Table 3.
Age-adjusted correlations between absolute and relative food choice motives, socio-economic indicators and food consumption variables by gender: sub-sample of men and women aged 25–64 years, FINRISK Study 2007
| Men (n 1616–1686) | Women (n 1946–2047) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Education | Income | Vegetables/ fruit† | Energy-dense foods† | Education | Income | Vegetables/ fruit† | Energy-dense foods† | |
| Absolute motives | ||||||||
| Health | 0·04 | 0·03 | 0·25*** | −0·19*** | −0·01 | 0·02 | 0·23*** | −0·23*** |
| Pleasure | −0·02 | −0·02 | 0·05* | 0·06* | −0·08*** | −0·02 | 0·04 | 0·00 |
| Ethicality | −0·01 | −0·06* | 0·15*** | −0·14*** | 0·01 | −0·05* | 0·14*** | −0·11*** |
| Convenience | 0·01 | −0·08** | −0·06* | 0·10*** | 0·04 | 0·00 | −0·06* | 0·08*** |
| Price | 0·01 | −0·26*** | −0·06* | 0·02 | −0·15*** | −0·32*** | −0·08** | 0·06* |
| Familiarity | −0·13*** | −0·11*** | −0·08** | 0·03 | −0·19*** | −0·11*** | −0·01 | 0·07** |
| Relative motives | ||||||||
| Health | 0·07** | 0·14*** | 0·20*** | −0·19*** | 0·04 | 0·10*** | 0·19*** | −0·22*** |
| Pleasure | −0·04 | 0·02 | −0·09*** | 0·17*** | −0·06** | 0·03 | −0·09*** | 0·12*** |
| Ethicality | −0·00 | −0·04 | 0·09*** | −0·12*** | 0·06** | −0·03 | 0·09*** | −0·07** |
| Convenience | 0·00 | 0·04 | −0·16*** | 0·15*** | 0·06* | 0·03 | −0·17*** | 0·16*** |
| Price | −0·01 | −0·24*** | −0·15*** | 0·08** | −0·13*** | −0·30*** | −0·17*** | 0·12*** |
| Familiarity | −0·13*** | −0·08** | −0·17*** | 0·09** | −0·19*** | −0·09*** | −0·09*** | 0·13*** |
Significance of correlation: *P < 0·05, **P < 0·01, ***P < 0·001.
†The food consumption variables were square-root transformed in order to improve the normality of the distributions.