Percentage of Adults Who Do Not Regularly Sit Down With Other Family
Members to Eat Dinner or Supper

Subpopulation Unweighted Frequency Weighted Percentage Standard Error Lower 95% Confidence
Limit		 Upper 95% Confidence
Limit
TOTAL 881 35.0 1.8 31.5 38.4
  . . . . .
SEX . . . . .
Male 338 31.9 0.9 30.2 33.6
Female 543 37.9 3.3 31.4 44.3
AGE GROUP . . . . .
18-24 years 57 36.3 3.7 29.0 43.6
25-34 years 131 36.4 1.9 32.6 40.1
35-44 years 159 23.2 4.1 15.1 31.3
45-54 years 181 31.0 7.2 16.9 45.0
55-64 years 147 36.8 1.9 33.1 40.5
65+ years 191 49.1 4.2 40.8 57.4
ETHNICITY . . . . .
Hispanic 288 29.2 3.3 22.7 35.6
Non-Hispanic 592 35.2 1.9 31.6 38.9
RACE . . . . .
White Only 303 34.4 1.5 31.5 37.4
Black Only 343 42.5 4.3 34.1 50.9
Other Race Only 199 33.0 3.9 25.3 40.7
More than One Race 32 34.7 6.5 21.9 47.5
EDUCATION . . . . .
Less than High School 191 31.8 6.9 18.3 45.4
High School Graduate or G.E.D. 271 37.0 3.8 29.6 44.5
Some College 237 36.5 2.4 31.8 41.1
College Graduate 176 32.2 1.7 28.8 35.5
ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME . . . . .
Less than $15,000 152 73.8 4.4 65.1 82.6
$15,000 - $24,999 248 42.3 4.3 33.9 50.7
$25,000 - $34,999 148 42.4 5.7 31.2 53.5
$35,000 - $49,999 105 26.4 4.8 17.0 35.8
$50,000+ 142 26.0 2.1 21.9 30.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS . . . . .
Employed for Wages / Self-Employed 499 32.9 1.8 29.4 36.4
Out of Work 42 57.0 13.9 29.7 84.3
Homemaker / Student 69 25.0 4.5 16.2 33.8
Retired 193 44.9 2.5 39.9 49.8
Unable to Work 77 43.0 16.9 9.9 76.2
AVERAGE HOURS WORKED . . . . .
None 186 45.1 4.0 37.3 52.9
1-19 Hours 29 22.3 2.6 17.2 27.5
20-39 Hours 87 25.5 7.5 10.9 40.1
40 + Hours 399 35.3 1.4 32.6 38.0
MARITAL STATUS . . . . .
Married / Member of Unmarried Couple 309 21.2 1.0 19.3 23.1
Divorced / Separated 236 63.3 3.0 57.5 69.1
POPULATION DENSITY . . . . .
Frontier 24 24.3 4.2 16.1 32.6
Rural 55 37.3 4.8 27.8 46.7
Densely-settled Rural 114 46.1 2.1 41.9 50.3
Semi-urban 76 14.8 7.8 0.0 30.0
Urban 596 37.7 1.5 34.8 40.7
SELF-PERCEIVED HEALTH STATUS . . . . .
Fair or Poor 246 39.7 7.4 25.3 54.1
Excellent to Good 635 34.0 1.1 31.8 36.2
DIABETES STATUS . . . . .
Has Diabetes 120 30.2 16.0 0.0 61.6
No Diabetes 761 35.6 0.9 33.9 37.3
HYPERTENSION STATUS . . . . .
Hypertension 332 40.2 4.0 32.3 48.1
No Hypertension 545 32.7 1.6 29.5 35.8
ASTHMA STATUS . . . . .
Current Asthma 86 44.7 4.2 36.5 52.9
No Current Asthma 794 34.4 2.1 30.3 38.5
MENTAL HEALTH INDICATOR . . . . .
14+ days mental health not good 97 22.3 11.3 0.1 44.5
<14 days mental health not good 774 35.8 1.0 33.7 37.8
WEIGHT CATEGORY . . . . .
Normal or Underweight (BMI <25) 288 34.9 2.4 30.1 39.7
Overweight (25 <= BMI < 30) 265 33.2 4.0 25.4 41.0
Obese (BMI >= 30) 233 36.1 1.9 32.4 39.8
RECOMMENDED LEVEL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY . . . . .
Meets Recommendation 279 28.9 1.9 25.3 32.6
Insufficient 358 35.9 1.2 33.5 38.2
No Activity 219 58.0 6.1 46.1 70.0

Numerator: Respondents who reported they never or some days
sit down with other members of their family to eat dinner or supper.
Denominator: All respondents, excluding unknowns and refusals.