Table 3.
Characteristics and intraclass correlation coefficients for the dietary habits, meal frequencies, stress and communication
| Adolescents | Mothers | Fathers | Parents | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n † =440 | n † =54 | n † =242 | n † =155 | n † = 44 | ||||
| Dietary intake | Mean | SD | ICC | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ICC |
| Soft drink, dl/day, week | 0.6 | (1.0) | 0.58 | 0.1 | (0.7) | 0.5 | (0.9) | 0.88 |
| Soft drink, dl/day, weekend | 2.0 | (1.7) | 0.78 | 0.7 | (1.1) | 1.0 | (1.5) | 0.92 |
| Cordials, dl/day, week | 0.9 | (1.4) | 0.53 | 0.2 | (0.5) | 0.4 | (1.0) | 0.89 |
| Cordials, dl/day, weekend | 0.7 | (1.0) | 0.33 | 0.2 | (0.6) | 0.4 | (0.9) | 0.74 |
| Raw vegetables, times/week | 5.6 | (4.9) | 0.63 | 6.3 | (4.7) | 4.7 | (3.6) | 0.82 |
| Cooked vegetables, times/week | 3.9 | (2.6) | 0.60 | 3.7 | (2.0) | 3.9 | (1.9) | 0.66 |
| Total vegetables, times/week | 9.5 | (6.4) | 0.69 | 10.0 | (5.7) | 8.6 | (4.7) | 0.80 |
| Meal frequencies | Mean | SD | ICC | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ICC |
| Breakfast, times/week | 6.0 | (1.9) | 0.91 | 6.5 | (1.5) | 6.1 | (1.9) | 0.99 |
| Dinner, times/week | 6.8 | (0.7) | 0.49 | 6.8 | (0.6) | 6.7 | (0.7) | 0.14 |
| Family meals; breakfast, times/week | 4.5 | (2.6) | 0.73 | 4.9 | (2.3) | 4.0 | (2.4) | 0.91 |
| Family meals; dinner, times/week | 6.3 | (1.3) | 0.21 | 6.1 | (1.3) | 5.6 | (1.4) | 0.84 |
| Work-family stress # - reported by parents only | Mean | SD | ICC | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ICC |
| Because of the requirements of my job; − I miss out on home or family activities that I would prefer to participant in. | - | - | - | 3.2 | (0.9) | 2.8 | (0.9) | 0.77 |
| - my family time is less enjoyable or more pressured | - | - | - | 3.3 | (0.7) | 3.1 | (0.7) | 0.71 |
| Working leaves me with too little time or energy to be the kind of parent I want to be | - | - | - | 3.1 | (0.8) | 2.9 | (0.8) | 0.31 |
| Communication* - reported by adolescents only | Mean | SD | ICC | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ICC |
| Your mother | 1.7 | (0.8) | 0.69 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Your father | 2.1 | (0.9) | 0.72 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Your sibling(s) | 2.3 | (1.0) | 0.65 | - | - | - | - | - |
†n vary slightly; Adolescents n= 401–440, mothers: n=217-242, fathers: n=147-155. Intraclass correlation coefficient, ICC: Adolescents n= 50-54, parents: n= 39-44.
#Strongly agree (1) to strongly disagree (4), mothers; n=217-218, fathers; n=147: not answered by those who do not have a paid job.
*Very easy (1) to very difficult (4). Those who do not have or do not see this person(s) are excluded.