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. 2021 Dec 28;22(1):e00539. doi: 10.34172/jrhs.2022.74

Table 1. General characteristics of participants according to purchasing intent affected by food and beverage advertisements on TV .

Variables Total (n=2699) Purchasing Intent
No (n=908) Yes (n=1791) P value
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Gender 0.002
Boy 1380 51.1 503 55.4 877 48.9
Girl 1319 48.9 405 44.6 914 51.1
Age (y) 0.005
11-13 1808 67.0 641 70.6 1167 65.1
14-16 891 33.0 267 29.4 624 34.9
Mother’s education status 0.009
None 247 9.2 83 9.2 164 9.1
Elementary school 1007 37.3 378 41.6 629 35.1
Secondary school 587 21.7 194 21.4 393 21.9
High school 669 24.8 197 21.7 472 26.3
University or above 189 7.0 56 6.1 133 7.6
Mother’s working status 0.014
Housewife 2188 81.1 762 83.9 1426 79.6
Employed 494 18.3 139 15.3 355 19.8
Retired 17 0.6 7 0.8 10 0.6
Father’s education status 0.001
None 130 4.8 50 5.5 80 4.5
Elementary school 674 25.0 271 29.8 403 22.5
Secondary school 698 25.9 228 25.1 470 26.2
High school 802 29.7 245 27.0 557 31.1
University or above 395 14.6 114 12.6 281 15.7
Father’s working status 0.326
Employed 2486 92.1 838 92.2 1648 92.0
Retired 151 5.6 45 5.0 106 5.9
Unemployed 62 2.3 25 2.8 37 2.1
BMI (kg/m2) percentile 0.291
 < 0.85 1884 69.8 624 68.7 1260 70.3
≥ 0.85- < 0.95 358 13.3 116 12.8 242 13.5
≥ 0.95 457 16.9 168 18.5 289 16.2