Table 3.
Characteristic | Category | Odds ratio |
95% confidence interval |
p-value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sex of child | 0.084 | |||
Male | 1.00 | reference | ||
Female | 1.28 | 0.97, 1.70 | ||
Age of child, 1 year intervals | -- | 0.87 | 0.75, 1.01 | 0.068 |
Employment status | 0.659 | |||
Unemployed | 1.00 | reference | ||
Employed | 1.07 | 0.79, 1.44 | ||
Length in United States, 1 year interval | 0.989 | 0.98, 1.00 | 0.053 | |
Food preference of child | 0.706 | |||
American food | 1.00 | reference | ||
Mexican food | 1.01 | 0.59, 1.73 | ||
Both equally | 0.88 | 0.58, 1.34 | ||
Parent encouragement of child to exercise | 0.441 | |||
4 days/week or less | 1.00 | reference | ||
5/more days/week | 0.88 | 0.64, 1.21 | ||
Parent participation in physical activity with child | 0.226 | |||
4 days/week or less | 1.00 | reference | ||
5/more days/week | 1.27 | 0.86, 1.88 | ||
TV viewing during family meals | <0.001 | |||
Never/rarely | 1.00 | reference | ||
Sometimes | 0.67 | 0.48, 0.93 | ||
Often/Always | 0.46 | 0.32, 0.65 | ||
Breakfast as a family, 4 times/week | 0.308 | |||
No | 1.00 | reference | ||
Yes | 1.17 | 0.87, 1.57 | ||
Lunch as a family, 4 times/week | 0.376 | |||
No | 1.00 | reference | ||
Yes | 0.87 | 0.63, 1.19 | ||
Dinner as a family, 4 times/week | 0.427 | |||
No | 1.00 | reference | ||
Yes | 1.201 | 0.76, 1.91 |
Dependent variable is categorized as never to 2 times/week, 3-4 times/week, and 5/more times/week.