Table 4 Meal patterns (lunch and dinner) according to eating habits, breakfast patterns, and socio-demographic characteristics
From: Identifying eating habits in Finnish children: a cross-sectional study
| Â | Meal pattern (lunch/dinner) | p-valuea | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irregular | Regular | |||||
n | % | n | % | |||
Eating habits | Unhealthy | 413 | 16.1% | 885 | 11.1% | < 0.001 |
Avoider | 1294 | 50.4% | 3316 | 41.4% | ||
Healthy | 861 | 33.5% | 3800 | 47.5% | ||
Breakfast pattern | Irregular | 913 | 35.6% | 1093 | 13.7% | < 0.001 |
Regular | 1655 | 64.4% | 6908 | 86.3% | ||
Gender | Girls | 1390 | 54.1% | 4174 | 52.2% | 0.084 |
Boys | 1178 | 45.9% | 3827 | 47.8% | ||
Age | < 11 years | 666 | 25.9% | 2253 | 28.2% | < 0.001 |
11 years | 1535 | 59.8% | 4922 | 61.5% | ||
> 11 years | 367 | 14.3% | 826 | 10.3% | ||
Language spoken at home | Finnish | 2362 | 92.0% | 7488 | 93.6% | < 0.001 |
Swedish | 102 | 4.0% | 343 | 4.3% | ||
Others | 104 | 4.0% | 170 | 2.1% | ||
Parental education levelb | Low | 613 | 50.2% | 1896 | 43.6% | < 0.001 |
High | 607 | 49.8% | 2456 | 56.4% | ||