Mienah Z Sharif1, Héctor E Alcalá2, Stephanie L Albert3, Heidi Fischer4. 1. University of California, Irvine, Department of Medicine, Irvine, CA, United States. Electronic address: mzsharif@uci.edu. 2. University of Virginia, Department of Public Health Sciences, Charlottesville, VA, United States. 3. University of California, Los Angeles, Fielding School of Public Health, Department of Community Health Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States. 4. Kaiser Permanente, Department of Research and Evaluation, Pasadena, CA, United States.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: We assessed the odds of having a family dinner by parental gender, family structure and parental employment. METHODS: This study used data from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) (2006-2008). Multivariate analyses assessed the odds of two outcomes among parents: 1) eating at all with children and 2) having a family dinner. RESULTS: Single men had lower odds of eating at all with children and eating a family dinner in comparison to partnered/married males. Partnered/married women had increased odds of eating at all with children and eating a family dinner compared to their partnered/married male counterparts. While single women had increased odds of eating at all with children compared to partnered/married males, no difference was detected in the odds of having a family dinner. Among dual-headed households, women had lower odds of eating a family dinner when both parents were employed compared a dual-headed household with employed male/non-employed female. There were no differences among men regardless of their employment status or that of their partner/spouse. CONCLUSIONS: Family structure, parental gender and employment status all influence the odds of having a family dinner. Future research on family meals should consider all of these factors to better understand trends and disparities across household compositions.
OBJECTIVES: We assessed the odds of having a family dinner by parental gender, family structure and parental employment. METHODS: This study used data from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) (2006-2008). Multivariate analyses assessed the odds of two outcomes among parents: 1) eating at all with children and 2) having a family dinner. RESULTS: Single men had lower odds of eating at all with children and eating a family dinner in comparison to partnered/married males. Partnered/married women had increased odds of eating at all with children and eating a family dinner compared to their partnered/married male counterparts. While single women had increased odds of eating at all with children compared to partnered/married males, no difference was detected in the odds of having a family dinner. Among dual-headed households, women had lower odds of eating a family dinner when both parents were employed compared a dual-headed household with employed male/non-employed female. There were no differences among men regardless of their employment status or that of their partner/spouse. CONCLUSIONS: Family structure, parental gender and employment status all influence the odds of having a family dinner. Future research on family meals should consider all of these factors to better understand trends and disparities across household compositions.
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