. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.

Published in final edited form as: J Behav Med. 2014 Jul 6;38(1):122–135. doi: 10.1007/s10865-014-9584-3

Table 2.

Adjusted Percentage of mothers and fathers engaging in conversations about healthful eating, physical activity, and weight by adolescent gender, race, and weight status^*

Maternal Weight Talk:	N	Conversation about Healthy Eating Habits %	Conversation about being Physically Active %	Conversation about Weight or Size%	Mentioned Weigh too much %	Mentioned should eat differently to lose weight/keep from gaining %	Mentioned should exercise to lose weight/keep from gaining %
Total^**	2242	65.0	64.9	36.7	17.3	32.2	34.9
Adolescent Gender
Male	1015	66.4	64.5	36.6	15.6	29.6	32.1
Female	1227	63.9	65.3	36.5	18.5	34.3	37.0
p-value		0.224	0.715	0.972	0.045	0.008	0.008
Adolescent Ethnicity/Race
White	451	63.1^ab	58.8^a	21.7^c	5.3^b	19.8^c	22.9^c
Black	626	58.5^a	60.0^ab	32.2^a	12.4^a	26.7^a	29.1^a
Hispanic/Latino	385	73.9^c	77.1^d	47.8^b	21.1^c	38.7^b	42.9^b
Asian American	451	68.1^bc	66.8^c	50.4^b	31.0^d	46.7^d	49.6^d
Other/mixed	321	65.1^b	66.1^bc	31.4^a	13.0^a	30.5^a	30.4^a
p-value		<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Parent Educational Attainment
< High School	530	60.3^a	62.4^a	38.2^a	21.1^c	34.1^ab	36.8^ab
High School or GED	457	62.6^a	61.7^a	38.9^a	17.6^bc	34.8^b	39.4^b
Some College	633	64.6^a	65.3^ab	35.7^a	15.6^ab	29.1^a	31.7^a
Finished College/Advanced Degree	602	71.1^b	68.9^b	33.8^a	13.1^a	31.6^ab	32.3^a
p-value		0.003	0.082	0.305	0.002	0.110	0.016
Adolescent Weight status
Underweight (<5th)	41	56.3^a	55.0^ab	25.8^ab	2.7^a	8.2^a	13.8^a
Normal weight (>5th<85th)	1310	60.7^a	58.6^a	27.3^a	7.7^a	19.3^b	21.4^a
Overweight (>= 85th < 95th)	397	65.1^a	67.8^b	38.0^b	16.0^b	36.7^c	41.5^b
Obese (>=95th)	494	77.2^b	80.5^c	60.5^c	42.3^c	64.3^d	66.0^c
p-value		<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001

Paternal Weight Talk:	N	Conversation about Healthy Eating Habits %	Conversation about being Physically Active %	Conversation about Weight or Size %	Mentioned Weigh too much %	Mentioned should eat differently to lose weight/keep from gaining %	Mentioned should exercise to lose weight/keep from gaining %
Total^**	1286	58.0	62.1	34.8	16.6	29.4	33.7
Adolescent Gender
Male	619	61.3	66.7	37.1	15.8	28.5	34.0
Female	667	55.1	57.8	32.5	17.5	30.1	33.4
p-value		0.0242	0.001	0.066	0.357	0.478	0.808
Adolescent Ethnicity/Race
White	332	46.0^a	47.3^c	14.5^d	4.9^b	16.7^a	18.1^c
Black	223	55.1^b	62.5^a	35.3^a,b	13.1^a	23.3^a	31.6^a,b
Hispanic/Latino	253	69.7^c	73.1^b	42.5^b,c	16.6^a	34.8^b	38.6^b
Asian American	322	65.7^c	66.7^a,b	49.8^c	29.9^c	43.3^c	49.2^d
Other/mixed	152	52.7^a,b	65.7^a,b	29.4^a	12.2^a	24.2^a	27.3^a
p-value		<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Parent Educational Attainment
< High School	270	49.3^a	52.6^b	39.3^a	20.5^b	32.0^a	31.6^a
High School or GED	238	58.1^b	61.6^a	32.9^a	16.8^a,b	30.0^a	37.8^a
Some College	335	57.1^ab	64.6^a	34.8^a	14.0^a	27.5^a	34.0^a
Finished College/Advanced Degree	437	63.7^b	65.9^a	31.9^a	14.9^a,b	28.4^a	32.2^a
p-value		0.008	0.015	0.239	0.119	0.631	0.327
Adolescent Weight status
Underweight (<5th)	28	59.9^ab	51.6^a,b	36.6^ab	3.6^a	11.4^a	23.5^ab
Normal weight (>5th<85th)	789	54.9^a	59.9^a	28.0^a	8.9^a	19.7^a	22.1^a
Overweight (>= 85th < 95th)	204	59.5^ab	61.5^a	33.7^a	17.8^b	29.9^b	35.5^b
Obese (>=95th)	265	66.3^b	70.8^b	53.8^b	37.9^c	58.5^c	66.4^c
p-value		0.012	0.008	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001

For categories within each demographic variable, percents with differing superscripts are statistically different from one another (p-value <0.05).

^**

The total proportion given is unadjusted