Table 3.

OLS regression models predicting Food Similarity Index (FSI), NHANES 1999/00-2009/10

	Hispanic		NH-White		NH-Black		Other
Panel A. Children Aged 5–19
Generational Status (Ref = U.S. born with U.S.-born Householder)
Foreign-born, 0–4 years in U.S.	−19.5	***	−17.6	***	−17.8	***	−17.4	**
Foreign-born, 5+ years in U.S.	−10.5a	***	−15.8	***	−5.9		−17.2	**
U.S.-born, Foreign-born householder	−7.4a	***	−13.8	***	−12.2	***	−21.4	***
Proportion of food consumed at home	−8.7	***	−1.3		−1.9		−8.4	+
Day of Dietary Recall (Weekend = 1)	−0.6		−2.1	*	−3.1	*	0.3
Age (Ref=15–19)
5–9	−3.0	*	−0.2		−2.7	*	−3.0
10–14	−1.2		0.3		−2.5	+	2.9
Householder's Educational Attainment (Ref = <High School)
High School	1.2		−2.4		5.7	*	4.4
Some College	0.1		−2.9		7.7	*	1.6
Completed College	−0.6		−6.2		7.1	*	−0.6
Gender (Female=l)	−4.4	***	−6.9	***	−1.7	+	−1.8
Intercept	57.8	***	63.3	***	46.0	***	58.7	***
N	6,932		5,139		5,405		873
Panel B. Adults Aged 20–84
Generational Status (Ref = U.S. born)
Foreign-born, 0–4 years in U.S.	−17.9	***	−13.8	**	−13.3	***	−26.3	***
Foreign-born, 5–9 years in U.S.	−16.6	***	−15.7	***	−8.7	+	−29.3	***
Foreign-born, 10+ years in U.S.	−11.5a	***	−6.9	***	−14.4	***	−23.1	***
Proportion of food consumed at home	−2.4		−1.0		1.3		2.5
Day of Dietary Recall (Weekend = 1)	−0.6		−0.4		−2.0	+	−2.8
Age (Ref=20–29)
30–39	−6.9	***	−3.5	**	−5.3	**	2.2
40–49	−3.7	+	0.1		−3.1	*	5.0
50–59	−6.2	**	−2.9	**	−3.6	*	1.9
60–69	−3.5	+	0.7		−0.2		2.6
70+	−6.2	**	−4.9	***	−2.1		−0.1
Educational Attainment (Ref = <HS)
High School	2.9	*	4.2	+	2.8		2.5
Some College	0.2		1.6		6.0	*	−3.7
Completed College	0.1		−5.9	**	3.3		−5.3
Gender (Female=1)	−5.4	***	−5.0	***	−2.9	**	−0.9
Intercept	56.2	***	59.0	***	45.5	***	54.7	***
N	7,452		13,297		5,501		1,115

^***p<.001;

^**p<.01;

^*p<.01;

⁺p<.10 (significance of difference from reference group)

^aSignificantly different from foreign-born with 0–4 years in U.S. (p<.05)