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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Nutr Educ Behav. 2016 May 20;48(7):505–509.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2016.04.006

Table 3.

Pearson Correlations between Parent Nutrition Literacy, Socioeconomic Variables, BMI, and Child Diet Quality

Variable NLit-P1
Score		 Parent
BMI		 Household
Income		 Parental
Age		 Educational
Attainment		 Child
BMI %ile		 Child
HEI2
NLit-P1
Score		 — −.306* .477** .398** .595** −0.088 .418**
Parent BMI −.306* — −.260* −.195 −.268* .322** −.217*
Household
Income		 .477** −.260* — .338** .429** .027 .218*
Parental
Age		 .398** −.195 .338** — .386** .067 .146
Educational
Attainment		 .595** −.268* .429** .386** — −.027 .328**
Child
BMI %ile		 −0.088 .322** .027 .067 −.027 — −.119
Child HEI2 .418** −.217* .218* .146 .328** −.119 —
1

Nutrition Literacy Assessment Instrument for Parents

2

Healthy Eating Index -2010

**

correlation is significant at the <0.001 level (2-tailed)

*

correlation is significant at the <0.05 level (2-tailed)