Table 4 Parent and child characteristics of latent classes using maximum-probability assignment
From: Patterns of food parenting practices regarding junk food and sugary drinks among parent-child dyads
Characteristic | Complete Influencers | Indifferent Influencers | Negative Influencers | Minimal Influencers | Disagreeing Influencers | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Overall prevalence | 401 | 29.6 | 263 | 19.4 | 239 | 17.7 | 224 | 16.5 | 227 | 16.8 |
Child age group (12–14 years) | 251 | 62.6 | 69 | 26.2 | 155 | 64.9 | 89 | 38.7 | 120 | 52.9 |
Parent sex (male) | 103 | 25.7 | 74 | 28.1 | 60 | 25.1 | 61 | 26.5 | 56 | 24.7 |
Child sex (male) | 216 | 53.9 | 123 | 46.8 | 141 | 59.0 | 92 | 40.0 | 116 | 51.1 |
Parent BMI (OwOb)a | 232 | 57.9 | 182 | 69.2 | 148 | 61.9 | 128 | 55.7 | 146 | 64.3 |
Child BMI (OwOb)b | 105 | 26.2 | 65 | 24.7 | 81 | 33.9 | 59 | 25.7 | 73 | 32.2 |
PR JS-LPA (low) | 13 | 3.2 | 165 | 62.7 | 21 | 8.8 | 103 | 44.8 | 4 | 1.8 |
CR JS-LPA (low) | 54 | 13.5 | 190 | 72.2 | 59 | 24.7 | 112 | 48.7 | 165 | 72.7 |
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
Parent added sugars intake (tsp) | 15.4 | 10.82 | 18.9 | 10.55 | 21.5 | 12.28 | 14.0 | 7.74 | 15.0 | 7.86 |
Child added sugars intake (tsp) | 15.5 | 8.15 | 16.7 | 7.60 | 18.4 | 8.17 | 13.5 | 5.02 | 16.1 | 7.47 |