Table 5 Breakfast patterns according to eating habits, meal patterns, and socio-demographic characteristics
From: Identifying eating habits in Finnish children: a cross-sectional study
| Â | Breakfast pattern | p-valuea | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irregular | Regular | |||||
n | % | n | % | |||
Eating habits | Unhealthy | 709 | 35.3% | 3116 | 36.4% | < 0.001 |
Avoider | 674 | 33.6% | 3066 | 35.8% | ||
Healthy | 623 | 31.1% | 2381 | 27.8% | ||
Meal (lunch/ dinner) pattern | Irregular | 913 | 45.5% | 1655 | 19.3% | < 0.001 |
Regular | 1093 | 54.5% | 6908 | 80.7% | ||
Gender | Girls | 1130 | 56.3% | 4434 | 51.8% | < 0.001 |
Boys | 876 | 43.7% | 4129 | 48.2% | ||
Age | < 11 years | 472 | 23.5% | 2447 | 28.6% | < 0.001 |
11 years | 1243 | 62.0% | 5214 | 60.9% | ||
> 11 years | 291 | 14.5% | 902 | 10.5% | ||
Language spoken at home | Finnish | 1962 | 91.9% | 8174 | 93.3% | < 0.001 |
Swedish | 69 | 3.2% | 404 | 4.6% | ||
Others | 105 | 4.9% | 181 | 2.1% | ||
Parental education level b | Low | 571 | 57.7% | 1999 | 42.6% | < 0.001 |
High | 419 | 42.3% | 2697 | 57.4% | ||