Table 4.
Hierarchical multiple regression analyses for ECI, DINE Fat and DINE Fibre outcomes predicted by socio-demographic, knowledge, psychological variables and cooking and food skills variables
| ECI | DINE Fat | DINE Fibre | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B (SE) | β | B (SE) | β | B (SE) | β | |
| Model 1: Socio-demographic | R2 change = 0.089*** | R2 change = 0.072*** | R2 change = 0.027*** | |||
| Age | 0.660 (0.174) | 0.112*** | 1.229 (0.773) | 0.047 | 2.442 (0.703) | 0.108** |
| Gender | 0.523 (0.176) | 0.088** | -5.560 (0.780) | -0.212*** | -1.121 (0.709) | -0.049 |
| Education level | 0.219 (0.081) | 0.088** | -0.682 (0.357) | -0.062 | 0.747 (0.325) | 0.079* |
| SES | -0.420 (0.182) | -0.071* | 0.324 (0.810) | 0.012 | -0.505 (0.736) | -0.022 |
| Model 2: Knowledge | R2 change = 0.028*** | R2 change = 0.050*** | R2 change = 0.004* | |||
| Nutrition knowledge | 0.096 (0.042) | 0.071* | -1.134 (0.187) | -0.191*** | 0.094 (0.170) | 0.018 |
| Model 3: Psychological | R2 change = 0.073*** | R2 change = 0.022*** | R2 change = 0.054*** | |||
| Food and health consciousness | 0.583 (0.112) | 0.172*** | -1.699 (0.497) | -0.113** | 2.205 (0.452) | 0.170*** |
| Cooking identity | 0.084 (0.023) | 0.154*** | 0.473 (0.100) | 0.195*** | 0.505 (0.091) | 0.242*** |
| Food neophilia | 0.036 (0.042) | 0.033 | -0.557 (0.189) | -0.114** | -0.417 (0.171) | -0.099* |
| Model 4: Cooking and food skills | R2 change = 0.006 | R2 change = 0.046*** | R2 change = 0.017*** | |||
| Meal prep frequency | 0.184 (0.078) | 0.072* | 1.766 (0.348) | 0.156*** | 0.884 (0.317) | 0.090** |
| Cooking skills ability | 0.004 (0.005) | 0.040 | -0.132 (0.021) | -0.296*** | -0.043 (0.020) | -0.113* |
| Food skills ability | -0.005 (0.003) | -0.070 | 0.056 (0.015) | .166*** | -0.015 (0.014) | -0.052 |
| Final Model R2 | 0.195*** | 0.190*** | 0.101*** | |||
SES socio-economic status, ECI Eating choices Index, DINE Dietary instrument for nutrition education. ***Group difference is significant at the 0.001 level (2-tailed); **Group difference is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed); *Group difference is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)