Table 3.
Family demographic characteristics by eating behavior profile
| Total Sample | High Food Avoidant | High Food Approach |
Moderate Eating |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profile 1 | Profile 2 | Profile 3 | |||
| N = 1004 | n = 357 (35.6%) | n = 213 (21.2%) | n = 434 (43.2%) | ||
| Child age, months, M (SD) | 49.7 (6.3) | 5.0 (6.3) | 49.4 (6.7) | 49.7 (6.1) | .50 |
| Child sex, n (%) | .14 | ||||
| Male | 494 (49.3) | 174 (48.9) | 94 (44.1) | 226 (52.3) | |
| Female | 507 (50.7) | 182 (51.1) | 119 (55.9) | 206 (47.7) | |
| Child race and ethnicity, n (%) | .13 | ||||
| White, Non-Hispanic | 511 (51.1) | 183 (51.6) | 113 (53.1) | 215 (49.8) | |
| Black, Non-Hispanic | 246 (24.6) | 77 (21.7) | 61 (28.6) | 108 (25.0) | |
| Hispanic and/or other race* | 243 (24.3) | 95 (26.8) | 39 (18.3) | 109 (25.2) | |
| Maternal race and ethnicity, n (%) | .25 | ||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 617 (61.6) | 228 (64.0) | 122 (57.6) | 267 (61.5) | |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 246 (24.6) | 74 (2.8) | 60 (28.3) | 112 (25.8) | |
| Hispanic and/or other race* | 139 (13.9) | 54 (15.2) | 30 (14.2) | 55 (12.7) | |
| Maternal education, n (%) | .69 | ||||
| ≤ HS Grad/GED | 477 (47.8) | 173 (48.9) | 112 (52.6) | 192 (44.4) | |
| > HS Grad/GED | 522 (52.3) | 181 (51.1) | 101 (47.4) | 240 (55.6) | |
| Marital status, n (%) | .48 | ||||
| Single parent | 392 (43.6) | 126 (40.7) | 85 (44.3) | 181 (45.5) | |
| Married | 260 (28.9) | 88 (28.4) | 54 (28.1) | 118 (29.7) | |
| Committed relationship | 248 (27.6) | 96 (31.0) | 53 (27.6) | 99 (24.9) | |
| Household income-to-needs ratio, M (SD) | .86 (.64) | .89 (.71) | .79 (.56) | .87 (.62) | .24 |
| Household Food Insecurity, n (%) | .04† | ||||
| Food Secure | 665 (67.3) | 240 (67.6)a, b | 126 (60.3)b | 299 (70.5)a | |
| Food Insecure | 323 (32.7) | 115 (32.4) | 83 (39.7) | 125 (29.5) |
Differing superscript letters indicate differences between eating behavior profiles (P < .05); superscript letters that are the same indicate no difference between eating behavior profiles post-hoc analyses
*Hispanic and non-Hispanic multiracial or other race were combined for analysis given the small sample sizes
†Predicting profile membership using multinomial regression and “food insecure” as the referent