Table 5 Mediation effects on associations between parental educational level, relative income of family, and children’s FV consumption (Multiple-mediator model, adjusted for gender and age of child)
Exposure | Multiple-mediator model | Exposure level | Total effect (c) | Direct effect (c’) | Indirect effect (a*b) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
b (SE)## | 95% CI | b (SE)## | 95% CI | b (SE)## | 95% CI | |||
Parental educational level | Total mediation effect (N = 557) | |||||||
All significant mediators in the Single-mediator model together | Low (ref) | |||||||
Middle | 0.71 (1.08) | -1.41–2.83 | -0.64 (0.96) | -2.53–1.24 | ||||
High | 4.27 (1.25)** | 1.872– 6.72 | 2.76 (1.10)* | 0.51–4.86 | ||||
Availability of FV | Low (ref) | |||||||
Middle | 0.80 (0.33)+ | (0.22–1.50) | ||||||
High | 1.00 (0.36)+ | (0.35–1.77) | ||||||
Parental role-modeling of FV consumption | Low (ref) | |||||||
Middle | 0.84 (0.39)+ | (0.013– 1.66) | ||||||
High | 0.89 (0.42)+ | (0.10–1.76) | ||||||
Availability of SFD | Low (ref) | |||||||
Middle | -0.29 (0.16)+ | (-0.66 – -0.04) | ||||||
High | -0.30 (0.18)+ | (-0.72 – -0.01) | ||||||
Relative income | Total mediation effect (N = 519) | |||||||
All significant mediators in the Single-mediator model together | Low (ref) | |||||||
Middle | 0.72 (1.19) | -1.61–3.05 | -0.43 (1.05) | -2.49–1.64 | ||||
High | 2.44 (1.23)* | 0.03–4.85 | 0.55 (1.10) | -1.61–2.71 | ||||
Availability of FV | Low (ref) | |||||||
Middle | 0.54 (0.28)+ | 0.02–1.12 | ||||||
High | 0.98 (0.33)+ | 0.40–1.67 | ||||||
Parental role-modeling of FV consumption | Low (ref) | |||||||
Middle | 0.61 (0.43) | -0.25–1.46 | ||||||
High | 0.91 (0.46)+ | 0.06–1.83 | ||||||