Table 2 Descriptives of the key study variables
Socio-economic status (SES) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Low | Intermediate | High | |
Fruit (N = 1269) | N = 247 | N = 607 | N = 415 |
Children’s fruit intake, pieces per day (mean, SD) | 0.96 (0.65) | 0.99 (0.57) | 1.07 (0.60) |
Parental fruit intake, pieces per day (mean, SD) | 0.97 (0.74) | 1.04 (0.74) | 1.19 (0.73) |
Parental rules regarding fruit consumption (%) | |||
Yes | 68.8 | 72.7 | 79.5 |
No | 31.2 | 27.3 | 20.5 |
Home availability of fruit % | |||
Always | 88.3 | 92.8 | 94.2 |
Not always | 11.7 | 7.2 | 5.8 |
Vegetables (N = 1265) | N = 248 | N = 606 | N = 411 |
Children’s vegetable intake, grams per day (mean, SD) | 94.0 (57.7) | 100.5 (53.1) | 116.9 (60.6) |
Parental vegetable intake, grams per day (mean, SD) | 148.3 (68.1) | 158.4 (67.9) | 176.7 (68.0) |
Parental rules regarding vegetable consumption (%) | |||
Yes | 83.5 | 85.0 | 92.0 |
No | 16.5 | 15.0 | 8.0 |
Home availability of vegetables | |||
Always | 83.1 | 89.4 | 90.5 |
Not always | 16.4 | 8.0 | 9.5 |
Breakfast (N = 1270) | N = 246 | N = 610 | N = 414 |
Children’s breakfast consumption (%) | |||
Daily | 91.9 | 94.3 | 97.3 |
Not daily | 8.1 | 5.7 | 2.7 |
Parental breakfast consumption (%) | |||
Daily | 83.7 | 91.3 | 95.7 |
Not daily | 16.3 | 8.7 | 4.3 |