Table 1 Comparison of daily diet providers’ dietary literacy scores between different demographic characteristics

Region

 Cities

693(66.4)

15.0 2.7

15.3 3.5

19.0 4.1

14.0 2.8

63.2 10.3

 Countryside

350(33.6)

13.6 3.2

14.3 3.9

18.1 4.5

12.8 3.2

58.7 11.5

 p

 < .001

 < .001

.001

 < .001

 < .001

Relationship with child

 Parents

894(85.7)

14.7 2.8

15.1 3.5

18.9 4.1

13.8 2.8

62.5 10.4

 Grandparents

128(12.3)

13.2 3.4

13.7 4.1

17.3 4.9

12.4 3.5

56.6 12.7

 Other

21(2.0)

13.1 3.6

13.8 4.5

19.0 4.6

12.6 3.7

58.3 13.3

 p

 < .001

 < .001

 < .001

 < .001

 < .001

Diet provider age

  < 30 years

44(4.2)

14.4 3.1

14.6 4.1

19.0 4.7

13.1 3.3

61.0 12.6

 30 ~ 40 years

649(62.2)

14.8 2.8

15.2 3.4

19.0 4.0

13.9 2.8

62.9 10.1

 40 ~ 50 years

223(21.4)

14.3 3.0

15.0 3.7

18.4 4.4

13.4 3.1

61.1 11.2

 50 ~ 60 years

47(4.5)

13.5 3.5

14.5 4.6

18.3 4.3

13.3 3.5

59.5 12.5

  > 60 years

80(7.7)

13.2 3.2

13.3 3.8

16.9 4.9

12.0 3.3

55.3 12.1

 p

 < .001

 < .001

 < .001

 < .001

 < .001

Education

 Primary school or lower

197(18.9)

13.3 3.2

13.8 4.0

17.8 4.8

12.4 3.1

57.2 12.0

 Junior middle school

417(40.0)

14.6 3.0

15.0 3.5

18.7 4.2

13.9 2.8

62.2 10.4

 High school

233(22.3)

15.0 2.6

15.5 3.8

19.3 4.1

13.9 3.0

63.6 11.1

 College and higher

196(18.8)

14.9 2.6

15.3 3.1

18.9 3.7

13.8 2.8

62.9 9.5

 p

 < .001

 < .001

.001

 < .001

 < .001

Self-rated family economy

 Medium lower

236(22.6)

14.3 3.0

14.2 3.8

18.1 4.7

13.2 3.1

59.8 11.6

 Medium

755(72.4)

14.5 3.0

15.0 3.5

18.8 4.1

13.7 2.9

62.1 10.6

 Medium upper

52(5.0)

15.0 2.9

16.2 3.9

19.6 4.4

14.0 3.0

64.7 11.5

 p

.277

 < .001

 < .001

.063

.002