. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Am Diet Assoc. 2010 Jul;110(7):1036–1042. doi: 10.1016/j.jada.2010.04.011

Table 1. Cross-Sectional Regression Models of Parenting Style and Frequency of Family Meals in Project EAT.

	Frequency of Family Meals Cross-Sectional Analyses (Model 1)⁺
	Degrees of Freedom	P Value	Parenting Style

			Authoritative	Authoritarian	Permissive	Neglectful
*DAUGHTERS*			*Mother's Parenting Style & Mean Frequency of Family Meals per Week*
Younger Cohort (n = 777)	3	.010	5.15^a	4.48^b	4.78^a,b	4.23^b
Older Cohort (n = 1473)	3	<.001	3.68^a	2.95^b,c	3.42^a,b	2.64^c
			*Father's Parenting Style & Mean Frequency of Family Meals per Week*
Younger Cohort (n = 727)	3	.010	4.99^a	4.46^a,b	4.99^a,b	4.20^b
Older Cohort (n = 1381)	3	<.001	3.82^a	2.83^b	3.45^a	2.60^b
*SONS*			*Mother's Parenting Style & Mean Frequency of Family Meals per Week*
Younger Cohort (n = 766)	3	<.001	4.74^a,b	4.19^a,c	5.07^b	3.81^c
Older Cohort (n = 1495)	3	<.001	4.32^a	3.50^b	3.55^b	2.70^c
			*Father's Parenting Style & Mean Frequency of Family Meals per Week*
Younger Cohort (n = 723)	3	.023	4.73^a,b	4.06^a	4.79^b	4.23^a,b
Older Cohort (n = 1420)	3	<.001	3.83^a	3.48^a	3.83^a	2.93^b

Key:

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All models adjusted for Age, Ethnicity/Race and SES

Letter superscripts^a,b,c indicate results of post-hoc comparison of means. Means with different letters are significantly different at p < .01, For all means, higher values indicate higher frequency of family meals.