Table 5.
Potential effect of economic variables on expected price responsiveness in children’s soft drink consumption
| |
Child: |
Parent: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
If the price of soft drinks were doubled, I would buy less soft drinks from my own money |
If the price of soft drinks were doubled, my child would drink less soft drinks |
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| 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? |
-0.0006 |
0.442 |
-0.0025 |
0.189 |
| How often do you spend your own money on fizzy drinks or fruit squash? | ||||
|
-Never |
-0.2528 |
<0.001 |
-0.0829 |
0.076 |
|
-Not often |
-0.1473 |
0.009 |
-0.1150 |
0.027 |
|
-Often |
0.1658 |
0.074 |
-0.1249 |
0.136 |
|
-Always |
0.0643 |
0.388 |
-0.2626 |
0.098 |
| I don’t give my child some foods because they cost too much | ||||
|
-I fully disagree |
-0.0293 |
0.344 |
0.5317 |
<0.001 |
|
-I disagree a bit |
-0.1580 |
0.030 |
0.2226 |
<0.001 |
|
-I agree a bit |
-0.0397 |
0.325 |
-0.1877 |
0.002 |
|
-I fully agree |
-0.0905 |
0.181 |
-0.4132 |
<0.001 |
| I would consider my child as being price conscious regarding food, snacks, etc. | ||||
|
-I fully disagree |
|
|
0.1512 |
0.026 |
|
-I disagree a bit |
|
|
0.0329 |
0.325 |
|
-I agree a bit |
|
|
-0.0721 |
0.085 |
|
-I fully agree |
|
|
-0.0999 |
0.033 |
| Log-likelihood | -3008.920 | -5308.922 | ||