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Table 4 Association of Demographic Characteristics with Weekly Consumption of Fast-Food Meals (FFM) among 599 Mexican-Origin Women, by Country of Birth

From: Nativity is associated with sugar-sweetened beverage and fast-food meal consumption among mexican-origin women in Texas border colonias

Variable

U.S.-Born(n= 194)

Coefficient (SE)

Mexico-born(n= 405)

Coefficient (SE)

Age

-0.01 (0.01)

-0.01 (0.01)

≥ 1 Child in household

0.12 (0.29)

-0.10 (0.13)

Lone parent household

0.09 (0.23)

0.25 (0.12)*

SNAP

-0.56 (0.23)**

-0.13 (0.09)

Employed full-time

0.27 (0.23)

0.26 (0.10)**

SSB consumption/day

0.22 (0.05)***

0.11 (0.03)***

Intercept

1.47 (0.48)**

1.01 (0.23)***

Adjusted R 2 of model

0.154

0.099

Significance of χ 2 in model

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

  1. Dependent variable is weekly consumption of fast-food meals (FFM). All variables simultaneously entered.
  2. Statistically significant at the level of: * p < 0.05 ** p < 0.01 *** p < 0.001
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Nutrition Journal

ISSN: 1475-2891

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