Table 3.
Associations (Beta coefficients and P-values) of selected economic variables with children’s engagement in sports activities, and with consumption of soft drinks and fruit juice
| |
Sports activity (hours per week) |
Soft drink consumption (ml per week) |
Fruit juice consumption (ml per week) |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beta-coeff. | P-value | Beta-coeff. | P-value | Beta-coeff. | P-value | |
|
Economic variables | ||||||
| On average how much money do you give to your child to buy foods and drinks per week? |
|
|
21.034 |
0.004 |
10.573 |
0.062 |
| I pay for my child to take part in sports |
0.419 |
<0.001 |
|
|
|
|
| I let my child participate in sports less than I would like, because it is too expensive | ||||||
| - I fully disagree |
0.604 |
<0.001 |
|
|
|
|
| - I disagree a bit |
0.444 |
0.001 |
|
|
|
|
| - I agree a bit |
0.104 |
0.474 |
|
|
|
|
| - I fully agree |
0.289 |
0.084 |
|
|
|
|
| How often do you spend your own money on fizzy drinks or fruit squash? | ||||||
| - Never |
|
|
-1480.0 |
<0.001 |
-486.7 |
<0.001 |
| - Not often |
|
|
-986.5 |
<0.001 |
-280.2 |
0.021 |
| - Often |
|
|
1303.4 |
<0.001 |
48.1 |
0.835 |
| - Always |
|
|
648.3 |
0.234 |
-85.4 |
0.840 |
| I don’t give my child some foods because they cost too much | ||||||
| - I fully disagree |
|
|
29.971 |
0.833 |
-53.432 |
0.636 |
| - I disagree a bit |
|
|
-28.820 |
0.860 |
-132.386 |
0.312 |
| - I agree a bit |
|
|
-147.352 |
0.388 |
-6.694 |
0.961 |
| - I fully agree |
|
|
238.461 |
0.216 |
-33.215 |
0.829 |
| R2 |
0.19 |
|
0.26 |
|
0.09 |
|
| Economic variables’ share of total explained variation | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.12 | |||