Table 1.
Descriptive assessment for regression models by FAFH frequency (n = 14,987).
| FAFH | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤2 Meals/Week (n = 7625) |
>2 Meals/Week (n = 7362) |
OR 1 (95%CI) | p 2 | |
| ----- LS means (SE) ----- | ||||
| Age | 44.8 (0.24) | 40.7 (0.33) | <0.0001 | |
| ---------- n (%) ---------- | ||||
| Sex | ||||
| Female | 4279 (56.6) | 3304 (44.0) | ref | |
| Male | 3358 (43.4) | 4058 (56.0) | 1.66 (1.53, 1.81) | <0.0001 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 2425 (59.8) | 2713 (66.0) | ref | |
| Mexican American | 1247 (10.7) | 936 (8.3) | 0.70 (0.60, 0.81) | 0.037 |
| Other Hispanic | 911 (7.6) | 691 (6.0) | 0.71 (0.62, 0.82) | 0.078 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 1703 (11.6) | 1852 (11.9) | 0.92 (0.82, 1.05) | 0.0008 |
| Non-Hispanic Asian | 1062 (6.2) | 863 (4.4) | 0.65 (0.56, 0.74) | <0.0001 |
| Other race 3 | 289 (4) | 307 (3.5) | 0.79 (0.62, 1.01) | 0.93 |
| Education level | ||||
| Less than high school | 1904 (17.0) | 1019 (9.6) | ref | |
| High school/GED | 1807 (24.9) | 1557 (20.7) | 1.46 (1.28, 1.67) | 0.040 |
| Some college | 2225 (30.8) | 2582 (34.3) | 1.96 (1.71, 2.26) | <0.0001 |
| College graduate or above | 1696 (27.3) | 2204 (35.4) | 2.29 (1.90, 2.75) | <0.0001 |
| Poverty income ratio | ||||
| ≥1.3 PIR | 4155 (65.4) | 5042 (77.6) | ref | |
| <1.3 PIR | 3482 (34.6) | 2320 (22.4) | 0.55 (0.48, 0.61) | <0.0001 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married, living with partner | 4782 (65.5) | 4134 (61.0) | ref | |
| Not married | 2849 (34.5) | 3226 (39.0) | 1.21 (1.09, 1.35) | 0.0005 |
| Country of birth | ||||
| Born in the US | 4692 (76.8) | 5591 (85.9) | ref | |
| Others | 2939 (23.2) | 1767 (14.1) | 0.54 (0.48, 0.61) | <0.0001 |
1 ORs of >2 meals/week estimated using logistic regression models; ≤2 meals/week was used as reference. 2 Rao–Scott chi-square or logistic regression models. 3 Including multi-racial. FAFH: food away from home, prepared outside the home; LS: least squares; SE: standard error; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidential interval; GED: general educational development (equivalent to a high school degree).