(2) Particular Points of Care at Mealtime
The proportion of responses with “do not eat while playing” to particular points of care at mealtime was large.
With regard to particular points of care at mealtime (multiple answers), “do not eat while playing” accounted for the largest proportion of 76.4%, followed by “greetings (say “thank you for the meal” before and after eating)” 72.5%. Meanwhile, “turn off TV” accounted for the smallest proportion of 29.2%.
According to sex and sibling composition, the proportion of “do not eat while playing” was the largest, followed by “greetings” regardless of sex and sibling composition, showing a tendency similar to the total (Table 12).
| Table 12 | Particular points of care at mealtime according to sex and sibling
composition (multiple answers) |
(Unit: %)
| |
Total |
Particular points of care at mealtime (multiple answers) |
Greetings (say
“thank you for
the meal” before
and after eating) |
Posture
while
eating |
How to
hold a
bowl or
chopsticks |
Do not
waste
food |
Do not
eat while
playing |
Eat a
meal
all |
Do not leave
the table
during a
meal |
Turn
off TV |
| Total |
(100.0) |
100.0 |
72.5 |
65.0 |
50.0 |
64.8 |
76.4 |
54.8 |
58.1 |
29.2 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Boys |
(51.9) |
100.0 |
72.2 |
65.0 |
49.5 |
65.1 |
77.1 |
55.9 |
59.1 |
29.6 |
| Girls |
(48.1) |
100.0 |
72.9 |
65.0 |
50.5 |
64.5 |
75.7 |
53.6 |
56.9 |
28.7 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Alone |
(16.3) |
100.0 |
75.0 |
62.2 |
48.5 |
61.0 |
75.3 |
46.2 |
54.3 |
23.9 |
| Younger sibling(s) only |
(32.2) |
100.0 |
74.3 |
64.7 |
46.9 |
67.9 |
78.8 |
57.3 |
60.8 |
33.6 |
| Elder sibling(s) only |
(41.3) |
100.0 |
70.2 |
65.5 |
52.3 |
63.1 |
74.9 |
54.3 |
56.7 |
26.8 |
Both elder and
younger siblings |
(9.7) |
100.0 |
73.0 |
68.9 |
53.1 |
68.6 |
76.8 |
63.0 |
60.8 |
33.4 |
| Notes: |
| 1) |
The figures are based on the total responses in the 6th survey (total number of replies: 38,535). |
| 2) |
The total includes “unknown” concerning the sibling composition. |
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