Table 2.
Results of univariate analysis between the control variables and the child’s frequency of sugary snack intake (n = 1332)
|
Variables |
Frequency of sugary snack intake |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| |
<once/day |
≥once/day |
P-value |
| n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Gender |
|
|
|
| Boy |
365 (54.4) |
366 (55.4) |
0.721* |
| Girl |
306 (45.6) |
295 (44.6) |
|
| Single child |
|
|
|
| Yes |
490 (73.0) |
446 (67.5) |
0.027* |
| No |
181 (27.0) |
215 (32.5) |
|
| Caregiver |
|
|
|
| Mother |
591 (88.1) |
550 (83.2) |
0.021* |
| Father |
34 (5.0) |
38 (5.8) |
|
| Grandfather or grandmother |
46 (6.9) |
73 (11.0) |
|
| Caregiver’s frequency of sugary snack intake |
|
|
|
| <once/day |
545 (81.2) |
288 (43.6) |
<0.001* |
| ≥once/day |
126 (18.8) |
373 (56.4) |
|
| Marital status of parents |
|
|
|
| Cohabiting |
659 (98.2) |
650 (98.3) |
0.862* |
| Not cohabiting |
12 (1.8) |
11 (1.7) |
|
| Mother’s education |
|
|
|
| ≥college graduated |
300 (44.7) |
305 (46.1) |
0.599* |
| ≤high school graduated |
371 (55.3) |
356 (53.9) |
|
| Mother’s occupation |
|
|
|
| Employer/professional |
147 (21.9) |
143 (21.6) |
0.817* |
| Employee/non-professional |
395 (58.9) |
399 (60.4) |
|
| Unemployed |
129 (19.2) |
119 (18.0) |
|
| Father’s education |
|
|
|
| ≥college graduated |
327 (48.7) |
328 (49.6) |
0.746* |
| ≤high school graduated |
344 (51.3) |
333 (50.4) |
|
| Father’s occupation |
|
|
|
| Employer/professional |
223 (33.2) |
211 (31.9) |
0.465* |
| Employee/non-professional |
426 (63.5) |
420 (63.6) |
|
| Unemployed |
22 (3.3) |
30 (4.5) |
|
| Family monthly income (per-capital) |
|
|
|
| ≥5000 RMB |
253 (37.7) |
271 (41.0) |
0.457* |
| 2000-4999 RMB |
284 (42.3) |
262 (39.6) |
|
| <2000 RMB |
134 (20.0) |
128 (19.4) |
|
| Mean(SD) |
Mean(SD) |
|
|
| Caregiver’s oral health knowledge score |
9.3 (3.4) |
9.0 (3.9) |
0.161** |
| Caregiver’s oral health attitude score | 6.3 (1.5) | 6.1 (1.5) | 0.016** |
(* by Chi-square test; ** by t-test).