Table 4.
Correlation matrix for SES and social factors with fruit and vegetable intake
| FV intake | Born in Canada | Income | Education | FV access | Affluence | Neigh-bourhood composite score | Parent’s perception of child’s eating habits | Supper in front of TV (x/wk) | Supper at the table together (x/wk) | Eat out (x/wk) | Parent cares about fitness | Parent cares about eating healthy foods | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fruit and vegetable intake |
-- |
-.016 |
.038 |
.060 |
-.021 |
.089* |
.089* |
.115** |
-.101* |
.059 |
-.006 |
.055 |
.156** |
| Born in Canada |
-.016 |
-- |
.261** |
-.209** |
-.040 |
.229** |
.060 |
-.024 |
-.019 |
-.045 |
.019 |
.067 |
.007 |
| Income |
.038 |
.261** |
-- |
.154** |
.044 |
.384** |
.268** |
-.026 |
-.103* |
-.020 |
-.016 |
.105* |
.012 |
| Education |
.060 |
-.209** |
.154** |
-- |
.021 |
.140** |
.052 |
.071 |
-.136** |
.110* |
-.012 |
.061 |
.041 |
| Fruit and vegetable access |
-.021 |
-.040 |
.044 |
.021 |
-- |
.087* |
.241** |
.089* |
.024 |
-.047 |
.008 |
.069 |
.063 |
| Affluence |
.089* |
.229** |
.384** |
.140** |
.087* |
-- |
.154** |
-.003 |
-.043-- |
.050 |
-.015 |
.017 |
-.012 |
| Neighbourhood composite score |
.089* |
.060 |
.268** |
.052 |
.241** |
.154** |
-- |
.088 |
-100* |
.057 |
.030 |
.180** |
.147** |
| Parent’s perception of child’s eating habits |
.115** |
-.024 |
-.026 |
.071 |
.089* |
-.003 |
.088 |
-- |
-.162** |
.227** |
-.157** |
.116** |
.225** |
| Supper in front of TV (times/wk) |
-.101*. |
-.019 |
-.103 |
-.136** |
.024 |
-.143* |
-.100 |
.162** |
-- |
-.370** |
.173** |
-.033 |
-.048 |
| Supper at the table together (times/wk) |
.059 |
-.045 |
-.020 |
.110* |
-.047 |
.050 |
.057 |
.227** |
.370** |
-- |
-.111** |
.090* |
.110* |
| Eat out (times/wk) |
-.006 |
.019 |
-.016 |
-.012 |
.008 |
-.015 |
.030 |
.157** |
.173** |
-.111** |
-- |
-.012 |
-.163 |
| Parent cares about fitness |
.055 |
.067 |
.105* |
.061 |
.069 |
.017 |
.180** |
.116** |
-.033 |
.090* |
-.012 |
-- |
.520** |
| Parent cares about eating healthy foods | .156** | .007 | .012 | .041 | .063 | -.012 | .147** | .225** | .048 | .110* | -.163** | .520** | -- |
*correlation is significant at the 0.05 level.
**correlation is significant at the 0.01 level.
All correlations are Spearman’s correlations except for Born in Canada, calculated using point-biserial correlation.