Table 2.
Structural Equation Models Predicting the Effect of Maternal and Paternal Diet Behaviors on Sons’ and Daughters’ DietBehaviors (n = 412 Families).
| Daughter Diet |
Son Diet |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | SE | B | SE | |
| Father diet | .22*** | (.05) | .27*** | (.05) |
| Mother diet | .43*** | (.05) | .41*** | (.05) |
| Region (reference: North) | ||||
| Northeast | −.04* | (.02) | −.01 | (.02) |
| Southeast | −.05* | (.02) | −.02 | (.02) |
| South | −.09** | (.03) | −.04 | (.03) |
| Midwest | .01 | (.02) | .03 | (.02) |
| Household income | .00 | (.01) | −.01 | (.01) |
| Parent education | −.01 | (.01) | −.01 | (.01) |
| Parent weight (reference: both parents normal weight) | ||||
| Mother overweight/obese only | .02 | (.02) | .00 | (.02) |
| Father overweight/obese only | .05* | (.02) | .01 | (.02) |
| Both overweight/obese | .04* | (.02) | .01 | (.02) |
| Son weight status (reference: normal weight) | ||||
| Underweight | −.05 | (.03) | .00 | (.03) |
| Overweight | −.04 | (.02) | .02 | (.02) |
| Obese | .07 | (.05) | .04 | (.05) |
| Daughter weight status (reference: normal weight) | ||||
| Underweight | .00 | (.03) | −.04 | (.03) |
| Overweight | .01 | (.02) | −.02 | (.02) |
| Obese | −.01 | (.04) | −.02 | (.04) |
| Son age | .00 | (.01) | .00 | (.01) |
| Daughter age | .00 | (.01) | .00 | (.01) |
| Son working (1 = yes) | −.01 | (.02) | .01 | (.02) |
| Daughter working (1 = yes) | .02 | (.02) | .02 | (.02) |
| Constant | .13 | (.10) | .19 | (.10) |
*
p < .05.
**
p < .01.
***
p < .001.