Table 3 Factors associated with self-reported cereal food consumption (bread and alternatives, rice, pasta, breakfast cereal, wholegrain versions) on day prior to survey, Western Australian Nutrition Monitoring Survey Series (NMSS)

 1995

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 1998

0.86 [0.64,1.16]

0.90 [0.70,1.17]

1.22 [0.95,1.56]

0.77 [0.64,0.94]^a

0.81 [0.66,0.99]^a

 2001

0.61 [0.46,0.81]^c

0.90 [0.69,1.17]

1.41 [1.10,1.81]^b

0.82 [0.67,1.01]

0.44 [0.35,0.54]^c

 2004

0.46 [0.35,0.60]^c

1.01 [0.85,1.43]

1.20 [0.93,1.55]

0.86 [0.71,1.06]

0.69 [0.56,0.86]^c

 2009

0.42 [0.32,0.54]^c

1.27 [0.97,1.65]

1.02 [0.79,1.32]

0.79 [0.65,0.97]^a

1.27 [1.02,1.58]^a

 2012

0.31 [0.24,0.40]^c

1.17 [0.90,1.52]

0.99 [0.76,1.27]

0.72 [0.58,0.90]^b

1.14 [0.91,1.41]

 Female

1.00

1.00

 Male

1.44 [1.23,1.68]^c

1.18 [1.04,1.34]^a

 18–24

1.00

1.00

1.00

 25–34

0.95 [0.70,1.30]

1.02 [0.80,1.30]

1.03 [0.79,1.35]

 35–44

0.81 [0.61,1.09]

0.97 [0.77,1.23]

1.05 [0.82,1.36]

 45–54

0.85 [0.62,1.15]

1.13 [0.89,1.45]

1.32 [1.01,1.72]^a

 55–64

0.60 [0.43,0.84]^c

1.59 [1.23,2.05]^c

1.74 [1.33,2.28]^c

 Less than high school

1.00

1.00

1.00

 High school

1.27 [1.00,1.61]^a

1.30 [1.09,1.55]^b

1.19 [0.97,1.45]

 TAFE/Certificate/Diploma

1.07 [0.83,1.36]

1.35 [1.13,1.62]^c

1.23 [1.01,1.50]^a

 University Degree

1.56 [1.27,1.92]^c

1.39 [1.19,1.63]^c

1.67 [1.41,1.98]^c

 No

1.00

 Yes

0.84 [0.73,0.97]^a

 Australia

1.00

1.00

1.00

 UK/Ireland

1.00 [0.81,1.23]

0.74 [0.60,0.92]^b

1.10 [0.94,1.29]

 Other countries

2.90 [2.37,3.56]^c

0.91 [0.73,1.14]

0.77 [0.65,0.92]^b

 Metropolitan

1.00

 Rest of the state

0.83 [0.70,0.99]^a

 Normal weight or under

1.00

1.00

 Overweight

1.01 [0.84,1.21]

0.81 [0.68,0.98]^a

 Obese

0.71 [0.57,0.87]^c

0.78 [0.63,0.96]^a

 Pay a lot of attention

1.00

1.00

 Take a bit of notice

0.79 [0.70,0.90]^c

0.54 [0.47,0.61]^c

 Don’t think about

0.38 [0.29,0.49]^c

0.33 [0.25,0.45]^c