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Published in final edited form as: Popul Res Policy Rev. 2020 Sep 26;40(5):1085–1117. doi: 10.1007/s11113-020-09615-6

Table 5.

Relative Risk Ratios from Multinomial Logistic Regression Models Predicting Early Childhood Lifestyle Classes, Comnared to “Healthful Concordant”


Healthful but TV/outdoors/junk food Discordant Unfavorable concordant Unfavorable low cost

Controls (Wave 1)
Age Wave 1 1.06 0.99 1.04 1.09
Male 1.01 1.31 * 1.27 1.26 +
Birthweight (normal)
 Low 0.84 0.88 0.76 0.69 *
 Very low 0.58 * 0.91 0.76 0.60 +
Birth order 1.08 1.09 1.09 1.15
Cognitive score 0.90 0.99 0.99 0.78 +
Behavior score 1.08 1.09 1.08 1.13
Very good/excellent health 0.66 + 0.63 * 0.65 + 0.73
Asthma 0.62 0.52 + 0.46 + 0.58
Social background (Wave 1)
Race/ethnicity (White)
 Black 1.26 2.04 ** 3.47 *** 2.41 **
 Hispanic 0.92 1.69 ** 1.15 1.14
 Other 1.49 + 1.94 ** 2.32 ** 1.66 *
Foreign-born mother 0.52 ** 0.65 * 0.31 *** 0.45 **
Teen parent 0.80 1.16 1.26 1.24
Grandmother education 0.99 0.97 0.94 * 0.93 *
Resources (Wave 1)
Household members under 18 1.00 1.01 1.01 1.02
Grandparent in residence 1.90 * 2.33 ** 2.24 ** 2.54 **
No parenting help/advice 1.51 + 1.08 0.90 0.99
Father in residence 0.64 + 0.93 0.82 0.84
Mom education 0.91 ** 0.84 *** 0.78 *** 0.72 ***
Income-to-needs 0.95 * 0.85 *** 0.85 ** 0.74 ***
Asset scale 1.24 0.63 0.51 + 0.41 *
Food stamps 0.45 * 0.80 1.00 0.88
Mom work status (full time)
 Not working 1.12 0.73 + 0.57 ** 0.80
 Part time 1.14 0.66 * 0.71 + 0.64 *
Mom’s behaviors (Wave 1)
Smokes 1.64 * 2.97 *** 3.40 *** 3.52 ***
Binge drinker 1.30 1.54 + 1.66 * 1.56
BMI 1.02 1.02 * 1.03 * 1.03 *
Parenting (Wave 1)
NCATS 0.97 + 0.96 ** 0.95 ** 0.96 *
HOME scale 0.98 0.80 ** 0.71 *** 0.83 *
Do not pick up crying child 1.11 1.23 1.51 * 1.67 **
Knowledge count 0.95 0.91 * 0.87 ** 0.83 ***
Constant 7.90 + 306.25 *** 754.41 *** 1219.30 ***

Source: ECLS-B

Notes: Accounts for complex sampling design. N≈6,550.