Table 4 Mediation effects on association between parental educational level, relative income level, and children’s FV consumption (Single-mediator models, adjusted for gender and age of child)
Exposure | Mediator | Exposure levels | Direct effect (c’) | a-path | b-path | Indirect effect (a*b) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
b (SE) | 95% CI | b (SE) | 95% CI | b (SE) | 95% CI | b (SE) | 95% CI | |||
Parental educational level | Availability of FV (N = 569) | Low (ref) | ||||||||
Middle | -0.41 (1.01) | -2.39–1.57 | 0.80 (0.26)** | 0.30–1.30 | 1.43 (0.17)** | 1.10–1.75 | 1.15 (0.43)+ | 0.36–2.02 | ||
High | 2.76 (1.17)* | 0.46–5.06 | 0.96 (0.30)** | 0.38–1.54 | 1.37 (0.46)+ | 0.51–2.30 | ||||
Parental role-modeling of FV consumption (N = 569) | Low (ref) | |||||||||
Middle | -0.42 (0.97) | -2.33–1.48 | 1.33 (0.54)* | 0.27–2.38 | 0.83 (0.08)** | 0.68–0.98 | 1.10 (0.48)+ | 0.20–2.09 | ||
High | 3.01 (1.12)** | 0.80–5.22 | 1.40 (0.62)* | 0.18–2.62 | 1.16 (0.51)+ | 0.18–2.20 | ||||
Availability of SFD (N = 564) | Low (ref) | |||||||||
Middle | 0.95 (1.07) | -1.14–3.05 | 1.13 (0.54)* | 0.08–2.19 | -0.21 (0.08)* | -0.38 – -0.05 | -0.24 (0.16)+ | -0.61 – -0.001 | ||
High | 4.43 (1.23)** | 2.01–6.84 | 1.13 (0.62) | -0.09–2.34 | -0.24 (0.18) | -0.66–0.03 | ||||
Parental role-modeling of SFD consumption (N = 571) | Low (ref) | |||||||||
Middle | 0.71 (1.06) | -1.37–2.79 | -0.01 (0.33) | -0.65–0.63 | -0.01 (0.14) | -0.28–0.25 | 0.0002 (0.05) | -0.10–0.12 | ||
High | 4.21 (1.23)** | 1.79–6.63 | 0.06 (0.13) | -0.19–0.31 | -0.002 (0.06) | -0.1–0.13 | ||||
Relative income | Availability of FV (N = 521) | Low (ref) | ||||||||
Middle | -0.13 (1.12) | -2.34–2.07 | 0.59 (0.28)* | 0.04–1.13 | 1.41 (0.18)** | 1.06–1.76 | 0.83 (0.42)+ | 0.04–1.68 | ||
High | 0.88 (1.17) | -1.42–3.18 | 1.05 (0.29)** | 0.49–1.61 | 1.49 (0.46)+ | 0.66–2.43 | ||||
Parental role-modeling of FV consumption (N = 523) | Low (ref) | |||||||||
Middle | -0.06 (1.07) | -2.15–2.04 | 0.87 (0.58) | -0.27–2.02 | 0.85 (0.08)** | 0.70–1.01 | 0.75 (0.51) | -0.25–1.77 | ||
High | 1.31 (1.11) | -0.88 –3.48 | 1.31 (0.60)* | 0.12–2.50 | 1.13 (0.53)+ | 0.10–2.18 | ||||
Availability of SFD (N = 518) | Low (ref) | |||||||||
Middle | 0.78 (1.18) | -1.54–3.10 | 1.23 (0.58)* | 0.09–2.37 | -0.19 (0.09)* | -0.36 – -0.01 | -0.23 (0.17) | -0.62–0.01 | ||
High | 2.57 (1.22)* | 0.16–4.98 | 1.57 (0.60)** | 0.39–2.75 | -0.29 (0.19) | -0.75–0.01 | ||||
Parental role-modeling of SFD consumption (N = 524) | Low (ref) | |||||||||
Middle | 0.70 (1.18) | -1.62–3.01 | -0.78 (0.36)* | -1.48 – -0.07 | 0.03 (0.14) | -0.25–0.31 | -0.02 (0.13) | -0.33–0.22 | ||
High | 2.45 (1.22)* | 0.05–4.84 | -0.71 (0.37) | -1.44–0.02 | -0.02 (0.12) | -0.30–0.20 | ||||