrol station	Leisure center, recreation, or entertainment venue	Vending machine	Some other kind of place	Total (any food source outside the home)
Total	1.35 (1.29–1.41)	0.73 (0.67–0.78)	0.15 (0.12–0.18)	0.20 (0.17–0.24)	0.10 (0.08–0.12)	0.10 (0.08–0.13)	0.07 (0.05–0.08)	0.05 (0.04–0.07)	0.11 (0.08–0.13)	2.73 (2.61–2.86)
Sex
Male	1.49 (1.39–1.60)	0.78 (0.70–0.86)	0.20 (0.15–0.25)	0.26 (0.19–0.33)	0.14 (0.10–0.18)	0.14 (0.1–0.17)	0.08 (0.06–0.11)	0.08 (0.05–0.11)	0.11 (0.07–0.15)	3.08 (2.87–3.29)
Female	1.21 (1.13–1.29)	0.68 (0.61–0.75)	0.10 (0.07–0.13)	0.15 (0.12–0.18)	0.07 (0.04–0.09)	0.07 (0.05–0.09)	0.05 (0.04–0.07)	0.03 (0.02–0.04)	0.11 (0.07–0.14)	2.40 (2.26–2.54)
Age, y
18–29	2.00 (1.82–2.18)	0.95 (0.81–1.09)	0.34 (0.23–0.46)	0.43 (0.29–0.58)	0.26 (0.18–0.35)	0.22 (0.15–0.30)	0.16 (0.11–0.20)	0.16 (0.1–0.22)	0.13 (0.07–0.2)	4.29 (3.90–4.69)
30–44	1.71 (1.57–1.84)	0.76 (0.65–0.86)	0.2 (0.15–0.26)	0.3 (0.23–0.36)	0.13 (0.09–0.18)	0.16 (0.11–0.20)	0.10 (0.07–0.12)	0.07 (0.04–0.1)	0.07 (0.03–0.11)	3.28 (3.02–3.53)
45–59	1.22 (1.11–1.32)	0.55 (0.48–0.62)	0.06 (0.03–0.09)	0.09 (0.06–0.11)	0.01 (0.01–0.02)	0.04 (0.03–0.06)	0.01 (0–0.02)	0.01 (0–0.02)	0.14 (0.07–0.21)	2.20 (2.03–2.38)
≥60	0.61 (0.54–0.68)	0.67 (0.57–0.78)	0.02 (0–0.04)	0.04 (0.02–0.06)	0.02 (0.01–0.03)	0.02 (0.01–0.02)	0.03 (0.01–0.04)	0 (0–0)	0.10 (0.07–0.12)	1.47 (1.35–1.59)
Education1
Low	1.16 (1.05–1.27)	0.56 (0.47–0.65)	0.10 (0.05–0.15)	0.11 (0.07–0.14)	0.06 (0.02–0.09)	0.08 (0.05–0.12)	0.04 (0.02–0.06)	0.05 (0.02–0.07)	0.11 (0.07–0.16)	2.19 (1.98–2.39)
Medium	1.32 (1.22–1.42)	0.65 (0.58–0.72)	0.15 (0.09–0.21)	0.20 (0.13–0.26)	0.08 (0.05–0.11)	0.10 (0.07–0.13)	0.07 (0.04–0.1)	0.06 (0.03–0.08)	0.11 (0.07–0.15)	2.54 (2.34–2.73)
High	1.70 (1.58–1.83)	1.09 (0.97–1.21)	0.22 (0.17–0.26)	0.37 (0.26–0.48)	0.20 (0.14–0.25)	0.15 (0.11–0.18)	0.12 (0.09–0.15)	0.07 (0.05–0.09)	0.10 (0.06–0.14)	3.88 (3.62–4.13)
BMI category2
Underweight	1.98 (1.42–2.53)	1.29 (0.62–1.96)	0.39 (0.06–0.72)	0.78 (0.04–1.52)	0.20 (0.02–0.38)	0.16 (0.05–0.27)	0.2 (0.09–0.31)	0.17 (0.07–0.26)	0.24 (0.02–0.45)	5.38 (3.94–6.82)
Normal weight	1.34 (1.24–1.43)	0.76 (0.68–0.84)	0.15 (0.11–0.20)	0.20 (0.16–0.25)	0.13 (0.08–0.18)	0.13 (0.09–0.17)	0.08 (0.05–0.1)	0.05 (0.03–0.07)	0.10 (0.06–0.14)	2.74 (2.55–2.93)
Overweight	1.21 (1.1–1.32)	0.72 (0.62–0.82)	0.10 (0.07–0.14)	0.16 (0.11–0.22)	0.08 (0.05–0.11)	0.06 (0.04–0.08)	0.06 (0.03–0.09)	0.03 (0.02–0.05)	0.07 (0.03–0.11)	2.45 (2.23–2.67)
Obese	1.29 (1.14–1.44)	0.62 (0.50–0.73)	0.06 (0.02–0.10)	0.09 (0.06–0.11)	0.03 (0.01–0.06)	0.06 (0.03–0.09)	0.03 (0.01–0.06)	0.02 (0–0.04)	0.12 (0.05–0.18)	2.27 (2.05–2.49)
Ethnicity3
Majority	1.25 (1.18–1.31)	0.63 (0.58–0.67)	0.11 (0.08–0.13)	0.14 (0.12–0.16)	0.07 (0.05–0.08)	0.09 (0.07–0.10)	0.05 (0.04–0.06)	0.04 (0.03–0.06)	0.12 (0.09–0.15)	2.41 (2.3–2.52)
Minority	1.65 (1.47–1.83)	1.03 (0.86–1.20)	0.27 (0.17–0.36)	0.4 (0.26–0.54)	0.19 (0.12–0.27)	0.16 (0.10–0.23)	0.12 (0.08–0.16)	0.08 (0.04–0.12)	0.08 (0.04–0.12)	3.72 (3.34–4.1)

¹Education was defined as low (year 12/equivalent or less), medium (trade certificate/diploma/some university), or high (bachelor's degree or above).

²BMI was determined using participant self-reported height and weight.

³Ethnicity was defined as majority (self-identified as only speaking English in the home and did not identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander) or minority (all other responses).