Table 3 Medians, means and standard deviations for the eight attitudinal dimensions outlined in Table 1 , for parents (n = 159), children (n = 184) and all participants (n = 343)
From: Clustering of attitudes towards obesity: a mixed methods study of Australian parents and children
|  | Parents (n = 159) | Children (n = 184) | All participants (n = 343) |  | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dimension | Median | Mean | SD | Range | Median | Mean | SD | Range | Median | Mean | SD | Range | P |
Severity | 7 | 7.7 | 1.3 | 4-10 | 8 | 6.7 | 1.6 | 3-10 | 7 | 7.2 | 1.5 | 3-10 | <0.001 |
Rank | 7 | 6.5 | 1.8 | 1-10 | 5 | 5.7 | 2.5 | 0-10 | 7 | 6.1 | 2.3 | 0-10 | <0.001 |
Trends | 7 | 6.8 | 1.8 | 0-10 | 6 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 0-10 | 6 | 6.3 | 2.0 | 0-10 | <0.001 |
Cause | 7 | 7.2 | 1.6 | 2-10 | 7 | 6.8 | 2.0 | 0-10 | 7 | 7.0 | 1.8 | 0-10 | 0.02 |
Blame | 5 | 4.4 | 2.0 | 0-10 | 5 | 5.21 | 1.9 | 0-10 | 5 | 4.9 | 2.0 | 0-10 | <0.001 |
Remedy | 5 | 3.9 | 2.1 | 0-10 | 5 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 0-9 | 5 | 4.0 | 2.1 | 0-10 | 0.29 |
Messages | 8 | 8.0 | 1.9 | 2-10 | 7 | 6.9 | 2.2 | 0-10 | 8 | 7.4 | 2.1 | 0-10 | <0.001 |
Prevalence | 45 | 44 | 19 | 1-90 | 44 | 43 | 21 | 0-95 | 45 | 44 | 20 | 0-95 | 0.58 |