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Table 3 Associations between phone use and shared family meals adjusted for parental educational status, ethnicity, and age

From: Parental phone use during mealtimes with toddlers and the associations with feeding practices and shared family meals: a cross-sectional study

Shared family meals

Phone use

(N)%

No phone use

(N)%

OR

95% CI

P value

Breakfast

58 (49.6)

121 (66.9)

0.50

0.31; 0.82

< 0.01

Lunch

34 (29.1)

72 (39.8)

0.63

0.38; 1.05

0.08

Dinner

67 (57.3)

129 (71.3)

0.57

0.35; 0.93

< 0.05

  1. Logistic regression analyses were used
  2. OR Odds Ratio, CI Confidence Interval