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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 14.
Published in final edited form as: Ethn Health. 2014 Jun 23;20(4):327–340. doi: 10.1080/13557858.2014.921890

Table 3.

Association of food choice and socio-demographic characteristics at baseline.

Healthy food score
Unhealthy food score
Bivariable regression
Multivariable regression
Bivariable regression
Multivariable regression
β P β P β P β P
Baseline age group (y)
18 to <40 −.201 <.001 −.049 .380 .519 <.001 .367 <.001
40 to <50 −.145 .002 −.029 .581 .370 <.001 .251 <.001
50 to <60 −.081 .085 .008 .878 .221 <.001 .132 .005
≥60 0 0 0 0
Gender
Female .031 .351 .044 .187 −.234 <.001 −.252 <.001
Male 0 0 0 0
Education status
<High school −.239 <.001 −.234 .001 .196 <.001 .117 .040
High school graduate −.244 <.001 −.233 <.001 .126 .003 .078 .107
Some college −.174 <.001 −.141 .001 .082 .028 .037 .366
≥College graduate 0 0 0 0
Employment status
Employed −.058 .118 −.079 .070 −.034 .293 .032 .380
Retired .255 .001 .171 .042 −.499 <.001 −.212 .001
Unemployed/student 0 0 0 0
Marital status
Married or live together .087 .048 .049 .262 −.191 <.001 −.068 .104
Separated, divorced, or widowed .085 .089 .033 .495 −.294 <.001 −.076 .085
Never married 0 0 0 0
Annual household income
<15 k −.167 .004 −.147 .007 .157 .002 .108 .096
15 to <30 k −.160 .005 −.118 .033 .158 .001 .098 .036
30 to <50 k −.190 <.001 −.127 .002 .055 .156 .026 .494
≥50 k 0 0 0 0
Geographic setting
Rural −.187 <.001 −.211 .005 .026 .402 .033 .576
Urban 0 0 0 0