Table 5.
Associations between participant characteristics and average discouragement from wanting to eat red meat in response to health and environmental harms of red meat across, n 544 US parents of young children
| B | se | P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age in years | |||
| 18–25 | Reference | ||
| 26–34 | −0·40 | 0·16 | 0·011 |
| 35–44 | −0·41 | 0·16 | 0·013 |
| 45 or older | −0·26 | 0·24 | 0·272 |
| Female* | −0·04 | 0·12 | 0·724 |
| Race/ethnicity | |||
| White | Reference | ||
| Black | 0·56 | 0·24 | 0·019 |
| Latino(a) | 0·22 | 0·14 | 0·119 |
| Other race/ethnicity | −0·20 | 0·19 | 0·281 |
| Education | |||
| High school or less | Reference | ||
| Some college | 0·12 | 0·17 | 0·489 |
| College degree | 0·29 | 0·16 | 0·063 |
| Graduate degree | 0·32 | 0·20 | 0·109 |
| Annual household income | |||
| Less than $25 000 | Reference | ||
| $25 000–$49 999 | 0·09 | 0·18 | 0·607 |
| $50 000–$74 999 | 0·07 | 0·19 | 0·702 |
| $75 000–$99 999 | 0·32 | 0·20 | 0·113 |
| $100 000 or more | 0·07 | 0·20 | 0·750 |
| Political leaning | |||
| Liberal | Reference | ||
| Moderate | −0·40 | 0·13 | 0·002 |
| Conservative | −0·64 | 0·14 | < 0·001 |
| General perceptions that red meat is bad for health | 0·18 | 0·07 | 0·006 |
| General perceptions that red meat is bad for the environment | 0·07 | 0·07 | 0·329 |
| Red meat consumption, servings per day | 0·36 | 0·08 | < 0·001 |
Bs are unstandardised regression coefficients from ordinary least squares regressions regressing participants’ average discouragement ratings (across all sixteen health and environmental harms) on participant characteristics. Bold coefficients are statistically significant, P < 0·05.
*
Referent group was male. The one non-binary participant was excluded from analysis due to small cell size.