Psychology: Research and Review
Table 4 Association between mothers’ perception of their children’s diets and personal and family characteristics (n = 464)
From: Mothers’ perceptions of their own diets and the diets of their children at 2–3 years of age
Maternal perception of child’s diet as healthy (n = 334, 72%) | Univariate Poisson regression | Multivariate Poisson regression | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | RP | 95% CI | p value | RP | 95% CI | p value | |
Groupa | ||||||||
Control | 154 | 69.1 | ||||||
Intervention | 180 | 74.7 | 1.082 | 0.964–1.213 | 0.180 | 1.063 | 0.946–1.194 | 0.306 |
Age | ||||||||
<20 years | 52 | 63.4 | ||||||
≥20 years | 282 | 73.8 | 1.164 | 0.977–1.387 | 0.089 | 1.139 | 0.951–1.364 | 0.158 |
Schooling | ||||||||
<8 years | 143 | 66.2 | ||||||
≥8 years | 191 | 77 | 1.163 | 1.035–1.308 | 0.011 | 1.136 | 1.011–1.278 | 0.033 |
Marital status | ||||||||
Does not have partner | 80 | 75.5 | ||||||
Has partner | 254 | 70.9 | 0.940 | 0.828–1.068 | 0.341 | – | – | – |
Mother’s occupation | ||||||||
No formal employment | 213 | 70.1 | ||||||
Formal employment | 121 | 75.6 | 1.079 | 0.962–1.210 | 0.192 | 1.035 | 0.919–1.165 | 0.575 |
Family incomeb | ||||||||
<2 Brazilian minimum wagesc | 150 | 71.8 | ||||||
≥2 Brazilian minimum wagesc | 176 | 73.3 | 1.022 | 0.911–1.145 | 0.712 | – | – | – |
Parity | ||||||||
Primiparous | 151 | 74.8 | ||||||
Multiparous | 183 | 69.8 | 0.934 | 0.835–1.046 | 0.239 | – | – | – |