TABLE 6.

Multivariate linear regression of demographic predictors of dietary patterns¹

Variables	Pizza and sweets	Meats	Fried foods	Fruit and vegetables	Caribbean starch
M sex	0.32*	0.58***	0.52***	0.37*	0.35***
Married	0.27	0.18	0.20	0.17	0.25
M sex × married	−0.38	−0.36	−0.39	−0.44	−0.33
Years in the United States	−0.00	−0.01*	−0.00	−0.01	−0.02***
Hispanic ethnicity	−0.11	−0.29	−0.21	0.14	−0.39
Hispanic ethnicity × years in the United States	−0.01	0.01	−0.00	0.01	0.02*
Spanish language preference	−0.54***	−0.53***	−0.57**	0.09	−0.08
North America	0.38*	0.66**	0.30	0.50	0.10
Caribbean	0.09	0.35	0.04	0.35	0.39
Central America	0.00	0.43	0.02	0.37	−0.12
Caribbean × Hispanic	−0.33	−0.24	−0.38	0.07	0.26
High school diploma or GED2	−0.11	0.09	0.08	0.16	−0.13
More than high school	−0.11	−0.10	0.03	0.08	−0.25*
$20,000–29,000 income	0.06	−0.13	−0.21	0.11	0.11
$30,000–39,000 income	0.35	0.12	−0.31	0.57*	0.31
$40,000–49,000 income	−0.05	−0.19	−0.22	−0.11	−0.01
≥$50,000 income	−0.02	−0.17	−0.29	0.66	0.72*
Constant	0.08***	−0.23*	0.15***	−0.70	−0.26
R2	0.27	0.26	0.28	0.13	0.33

¹*,**,***P values were calculated by t test with Huber-White robust standard errors: *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.005.

²GED, General Educational Development.