Table 5.

Hierarchical regression analysis: general acceptance of interventions designed to reduce sugar intake

	B	se B	β
Step 1
Constant	4·42	0·19
Sex (women = 1; men = 0)	0·30	0·07	0·13***
Age	0·01	0·00	0·13***
Education (higher = 1 v. not higher = 0)	0·17	0·08	0·07*
Children in the household (1 = yes; no = 0)	0·10	0·07	0·05
Step 2
(Constant)	0·65	0·33
Sex (women = 1; men =0)	0·02	0·07	0·01
Age	0·00	0·00	0·05
Education (higher = 1 v. not higher = 0)	0·08	0·07	0·03
Children in the household (1 = yes; no = 0)	0·04	0·06	0·02
Attitudes towards sugar intake reduction in Portugal	0·28	0·04	0·21***
Importance of reducing sugar intake (all age groups)	0·37	0·04	0·29***
Sugar consciousness	0·09	0·02	0·14***
Frequency of sugar intake	–0·04	0·02	–0·06*

R ² = 0·25; *p < 0·050, **p < 0·010, ***p < 0·001.