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. 2021 Jun 4;7:19. doi: 10.1186/s40795-021-00426-2

Table 2.

Correlation coefficient between food and nutrition literacy, its domains and dimensions and some possible determinant factors

Correlation coefficient
Total FNL and its domains Skill dimensions
Total FNL Knowledge score Skill score Functional score Interactive score Critical analysis of information score Advocacy score Food label reading score
Academic performances a 0.023 0.188*** - 0.034 - 0.029 - 0.070 - 0.001 - 0.008 - 0.004
Mother education b 0.024 0.113** - 0.005 0.032 - 0.009 0.050 - 0.011 0.041
Father education b 0.048 0.084 * 0.031 0.036 0.023 0.047 - 0.024 0.074
Mother job position b 0.002 0.074 - 0.016 0.008 - 0.006 - 0.060 - 0.041 0.027
Father job position b 0.041 0.066 0.028 0.016 0.001 0.084* - 0.004 - 0. 047
BMI for age Z-score a 0.098 * 0.091* 0.084* 0.115 * 0.044 0.014 - 0.013 0.057
SES score a 0.065 0.153*** 0.029 0.056 0.029 0.021 - 0.071 0.047

a values are Pearson correlation coefficient

b values are Spearman correlation coefficient

* P < 0.05

** P < 0.01

*** P < 0.001