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. 2021 Oct 8;168:105743. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2021.105743

Table 3.

Perceived evolution of cooking frequency and culinary practices reported most frequently during the lockdown.

Total
Men
Women
p-valuea
N % N % N %
Evolution of cooking frequency 2422 100% 1153 100% 1269 100%
More frequent during lockdown 1017 42.0% 440 38.2% 577 45.4%
Less frequent during lockdown 171 7.0% 82 7.1% 89 7.0% 0.001
No change 1234 51.0% 631 54.7% 603 47.5%



Culinary practices reported as more frequent during lockdown 1017 100% 440 100% 577 100%
Spending more time preparing meals 793 78.0% 344 78.2% 449 77.8% 0.95
Trying new recipes and/or cooking unusual meals 749 73.6% 295 67.0% 454 78.7% 0.03
Spending time baking 682 67.1% 267 60.7% 415 71.9% 0.03
Cooking fresh products 613 60.3% 273 62.0% 340 58.9% 0.53
Preparing a greater number of meals 583 57.3% 260 59.1% 323 56.0% 0.52
Preparing food in larger quantities 498 49.0% 208 47.3% 290 50.3% 0.50
a

Significance levels obtained with Pearson's Chi-Square tests. Single p-values are presented for tests applied to the overall variable and multiple p-values for tests applied to each individual sub-variable.