Table 4.
Models predicting high sugar-sweetened beverage consumption (≥4 cans during the previous day) among adolescents aged 10–17 years and adults participating in self-administered intercept surveys outside retail food outlets in Mississippi and Alabama, USA, August–November 2016 adolescents and adults. Estimates are log OR
| Variable (referent category) | Adolescents | Adults | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate | se | P | Estimate | se | P | |
| Gender (female) | −0·41 | 0·11 | 0·0002 | −0·49 | 0·06 | <0·0001 |
| Age | 0·10 | 0·02 | <0·0001 | −0·01 | 0·00 | 0·0002 |
| African American | 0·16 | 0·17 | 0·35 | −0·36 | 0·09 | <0·0001 |
| Other race/ethnicity | 0·29 | 0·33 | 0·38 | −0·09 | 0·16 | 0·58 |
| Non-Hispanic White (referent) | 0·00 | 0·00 | – | 0·00 | 0·00 | – |
| Adult education (bachelor’s degree or more) | – | – | – | −0·26 | 0·09 | 0·004 |
| Adult employment status (not working for pay) | – | – | – | 0·04 | 0·07 | 0·58 |
| Adult marital status (married) | – | – | – | −0·04 | 0·07 | 0·56 |
| Adult household income (≥$US 75 000) | – | – | – | −0·24 | 0·17 | 0·15 |
| BMI percentile; adolescents | 0·00 | 0·00 | 0·24 | – | – | – |
| BMI; adults | – | – | – | 0·02 | 0·00 | <0·0001 |
| Has rules limiting sugary drinks (doesn’t have rules) | 0·09 | 0·12 | 0·46 | −0·00 | 0·07 | 0·96 |
| Heard of Balance Calories Initiative (hasn’t heard) | 0·11 | 0·12 | 0·37 | 0·46 | 0·07 | <0·0001 |
| Days physically active for 60 min | −0·03 | 0·03 | 0·25 | – | – | – |
| Days per week, moderate activity | – | – | – | −0·08 | 0·02 | <0·0001 |
| Days per week, vigorous activity | – | – | – | 0·07 | 0·02 | 0·0002 |
| Servings of salty snacks | 0·05 | 0·04 | 0·23 | 0·10 | 0·02 | <0·0001 |
| Sum of servings of cookies and candy | 0·17 | 0·03 | <0·0001 | 0·23 | 0·02 | <0·0001 |
| Servings of fruit | 0·09 | 0·04 | 0·02 | 0·07 | 0·02 | 0·001 |
| Servings of dark green vegetables | 0·09 | 0·04 | 0·02 | −0·01 | 0·02 | 0·69 |
| Importance of large portions of beverage in deciding to purchase | 0·11 | 0·05 | 0·02 | 0·22 | 0·03 | <0·0001 |
| (scale 1 = not important to 5 = very important) | ||||||
| Importance of low price of beverage in deciding to purchase | 0·01 | 0·05 | 0·77 | −0·11 | 0·03 | <0·0001 |
| (scale 1 = not important to 5 = very important) | ||||||
| Importance of low calories of beverage in deciding to purchase | 0·03 | 0·04 | 0·42 | −0·11 | 0·02 | <0·0001 |
| (scale 1 = not important to 5 = very important) | ||||||
| Perception of healthiness of tap water | −0·00 | 0·03 | 0·98 | – | – | – |
| (scale 1 = bad to 7 = good) | ||||||
| Drinking bottled water is good for health | −0·08 | 0·04 | 0·03 | −0·03 | 0·02 | 0·24 |
| (scale 1 = bad for health to 7 = good for health) | ||||||