Hispanic families are more likely than all others to eat dinner at home with their children, according to a new U.S. Census study.
In the survey, which was released last week, 85 percent of Hispanic parents with children 6 years old or younger said they ate dinner with their kids every night during a typical week last month. Parents of Asian descent posted the next highest figure, at 84 percent, followed by whites, at 80 percent, and blacks, at 78 percent.
Hispanics also posted the highest numbers for eating dinner with children ages 6 to 11 and 12 to 17.
The study found that parents with advanced degrees were less likely than parents with no high school diploma to eat at home with their children. In fact, the survey portrays an inverse relationship between the education level of parents and their tendency to eat with their children: the more the education, the less they dine together.
For instance, while 68 percent of parents with less than a high school education ate with their children, the proportion was 62 percent for high school graduates, 55 percent for people with some college, 53 percent for people with a vocational degree, 51 percent among those with bachelors degrees, and 42 percent for those with advanced degrees.
To see the study, click a link that was provided in this article by the Orlando Sentinel.
