Table 3.

Structural Equation Models Predicting the Effect of Maternal and Paternal Diet Behaviors on Sons’ and Daughters’ Diet Behaviors, Stratified by Low– and High–Socioeconomic Status Households (n = 412 Families).

	Low–socioeconomic Status Household				High–socioeconomic Status Household
	Daughter Diet		Son Diet		Daughter Diet		Son Diet
	B	SE	B	SE	B	SE	B	SE
Father diet	.20**	(.07)	.32***	(.07)	.20*	(.09)	.21*	(.08)
Mother diet	.46***	(.07)	.36***	(.07)	.41***	(.08)	.43***	(.08)
Region (reference: North)
Northeast	−.04*	(.02)	−.01	(.02)	−.02	(.03)	−.01	(.03)
Southeast	−.04	(.03)	−.02	(.03)	−.06	(.04)	−.01	(.04)
South	−.08*	(.03)	−.04	(.03)	−.08	(.04)	−.02	(.04)
Midwest	.01	(.03)	.04	(.02)	−.01	(.04)	.04	(.04)
Household income	.00	(.01)	.01	(.01)	.00	(.02)	−.03*	(.01)
Parent weight (reference: both parents normal weight)
Mother overweight/obese only	.01	(.02)	−.02	(.02)	.03	(.04)	.03	(.04)
Father overweight/obese only	.05*	(.02)	−.01	(.02)	.07*	(.03)	.06*	(.03)
Both overweight/obese	.02	(.02)	−.01	(.02)	.05	(.03)	.06*	(.03)
Son weight status (reference: normal weight)
Underweight	−.08	(.04)	−.03	(.04)	.02	(.07)	.08	(.06)
Overweight	−.02	(.03)	.03	(.03)	−.07	(.04)	.01	(.03)
Obese	.05	(.06)	.11	(.06)	.14	(.09)	−.02	(.08)
Daughter weight status (reference: normal weight)
Underweight	.00	(.04)	−.07	(.04)	−.01	(.06)	.00	(.05)
Overweight	.02	(.03)	−.04	(.03)	−.01	(.04)	.01	(.04)
Obese	−.05	(.06)	−.10	(.06)	.06	(.07)	.06	(.07)
Son age	.00	(.01)	.00	(.01)	.01	(.01)	.00	(.01)
Daughter age	.00	(.01)	.01	(.01)	.01	(.01)	−.01	(.01)
Son working (1 = yes)	.01	(.02)	.02	(.02)	−.11*	(.04)	−.05	(.04)
Daughter working (1 = yes)	.03	(.02)	.01	(.03)	−.02	(.06)	−.01	(.05)
Constant	.12	(.12)	.01	(.12)	.12	(.17)	.33	(.15)

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.