Table 2.

Estimated Effects of Participant Characteristics on Mindful Eating.

	Independent Variable	Partial Regression Coefficient	p-Value	95% CI a
				Lower Limit	Upper Limit
Age b	30s	0.169	0.152	−0.063	0.401
	40s	0.116	0.360	−0.134	0.367
Highest level of education c	Junior college/Vocational school	−0.044	0.549	−0.187	0.100
	University/Postgraduate degree	0.001	0.992	−0.164	0.166
Employment status d	Part-time	−0.015	0.823	−0.144	0.115
	Unemployed	0.105	0.644	−0.344	0.554
Household income e	2–4 million yen	0.163	0.139	−0.054	0.379
	4–6 million yen	0.156	0.220	−0.095	0.406
	6–8 million yen	0.217	0.123	−0.060	0.495
	>8 million yen	0.297	0.039	0.015	0.579
Marital status f	Widowed/Divorced	0.248	0.030	0.024	0.472
	Never married	−0.087	0.740	−0.608	0.434
Sex of child g	Female	−0.035	0.558	−0.151	0.082
Number of children h (including the child in the study)	2	−0.099	0.225	−0.259	0.062
	3	−0.184	0.063	−0.379	0.010
	4	0.079	0.573	−0.198	0.355
	5	−0.342	0.287	−0.976	0.292

^a CI: confidence interval. Group of reference: ^b 20s, ^c Middle school/High school, ^d Full-time, ^e <2 million yen, ^f Married, ^g Male, and ^h 1.