Table 6.

Logistic regression models to ascertain the effects of sex on the likelihood of being mainly responsible for shopping (main food shopping duty) and preparing meals (main planning/preparing) duty) after adjustment for selected covariates (age, ethnicity, marital status, education level and ratio of family income to poverty).

Age (years)	Main Food Shopper	p	Main Meal Preparer	p
18–24 years	-		-
25–34 years	2.25 (1.45–3.48)	0.001	2.53 (1.64–3.93)	<0.001
35–44 years	2.80 (1.71–4.59)	<0.001	2.64 (1.68–4.16)	<0.001
45–54 years	3.08 (1.90–4.99)	<0.001	2.34 (1.50–3.64)	0.001
55–64 years	2.73 (1.75–4.27)	<0.001	2.50 (1.62–3.87)	<0.001
>65 year	4.14 (1.30–3.52)	0.004	2.08 (1.39–3.16)	0.001
Sex
Male	-		-
Female	4.82 (4.14–5.60)	<0.001	5.54 (4.60–6.67)	<0.001
Ethnicity/Race
Mexican American	1.25 (1.03–1.51)	0.023	1.17 (1.03–1.32)	0.024
Other Hispanic	0.91 (0.73–1.14)	0.403	0.99 (0.82–1.21)	0.949
Non-Hispanic White	-		-
Non-Hispanic Black	0.97 (0.85–1.11)	0.648	1.00 (0.88–1.12)	0.944
Non-Hispanic Asian	0.97 (0.82–1.16)	0.758	0.77 (0.65–0.91)	0.004
Other Race—Including Multiracial	0.86 (0.64–1.15)	0.294	0.97 (0.68–1.37)	0.843
Marital status
Married/Living with Partner	0.85 (0.71–1.02)	0.085	0.94 (0.78–1.15)	0.551
Widowed/Divorced/Separated	2.08 (1.55–2.79)	<0.001	2.25 (1.61–3.13)	<0.001
Never married	-		-
Education Level
Less than 9th grade	-		-
9–11th grade	0.96 (0.73–1.26)	0.756	1.22 (0.92–1.63)	0.165
High school graduate/GED or equivalent	1.18 (0.84–1.68)	0.325	1.38 (1.07–1.78)	0.014
Some college or AA degree	1.37 (0.99–1.90)	0.057	1.64 (1.28–2.09)	<0.001
College graduate or above	1.74 (1.26–2.41)	0.002	1.86 (1.36–2.53)	<0.001
Ratio of family income to poverty
<1	-		-
≥1 and <2	1.02 (0.80–1.30)	0.876	0.94 (0.74–1.19)	0.579
≥2 and <3	0.91 (0.71–1.17)	0.456	0.80 (0.60–1.06)	0.117
≥3	0.78 (0.32–0.98)	0.032	0.74 (0.61–0.89)	0.003

Both logistic regression models were statistically significant (F(20,6) = 22.13, p < 0.001 and F(20,6) = 36.90, p < 0.001, respectively). “-” denotes the reference category.