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Table 2 Proportions and adjusted1 relative risk ratios (RRR) for considering the breakfast cereal as “Not good to buy for children” or answering “Don’t know” among the overall sample and across parental status condition (n = 3755)

From: The impact of a cartoon character on adults perceptions of Children’s breakfast cereals: a randomized experiment

 

Control

Box

Cartoon Character

Box

n (%)

RRR

n (%)

RRR (95%CI)

Overall sample (n = 3755)

1966 (100)

 

1789 (100)

 

 Good

1077 (54.8)

1.00

814 (45.5)

1.00

 Not good

569 (28.9)

1.00

704 (39.4)

1.67 (1.45, 1.94)

 Don’t know

320 (16.3)

1.00

271 (15.1)

1.15 (0.95, 1.39)

Parents (n = 1865)

966 (100)

 

899 (100)

 

 Good

543 (56.2)

1.00

450 (50.1)

1.00

 Not good

272 (28.2)

1.00

314 (34.9)

1.39 (1.13, 1.72)

 Don’t know

151 (16.6)

1.00

135 (15.0)

1.08 (0.83, 1.42)

Non-parents (n = 1890)

1000 (100)

 

890 (100)

 

 Good

534 (53.4)

1.00

364 (40.9)

1.00

 Not good

297 (29.7)

1.00

390 (43.8)

2.01 (1.63, 2.47)

 Don’t know

169 (16.9)

1.00

136 (15.3)

1.25 (0.95, 1.64)

  1. 1RRR’s were estimated using multinomial regression models adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity, parental status, education level, region of the country, income adequacy, self-reported nutrition knowledge, front-of-pack label understanding, use, and influence on purchasing decisions and daily calorie counting
  2. Bolds indicate significant (p < 0.05) associations