Table 2 Linear regression examining demographic and SEP predictors of food choice motives in UK and US samples.

From: The role of health-based food choice motives in explaining the relationship between lower socioeconomic position and higher BMI in UK and US adults

 

UK sample (N = 4123)

US sample (N = 1897)

 

Motives: health

R2 = 0.08

Motives: weight

R2 = 0.04

Motives: health

R2 = 0.05

Motives: weight

R2 = 0.03

 

B (SE)

p

B (SE)

p

B (SE)

p

B (SE)

p

Gender

−0.16 (0.03)

<0.001*

−0.24 (0.03)

<0.001*

−0.14 (0.05)

0.003*

−0.14 (0.05)

0.002*

Ethnicity

0.11 (0.06)

0.051

0.20 (0.06)

0.721

0.06 (0.06)

0.296

0.08 (0.06)

0.181

Age

0.007 (0.001)

<0.001*

−0.01 (0.001)

0.984

0.01 (0.001)

<0.001*

0.002 (0.001)

0.182

BMI

−0.02 (0.003)

<0.001*

0.02 (0.003)

<0.001*

−0.01 (0.003)

<0.001*

0.01 (0.003)

<0.001*

Income

0.02 (0.01)

0.052

0.03 (0.01)

0.03*

−0.01 (0.02)

0.654

0.02 (0.02)

0.411

SSS

0.09 (0.01)

<0.001*

0.07 (0.01)

<0.001*

0.06 (0.01)

<0.001*

0.05 (0.02)

<0.001*

Education

0.22 (0.03)

<0.001*

0.03 (0.03)

0.314

0.17 (0.05)

0.001*

0.11 (0.07)

0.032

  1. Gender reference category is females. Ethnicity reference category is white. Education reference category is lower education. Income ranges from 1–5, lowest to highest quartiles. Motives health and weight reference category is not rating as important. SSS is subjective social status.
  2. *Indicates statistically significant (p < 0.05 for primary analyses using UK sample and <0.01 for secondary analyses using US sample).
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