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. 2015 Jul 30;10(7):e0134487. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134487

Table 3. Associations of family socioeconomic position and ethnic background with breakfast skipping at age 6 years (n = 4687).

Crude model Basic model* Full model**
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Maternal educational level
  High (ref) 1.00 1.00 1.00
  Mid-high 2.21 (1.38,3.54) 1.70 (1.05,2.74) 1.46 (0.88,2.43)
  Mid-low 3.82 (2.48,5.88) 1.97 (1.24,3.13) 1.43 (0.85,2.42)
  Low 8.25 (5.28,12.90) 3.28 (2.01,5.35) 2.21 (1.24,3.94)
Paternal educational level
  High (ref) 1.00 1.00 1.00
  Mid-high 1.16 (0.73,1.85) 0.91 (0.57,1.45) 0.68 (0.42,1.11)
  Mid-low 2.50 (1.64,3.77) 1.43 (0.93,2.19) 0.88 (0.54,1.42)
  Low 4.38 (2.96,6.47) 1.89 (1.23,2.91) 1.02 (0.62,1.67)
Maternal employment status
  Paid job (ref) 1.00 1.00 1.00
  No paid job 2.14 (1.65,2.75) 1.11 (0.82,1.50) 0.77 (0.55,1.09)
Paternal employment status
  Paid job (ref) 1.00 1.00 1.00
  No paid job 2.76 (1.81,4.19) 1.45 (0.92,2.28) 1.17 (0.74,1.86)
Household income
  >€3200 (ref) 1.00 1.00 1.00
  €2000-<€3200 3.26 (2.29,4.64) 2.26 (1.55,3.29) 1.96 (1.27,3.04)
  <€2000 6.70 (4.77,9.39) 3.02 (2.03,4.48) 2.43 (1.40,4.22)
Family composition
  Two parents (ref) 1.00 1.00 1.00
  Single parent 1.99 (1.50,2.63) 1.57 (1.14,2.14) 1.09 (0.76,1.57)
Crude model Basic model*** Full model****
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Ethnic background
  Native Dutch (ref) 1.00 1.00 1.00
  Surinamese-Creole 5.37 (3.28,8.80) 5.29 (3.22,8.69) 3.36 (1.98,5.72)
  Surinamese-Hindustani 4.62 (2.77,7.69) 4.55 (2.73,7.58) 2.95 (1.72,5.04)
  Dutch Antillean 4.71 (2.65,8.40) 4.44 (2.48,7.97) 2.79 (1.50,5.17)
  Cape Verdean 3.53 (2.09,5.98) 3.39 (2.00,5.76) 1.78 (1.01,3.14)
  Turkish 7.30 (5.32,10.01) 7.27 (5.27,10.01) 4.27 (2.94,6.22)
  Moroccan 7.21 (4.97,10.46) 7.10 (4.87,10.36) 4.03 (2.59,6.28)

Table is based on imputed dataset. Bold print indicates statistical significance. Values represent odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals derived from (multiple) logistic regression analyses.

* Adjusted for child’s sex, child’s age, and ethnic background

** Additionally adjusted for all SEP indicators

*** Adjusted for child’s sex and child’s age

**** Additionally adjusted for all SEP indicators