Table 7 Impact of children’s educational level on parents’ dietary knowledge.

From: Children’s education and parents’ dietary nutrient intake: an empirical study based on rural China

 

IV

It is not good for health to eat a lot of staple food (cereals).

0.072* (0.205)

It is good for health to eat beans and bean products.

0.409*** (0.145)

It is very good for health to eat a lot of fresh fruit and vegetables.

0.261 (0.154)

It is good for health to eat a lot of meat products (such as fish, poultry, eggs, lean meat) every day.

0.459** (0.191)

It is good for health to drink milk and eat dairy products.

0.557*** (0.216)

Vegetables contain more starch than staple food (rice or flour)

−0.581*** (0.178)

It is good for health to eat high-fat food.

0.911*** (0.288)

Eggs and milk are important sources of high-quality protein.

0.440** (0.201)

It is good for health to eat less fat and animal fat.

−0.981*** (0.283)

Lard is healthier than vegetable oil.

0.955*** (0.263)

Refined rice and refined flour contain more vitamins and minerals than coarse grains and brown rice.

0.336 (0.242)

It is good for health to eat different kinds of food.

0.028** (0.154)

  1. The data in the bracket are heteroskedasticity standard errors.
  2. Standard errors in parentheses *p < 0.1, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01.