Table 4.

Associations between parental perceptions of price, quality and availability of fruit and vegetables and the availability of fruit and vegetables at home, Dutch INPACT study, 2010

	% of children who do not always have fruit or vegetables available at home†	OR	95 % CI
Fruit‡
Price (n 1303)
Fruit is expensive	15·0	1·56*	1·02, 2·40
Fruit is not expensive	10·5	1·00	Ref.
Quality (n 1309)
Quality of fruit in shops is bad	23·4	3·03**	1·59, 5·77
Quality of fruit in shops is not bad	10·5	1·00	Ref.
Availability (n 1306)
Availability of fruit in shops is limited	20·7	2·79*	1·38, 5·64
Availability of fruit in shops is not limited	10·9	1·00	Ref.
Vegetables‡
Price (n 1294)
Vegetables are expensive	17·4	0·93	0·60, 1·44
Vegetables are not expensive	19·8	1·00	Ref.
Quality (n 1295)
Quality of vegetables in shops is bad	22·7	1·34	0·65, 2·79
Quality of vegetables in shops is not bad	19·3	1·00	Ref.
Availability (n 1298)
Availability of vegetables in shops is limited	23·0	1·63	0·89, 3·09
Availability of vegetables in shops is not limited	19·2	1·00	Ref.

Ref., referent category.

*P <0·05, **P < 0·01.

†Home availability of fruit and vegetables was measured on a 5-point scale which was dichotomized into ‘always available’ (‘yes, always’) and ‘not always available’ (‘yes, usually’; ‘sometimes’; ‘no, usually not’; ‘no, never’).

‡Analyses adjusted for child's ethnicity, child's BMI and child's socio-economic status.