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. 2016 Oct 27;2:824–833. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2016.10.011

Table 1.

Latent classes: mothers.

Behaviours Classes
Never-smoked drinkers Abstainers Unhealthiest Drinkers & ex-smokers Unhealthy low frequency drinkers All
% % % % % %
Group size 28 25 11 19 18 100
Smoking status
non-smoker 88 94 48
past experimenters 12 6 5
Ex-regular smoker 33 82 51 28
Current smoker – light 12 15 14 7
Current smoker – moderate 41 2 23 9
current smoker – heavy 15 0 12 4
Age started smoking
Never smoked/not regular smoker 100 100 53
Under 16 56 29 45 20
16–18 34 46 39 19
19–24 8 21 13 7
25+ 1 4 3 1
Drinking frequency
Almost everyday 5 0 10 7 4
5/6 days per week 7 5 10 4
3/4 days per week 20 17 28 13
Once or twice a week 42 5 45 32 4 24
Once or twice a month 19 13 17 16 20 17
Every couple of months 6 15 5 3 27 12
Once or twice a year 0 20 1 2 31 11
Have not had a drink in last year 9 7 4
Did not answer question 37 1 10 11
Number of units on heaviest drinking day
Did not drink in past week 1 96 1 2 91 41
Up to and including 2 24 3 5 13 7 12
Over 2 and up to (& including) 3 5 3 2 1 2
Over 3 and up to (& including) 4 24 14 21 1 12
Over 4 and up to (& including) 5 3 1 6 1 2
Over 5 and up to (&including) 6 18 18 18 10
Over 6 and up to (& including) 8 12 19 16 9
Over 8 13 34 27 12
Fruit and vegetable portions per day
5 or more portions 24 19 6 34 13 21
3 or 4 portions 43 35 16 39 26 34
1 or 2 portions 8 15 19 7 13 12
none 24 31 59 20 48 33
Not meeting F&V recommendations 75.8 81.3 94.1 66.1 86.6 79.2
Number of days brisk or fast paced walking in past 4 weeks
None 59 74 85 51 74 67
1–4days 11 6 5 12 9 9
5–9 days 7 5 3 9 4 6
10–14 days 6 3 2 8 3 5
15–19 days 3 1 3 1 2
20–24 days 6 6 3 4 4 5
25–29 days 9 5 2 13 5 7
Frequency of participation in moderate activity
no moderate activities 13 43 42 6 40 27
three or more times a week 17 12 4 24 8 13
at least once a week 27 15 6 28 13 18
at least once a month 20 12 13 21 16 16
at least 3 or 4 times a year 16 12 22 12 14 15
twice in last 12 months 5 4 10 5 5 6
once in last 12 months 3 3 3 4 3 3
Not meeting physical activity recommendations 71.3 80.4 90.7 65.1 84.6 76.7


 

 

 

 

 

 


Unweighted Bases 880 1118 301 567 531 3397
Weighted Bases 867 771 330 582 565 3115