Relationship between body mass index and family functioning, family communication, family type and parenting style among African migrant parents and children in Victoria, Australia: a parent-child dyad study

Table 4 Relationship between demographic and socioeconomic factors and child and parental BMI

	Child BMI						Parent BMI
	Uβ	95 % CI		Aβ	95 % CI		Uβ	95 % CI		Aβ	95 % CI
Parental BMI	0.11*	0.00	0.22	0.15*	0.01	0.28	-	-		-	-	-
Gender, Male	0.52	−0.60	1.64	0.69	−0.67	2.05	−1.39*	−2.67	−0.12	−1.07	−2.84	0.69
Age	0.42**	0.11	0.72	0.47*	0.10	0.85	0.14***	0.06	0.22	0.11*	0.01	0.21
Length of stay in Australia	−0.05	−0.17	0.07	−0.19*	−0.36	−0.03	0.29***	0.17	0.40	0.24*	0.04	0.44
Religion, Muslim^a	0.42	−0.84	1.68	−0.10	−1.75	1.56	3.19	1.86	4.52	2.99***	1.26	4.72
Religion, Other^a	2.50	−0.75	5.76	−1.47	−6.31	3.36	1.56	−1.87	5.00	0.39	−5.60	6.39
Parent education completed year 12^b	−0.36	−2.22	1.51	−0.53	−2.88	1.83	1.11	−0.92	3.14	0.05	−2.59	2.68
Parent education, Tertiary education^b	0.14	−1.04	1.32	−0.18	−1.76	1.41	−0.57	−1.85	0.72	−1.33	−3.09	0.4
Parent education, Still at school^b	6.06	−3.00	15.12	9.11	−0.21	18.42	−12.02**	−21.90	−2.14	−7.96	−18.02	2.09
Household income, $15–24,000^c	−0.46	−2.08	1.15	−0.38	−2.22	1.46	−0.23	−2.04	1.58	0.07	−1.99	2.13
Household income, $25–34,000^c	0.20	−1.39	1.78	0.05	−2.13	2.24	0.34	−1.44	2.11	0.72	−1.70	3.14
Household income, $35–44,000^c	0.27	−1.57	2.11	−0.41	−2.54	1.73	−0.67	−2.72	1.39	−0.73	−3.08	1.62
Household income, >45,000^c	−0.24	−2.36	1.87	0.74	−2.01	3.49	−0.16	−2.49	2.16	−1.76	−4.77	1.25

^aReference = Christian; ^bParental education level, reference = some high school or less; ^cHousehold annual income, reference = <$15,000. * < 0.05; ** < 0.01; *** < 0.001; Uβ Unadjusted β coefficient, Aβ Adjusted β coefficient (adjusted for factors in the table)