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Meal preparation

Health and Lifestyles Survey Eating Meal preparation

Year

Year of survey.

Changes between years

Statistical significance is measured at the 5% significance level ( p value < .05).

Statistically significant differences between survey years ( p < .05) are indicated by the symbols and (significant increase or decrease respectively).

The symbol ≈ indicates there is no statistically significant difference between survey years.

A statistically significant difference is likely to represent a real change over time, rather than random variation due to the sampling process.

Meal preparation

Eating

Number of days in a week that the main meal was prepared at home or bought from outside of home.

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Prevalence for selected subtopic

This table gives the percentage of the population affected (that is, the unadjusted prevalence in the specified population). Click on an indicator to find out more about it.

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	Year (%)					Changes between
Indicator	2012	2014	2016	2018	2020	2012 and 2020	2014 and 2020	2016 and 2020	2018 and 2020
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	90	88.4	88.4	87.3	85.5				≈
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	-	7.8	8.8	9.6	10.2	-		≈	≈

	Year (%)					Changes between
Indicator	2012	2014	2016	2018	2020	2012 and 2020	2014 and 2020	2016 and 2020	2018 and 2020
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	86.6	86.1	82.6	82.8	82.9	≈	≈	≈	≈
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	-	10.7	14.6	11.8	12.0	-	≈	≈	≈

	Year (%)					Changes between
Indicator	2012	2014	2016	2018	2020	2012 and 2020	2014 and 2020	2016 and 2020	2018 and 2020
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	88.8	78.6	87.6	83.9	77.6		≈		≈
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	-	11.4	11.7	12.1	13.4	-	≈	≈	≈

	Year (%)					Changes between
Indicator	2012	2014	2016	2018	2020	2012 and 2020	2014 and 2020	2016 and 2020	2018 and 2020
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	84.4	85.1	91.1	90.8	81.7	≈	≈
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	-	10.8	6.5	8.1	11.6	-	≈	≈	≈

	Year (%)					Changes between
Indicator	2012	2014	2016	2018	2020	2012 and 2020	2014 and 2020	2016 and 2020	2018 and 2020
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	91	90.0	88.5	87.4	87.0			≈	≈
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	-	6.6	8.7	9.3	9.8	-		≈	≈

	Year (%)				Changes between
Indicator	2012	2014	2016	2018	2012 and 2018	2014 and 2018	2016 and 2018
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	90	88.4	88.4	87.3		≈	≈
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	-	7.8	8.8	9.6	-	≈	≈

	Year (%)				Changes between
Indicator	2012	2014	2016	2018	2012 and 2018	2014 and 2018	2016 and 2018
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	86.6	86.1	82.6	82.8	≈	≈	≈
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	-	10.7	14.6	11.8	-	≈	≈

	Year (%)				Changes between
Indicator	2012	2014	2016	2018	2012 and 2018	2014 and 2018	2016 and 2018
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	88.8	78.6	87.6	83.9	≈	≈	≈
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	-	11.4	11.7	12.1	-	≈	≈

	Year (%)				Changes between
Indicator	2012	2014	2016	2018	2012 and 2018	2014 and 2018	2016 and 2018
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	84.4	85.1	91.1	90.8	≈	≈	≈
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	-	10.8	6.5	8.1	-	≈	≈

	Year (%)				Changes between
Indicator	2012	2014	2016	2018	2012 and 2018	2014 and 2018	2016 and 2018
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	91	90.0	88.5	87.4		≈	≈
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	-	6.6	8.7	9.3	-		≈

	Year (%)			Changes between
Indicator	2012	2014	2016	2012 and 2016	2014 and 2016
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	90	88.4	88.4	≈	≈
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	-	7.8	8.8	-	≈

	Year (%)			Changes between
Indicator	2012	2014	2016	2012 and 2016	2014 and 2016
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	86.6	86.1	82.6	≈	≈
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	-	10.7	14.6	-	≈

	Year (%)			Changes between
Indicator	2012	2014	2016	2012 and 2016	2014 and 2016
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	88.8	78.6	87.6	≈
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	-	11.4	11.7	-	≈

	Year (%)			Changes between
Indicator	2012	2014	2016	2012 and 2016	2014 and 2016
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	84.4	85.1	91.1	≈	≈
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	-	10.8	6.5	-	≈

	Year (%)			Changes between
Indicator	2012	2014	2016	2012 and 2016	2014 and 2016
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	91	90.0	88.5		≈
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	-	6.6	8.7	-	≈

	Year (%)		Changes between
Indicator	2012	2014	2012 and 2014
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	90	88.4	≈
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	-	7.8	-

	Year (%)		Changes between
Indicator	2012	2014	2012 and 2014
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	86.6	86.1	≈
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	-	10.7	-

	Year (%)		Changes between
Indicator	2012	2014	2012 and 2014
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	88.8	78.6
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	-	11.4	-

	Year (%)		Changes between
Indicator	2012	2014	2012 and 2014
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	84.4	85.1	≈
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	-	10.8	-

	Year (%)		Changes between
Indicator	2012	2014	2012 and 2014
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	91	90.0	≈
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	-	6.6	-

	Year (%)
Indicator	2012
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	90
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	-

	Year (%)
Indicator	2012
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	86.6
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	-

	Year (%)
Indicator	2012
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	88.8
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	-

	Year (%)
Indicator	2012
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	84.4
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	-

	Year (%)
Indicator	2012
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	91
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	-

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	85.5	( 83.6 - 87.2 )	82.3	( 79.1 - 85.2 )	88.6	( 86.3 - 90.5 )
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	10.2	( 8.8 - 11.8 )	12.7	( 10.3 - 15.4 )	7.7	( 6.1 - 9.6 )

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	82.9	( 79.8 - 85.7 )	82.8	( 77.8 - 87.1 )	83.1	( 79.1 - 86.6 )
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	12.0	( 9.5 - 14.8 )	11.8	( 8.1 - 16.4 )	12.1	( 8.9 - 15.9 )

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	77.6	( 72.4 - 82.2 )	77.2	( 68.4 - 84.6 )	77.8	( 70.9 - 83.8 )
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	13.4	( 9.9 - 17.5 )	13.4	( 7.5 - 21.4 )	13.5	( 9 - 19.1 )

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	81.7	( 73.8 - 88 )	74.5	( 61.3 - 85 )	88.7	( 78.9 - 95 )
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	11.6	( 7 - 17.6 )	18.3	( 10 - 29.5 )	5.1	( 1.5 - 12 )

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	87.0	( 84.9 - 88.8 )	83.9	( 80.5 - 86.9 )	90.0	( 87.5 - 92.2 )
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	9.8	( 8.3 - 11.6 )	11.8	( 9.4 - 14.7 )	7.8	( 5.8 - 10.2 )

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	87.3	( 85.5 - 88.9 )	86.4	( 83.3 - 89.1 )	88.1	( 85.6 - 90.2 )
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	9.6	( 8.1 - 11.2 )	11.0	( 8.4 - 14.1 )	8.2	( 6.4 - 10.3 )

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	82.8	( 77.6 - 87.3 )	82.4	( 73.6 - 89.3 )	83.2	( 76.6 - 88.5 )
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	11.8	( 8 - 16.6 )	12.1	( 6.5 - 20.1 )	11.5	( 6.7 - 18.2 )

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	83.9	( 77.8 - 88.9 )	81.9	( 70.9 - 90 )	86.0	( 79.5 - 91 )
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	12.1	( 7.5 - 18.2 )	14.6	( 7 - 25.8 )	9.6	( 5.2 - 15.9 )

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	90.8	( 85.3 - 94.7 )	88.0	( 80.1 - 93.5 )	93.5	( 85.9 - 97.7 )
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	8.1	( 4.5 - 13.2 )	9.7	( 4.9 - 16.7 )	6.6	( 2.3 - 14.3 )

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	87.4	( 85.3 - 89.3 )	87.1	( 83.4 - 90.3 )	87.6	( 84.7 - 90.2 )
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	9.3	( 7.5 - 11.3 )	10.6	( 7.6 - 14.4 )	8.0	( 5.9 - 10.4 )

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	88.4	( 86.8 - 89.9 )	86.7	( 84 - 89.1 )	90.1	( 88.2 - 91.8 )
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	8.8	( 7.5 - 10.3 )	10.3	( 8.2 - 12.8 )	7.4	( 6 - 9.1 )

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	82.6	( 78.1 - 86.6 )	80.8	( 73.5 - 86.8 )	84.3	( 78.9 - 88.8 )
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	14.6	( 10.7 - 19.4 )	17.3	( 10.7 - 25.7 )	12.3	( 8.3 - 17.3 )

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	87.6	( 83.6 - 90.9 )	86.0	( 78.8 - 91.4 )	89.3	( 84.3 - 93.2 )
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	11.7	( 8.3 - 15.9 )	13.8	( 8.1 - 21.5 )	9.4	( 5.9 - 14.1 )

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	91.1	( 86.3 - 94.6 )	89.9	( 82.1 - 95.1 )	92.2	( 84.1 - 97 )
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	6.5	( 3.3 - 11.1 )	7.1	( 2.6 - 14.8 )	5.9	( 1.8 - 13.7 )

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	88.5	( 86.5 - 90.2 )	86.5	( 83.2 - 89.3 )	90.3	( 88.2 - 92.2 )
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	8.7	( 7.2 - 10.4 )	10.3	( 7.8 - 13.3 )	7.1	( 5.5 - 9 )

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	88.4	( 86.4 - 90.2 )	87.4	( 84.2 - 90.2 )	89.3	( 86.8 - 91.4 )
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	7.8	( 6.4 - 9.5 )	8.3	( 6 - 11 )	7.4	( 5.5 - 9.8 )

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	86.1	( 81.7 - 89.8 )	85.9	( 78.5 - 91.5 )	86.4	( 80.2 - 91.2 )
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	10.7	( 7.5 - 14.7 )	10.0	( 5.4 - 16.7 )	11.3	( 6.8 - 17.2 )

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	78.6	( 71.4 - 84.7 )	78.8	( 69.3 - 86.5 )	78.3	( 68.2 - 86.4 )
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	11.4	( 7.1 - 17.1 )	12.2	( 6.4 - 20.3 )	10.7	( 4.7 - 20.2 )

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	85.1	( 74.3 - 92.6 )	86.2	( 70.3 - 95.5 )	84.1	( 65.2 - 95.1 )
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	10.8	( 4.8 - 20.1 )	8.4	( 2.5 - 19.6 )	13.0	( 3.3 - 31.5 )

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	90.0	( 87.8 - 92 )	88.7	( 85 - 91.7 )	91.3	( 88.7 - 93.4 )
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	6.6	( 5.1 - 8.5 )	7.5	( 5 - 10.8 )	5.8	( 4.1 - 8 )

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	90	( 88.4 - 91.4 )	89.1	( 86.5 - 91.4 )	90.8	( 88.5 - 92.7 )
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	86.6	( 82.9 - 89.7 )	84.4	( 78.3 - 89.4 )	88.5	( 83.9 - 92.2 )
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	88.8	( 83.9 - 92.6 )	85.3	( 77.2 - 91.4 )	92.1	( 85.8 - 96.2 )
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	84.4	( 75.1 - 91.2 )	79.8	( 62.3 - 91.7 )	88.5	( 78.4 - 94.9 )
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Main meal - prepared at home five or more days	91	( 89.2 - 92.6 )	91	( 88 - 93.4 )	91	( 88.5 - 93.2 )
Main meal - bought outside home three or more days	-	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Health and Lifestyles Survey

Notes:

Dashes indicate that the data is not available.