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Table 4 Association of SES indicators and general parenting with child BMI z-scores

From: Development of the Comprehensive General Parenting Questionnaire for caregivers of 5-13 year olds

  

Regression coefficient ( ß)

  

Child BMI z-score (n = 1015)

Child BMI z-score (n = 755)

  

Total sample

Only children with BMIz > -1.0

SES indicators

Parent education level

-0.096**

-0.106**

 

Parent employment status

0.014

0.028

General parenting

Nurturance

0.001

0.030

 

Structure

-0.072a

-0.067

 

Behavioral control

0.018

-0.044

 

Overprotection

0.083*

0.091*

 

Coercive control

-0.028

0.032

  1. Note: Results of multivariate linear regression analyses; *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01; SES, Socio-Economic Status; Parent educational level, highest education attained, categorized into 1 = low level (10,8%; 8th grade or less, attended some high school, technical school graduate), 2 = medium level (30,3%; high school graduate or general educational development, some college), and 3 = high level (58,9%; college graduate, post graduate study); Parent employment status, paid job, categorized into 1 = unemployed (12,4%), and 2 = employed (87,6%); aThis construct approached statistical significance (p = 0.051).