Table 1.

Comparison of daily diet providers’ dietary literacy scores between different demographic characteristics

Characteristics	N (%)	Attitude Mean SD	Behaviour Mean SD	Skill Mean SD	Environment Mean SD	Total score Mean SD
Region
Cities	693(66.4)	15.0 2.7	15.3 3.5	19.0 4.1	14.0 2.8	63.2 10.3
Countryside	350(33.6)	13.6 3.2	14.3 3.9	18.1 4.5	12.8 3.2	58.7 11.5
p		< .001	< .001	.001	< .001	< .001
Relationship with child
Parents	894(85.7)	14.7 2.8	15.1 3.5	18.9 4.1	13.8 2.8	62.5 10.4
Grandparents	128(12.3)	13.2 3.4	13.7 4.1	17.3 4.9	12.4 3.5	56.6 12.7
Other	21(2.0)	13.1 3.6	13.8 4.5	19.0 4.6	12.6 3.7	58.3 13.3
p		< .001	< .001	< .001	< .001	< .001
Diet provider age
< 30 years	44(4.2)	14.4 3.1	14.6 4.1	19.0 4.7	13.1 3.3	61.0 12.6
30 ~ 40 years	649(62.2)	14.8 2.8	15.2 3.4	19.0 4.0	13.9 2.8	62.9 10.1
40 ~ 50 years	223(21.4)	14.3 3.0	15.0 3.7	18.4 4.4	13.4 3.1	61.1 11.2
50 ~ 60 years	47(4.5)	13.5 3.5	14.5 4.6	18.3 4.3	13.3 3.5	59.5 12.5
> 60 years	80(7.7)	13.2 3.2	13.3 3.8	16.9 4.9	12.0 3.3	55.3 12.1
p		< .001	< .001	< .001	< .001	< .001
Education
Primary school or lower	197(18.9)	13.3 3.2	13.8 4.0	17.8 4.8	12.4 3.1	57.2 12.0
Junior middle school	417(40.0)	14.6 3.0	15.0 3.5	18.7 4.2	13.9 2.8	62.2 10.4
High school	233(22.3)	15.0 2.6	15.5 3.8	19.3 4.1	13.9 3.0	63.6 11.1
College and higher	196(18.8)	14.9 2.6	15.3 3.1	18.9 3.7	13.8 2.8	62.9 9.5
p		< .001	< .001	.001	< .001	< .001
Self-rated family economy
Medium lower	236(22.6)	14.3 3.0	14.2 3.8	18.1 4.7	13.2 3.1	59.8 11.6
Medium	755(72.4)	14.5 3.0	15.0 3.5	18.8 4.1	13.7 2.9	62.1 10.6
Medium upper	52(5.0)	15.0 2.9	16.2 3.9	19.6 4.4	14.0 3.0	64.7 11.5
p		.277	< .001	< .001	.063	.002