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. 2008 Mar 12;4(2):121–135. doi: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2007.00122.x

Table 3.

Regression results for each food using respondent characteristics

Dependent variables Independent variables: mother's characteristics Model parameters
Foods Age
β (p) Education
β (p) Employment
β (p) First birth
β (p) Prob > F r 2
Vegetables −0.04 (0.5581) −0.02 (0.7927) 0.27 (0.6306) −0.68 (0.1754) 0.186 0.14
Fruit −0.04 (0.5935) −0.03 (0.6492) 0.29 (0.5918) −0.67 (0.1609) 0.1937 0.13
Smoothie −0.11 (0.1521) −0.0001 (0.9963) −0.32 (0.6270) 0.13 (0.8213) 0.5119 0.07
Chicken broth −0.16 (0.0139) 0.009 (0.8836) −0.61 (0.2422) 0.41 (0.3589) 0.1045 0.17
Juice −0.16 (0.1076) −0.04 (0.7170) 0.28 (0.7389) 0.09 (0.8928) 0.2557 0.12
Chicken liver 0.10 (0.2513) 0.002 (0.9858) 0.53 (0.4458) −0.18 (0.7862) 0.6819 0.06
Oatmeal −0.12 (0.2410) −0.01 (0.9770) 0.87 (0.3095) −0.03 (0.9712) 0.3621 0.12
Sweet corn drink −0.17 (0.3425) −0.08 (0.5986) −2.79 (0.0430) 1.39 (0.2903) 0.205 0.17
Sweet potatoes 0.14 (0.2173) −0.24 (0.0290) 1.03 (0.2600) −1.47 (0.0717) 0.1643 0.17
Sweet corn drink with milk −0.29 (0.0436) 0.02 (0.8614) −2.24 (0.0943) 1.24 (0.2209) 0.2616 0.16
Cereals −0.11 (0.4209) −0.10 (0.4685) −0.59 (0.5888) −0.22 (0.8266) 0.5762 0.07
Rice −0.06 (0.5144) 0.03 (0.6801) −0.08 (0.9137) 0.40 (0.5797) 0.9688 0.01
Yogurt −0.05 (0.6887) 0.02 (0.8759) 0.40 (0.6891) −0.16 (0.8546) 0.9308 0.02
Beans −0.16 (0.2232) 0.15 (0.2388) –0.77 (0.4747) 0.50 (0.5923) 0.6218 0.06
Bean soup −0.16 (0.2232) 0.15 (0.2388) −0.77 (0.4747) 0.50 (0.5923) 0.6218 0.06
Noodle soup −0.06 (0.5532) 0.04 (0.6980) −0.02 (0.9776) −0.85 (0.2100) 0.1998 0.14
Milk −0.18 (0.2978) −0.19 (0.2509) −0.62 (0.6582) 0.68 (0.6054) 0.4236 0.13
Tortillas 0.05 (0.7124) −0.09 (0.4644) 0.55 (0.5781) −0.02 (0.9811) 0.9186 0.03
Chicken −0.13 (0.2902) −0.06 (0.6151) 0.84 (0.4162) −0.07 (0.9337) 0.3974 0.1
Crackers 0.12 (0.3239) −0.08 (0.4764) 1.08 (0.2976) −1.16 (0.2185) 0.724 0.06
Bread −0.09 (0.4419) 0.003 (0.9770) 0.22 (0.8257) −0.16 (0.8499) 0.771 0.05
Bread beans 0.06 (0.7618) 0.05 (0.8260) 0.41 (0.7873) −0.96 (0.5754) 0.9704 0.03
Lentils 0.12 (0.6306) −0.03 (0.9130) −0.67 (0.7354) −0.25 (0.8862) 0.9785 0.02
Garbanzo beans 0.27 (0.1381) 0.04 (0.7945) 1.71 (0.2014) −1.69 (0.1481) 0.4245 0.16
Cheese 0.004 (0.9631) −0.07 (0.5282) 0.37 (0.6926) −0.20 (0.7917) 0.9617 0.02
Beef −0.05 (0.7760) −0.13 (0.4413) 1.44 (0.3221) −1.79 (0.1790) 0.2044 0.2
Ham −0.05 (0.7191) −0.11 (0.5228) 1.17 (0.3496) −0.23 (0.8286) 0.5728 0.11
Eggs 0.04 (0.7707) 0.04 (0.7742) 1.24 (0.3015) −1.04 (0.3309) 0.6475 0.07
Alverjon beans 0.03 (0.9155) 0.25 (0.5300) −1.91 (0.5558) 1.4 (0.5677) 0.6646 0.77
Sausage 0.02 (0.8914) 0.004 (0.9860) 1.73 (0.2361) −0.64 (0.6067) 0.7873 0.07
Fish −0.20 (0.2301) −0.03 (0.8612) 2.06 (0.1480) −0.04 (0.9699) 0.1388 0.25
Beef liver −0.31 (0.4307) −0.83 (0.2384) 0.62 (0.8901) 1.52 (0.5888) 0.5972 0.3
Soft drinks −0.48 (0.0331) 0.03 (0.8738) −0.42 (0.7920) 2.24 (0.1455) 0.2012 0.24
Mutton NA NA NA NA NA NA
Pork 0.45 (0.1154) 1.42 (0.0114) 4.16 (0.1062) 1.53 (0.4325) 0.0232 0.81
Coffee −0.09 (0.8190) 0.27 (0.6225) −1.16 (0.6849) 0.69 (0.8350) 0.9628 0.05

NA, not available. Figures in bold indicate statistical significance.