Resistant to the recession: low-income adults' maintenance of cooking and away-from-home eating behaviors during times of economic turbulence.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We examined the effects of state-level unemployment rates during the recession of 2008 on patterns of home food preparation and away-from-home (AFH) eating among low-income and minority populations.

Methods

We analyzed pooled cross-sectional data on 118 635 adults aged 18 years or older who took part in the American Time Use Study. Multinomial logistic regression models stratified by gender were used to evaluate the associations between state-level unemployment, poverty, race/ethnicity, and time spent cooking, and log binomial regression was used to assess respondents' AFH consumption patterns.

Results

High state-level unemployment was associated with only trivial increases in respondents' cooking patterns and virtually no change in their AFH eating pattern

SUBMITTER: Smith LP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3987573 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature