Table 2.
Characteristic | N | “It is important for baby and toddler foods to be low in sodium”
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Agree (%)b | 95% CI | AORc | 95% CI | ||
Overall | 390 | 82.3 | 77.1–87.4 | – | – |
Sex | |||||
Male | 155 | 78.6 | 70.3–86.9 | – | Ref |
Female | 235 | 85.4 | 79.1–91.7 | 1.6 | 0.8–3.1 |
Age, y | |||||
18–34 | 244 | 82.8 | 76.5–89.0 | – | Ref |
35+ | 146 | 81.1 | 71.9–90.2 | 1.0 | 0.5–2.0 |
Race/ethnicity | |||||
White, non-hispanic | 274 | 83.4 | 77.5–89.3 | – | Ref |
Black, non-hispanic | 30 | 79.1 | 57.1–100.0 | 0.7 | 0.2–3.0 |
Other, non-hispanic | 22 | 73.2 | 49.2–97.3 | 0.6 | 0.2–2.1 |
Hispanic | 64 | 83.4 | 71.9–94.8 | 0.9 | 0.4–2.3 |
Education | |||||
≤High school | 105 | 83.9 | 74.6–93.2 | 0.9 | 0.4–2.2 |
Some college | 122 | 76.8 | 65.5–88.1 | 0.5 | 0.2–1.2 |
Bachelor’s degree or higher | 163 | 84.3 | 77.3–91.2 | – | Ref |
Household income | |||||
<$60 000 | 211 | 81.4 | 74.2–88.7 | 0.8 | 0.4–1.8 |
≥ $60 000 | 179 | 83.1 | 75.8–90.5 | – | Ref |
Region of residence | |||||
Northeast | 53 | 86.2 | 76.4–96.1 | 1.8 | 0.5–5.7 |
Midwest | 94 | 78.6 | 66.8–90.3 | 0.9 | 0.3–2.2 |
South | 153 | 80.4 | 71.7–89.0 | – | Ref |
West | 90 | 86.5 | 76.6–96.4 | 1.7 | 0.6–4.4 |
BMId | |||||
<25 | 155 | 87.5 | 80.4–94.6 | – | Ref |
25–30 | 127 | 79.0 | 69.5–88.4 | 0.6 | 0.2–1.5 |
≥30 | 108 | 78.8 | 68.2–89.5 | 0.5 | 0.2–1.3 |
Self-reported high blood pressure | |||||
Yes | 30 | 83.8 | 63.7–100.0 | 1.2 | 0.3–4.9 |
No | 360 | 82.1 | 76.8–87.5 | – | Ref |
Self-reported high cholesterol | |||||
Yes | 31 | 98.7 | 96.0–100.0 | 21.3* | 2.6–174.0 |
No | 359 | 80.7 | 75.1–86.3 | – | Ref |
How harmful to your health is eating too much salt/sodium? | |||||
Not at all harmful | 15 | 76.8 | 52.5–100.0 | – | Ref |
A little harmful | 121 | 75.9 | 65.5–86.3 | 1.0 | 0.2–4.7 |
Somewhat harmful | 157 | 81.4 | 72.8–89.9 | 1.4 | 0.3–7.1 |
Very harmful | 97 | 91.8 | 84.8–98.9 | 3.9 | 0.7–21.4 |
Are you currently watching or reducing your sodium/salt intake? | |||||
Yes | 108 | 95.1 | 89.5–100.0 | 6.8* | 2.2–20.8 |
No | 282 | 77.3 | 70.7–83.9 | – | Ref |
Note. AOR, adjusted odds ratio; BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval; Ref, reference category;
indicates p-value < 0.05. Cardiovascular disease had a sample size < 5 in subcategory, data is not presented.
Percentages are weighted by sex, age, household income, race/ethnicity, household size, education, census region, metro status, and prior internet access to match the 2011 Current Population Survey (United States Census Bureau, 2012).
Weighted proportion of parents with at least one child under the age of two years who somewhat agree and strongly agree (combined) with “It is important for baby and toddler foods to be low in sodium”. Not shown is the proportion of respondents with combined neutral, somewhat disagree and strongly disagree response.
Adjusted odds ratio of agreeing (combined somewhat and strongly agree) vs. everyone else (combined neither agree nor disagree, somewhat disagree, and strongly disagree) adjusting for age, sex, and race/ethnicity.
BMI < 25 includes underweight respondents (<18.5); however, percent agreement was not significantly different for individuals who are underweight (N = 4) compared to average weight respondents.