Parental versus child reporting of fruit and vegetable consumption

Table 4 Parent-child comparisons and standardized regression coefficients between children's F&V intake, and family-environmental constructs

	N (pairs)	Mean (SD)		p-value for difference in group frequency or means^a	Spearman's correlation	β consumption
		Child	Parent			Child	Parent
Fruit consumption (portions per day)	371	1.03(.70)	.99(.67)	.31	.55***
Modelling by mother	319	.97(1.04)	.93(1.15)	.89	.39***	.04*	.02
Modelling by father	301	.84(1.23)	.81(1.30)	.48	.48***	.02	.03
Subjective norm (nb * mc)	371	-.29(5.67)	2.59(4.95)	.00	.28***	-.01***	-.02**
Exposure	371	11.98(1.74)	11.85(1.75)	.13	.52***	.04***	.03**
Accessibility^b	337	51%	69%	.00	.47***	-.03	-.01
Availability	371	1.46(.57)	1.56(.56)	.00	.40***	.13***	.09*
Vegetable consumption (grams per day)	371	73.4(35.4)	68.2(28.9)	.01	.39***
Modelling by mother	350	1.60(66)	1.74(.57)	.00	.27***	.38	.19
Modelling by father	336	1.54(.75)	1.63(.73)	.01	.28***	-.15	-.17
Subjective norm (nb * mc)	364	-.55(5.68)	2.19(5.27)	.00	.28***	-.07***	-.07**
Exposure	371	13.07(1.74)	13.19(2.10)	.00	.50***	.16*	.05
Accessibility^b	140	61%	70%	.30	.08	-	-
Availability	371	1.36(.60)	1.41(.54)	.16	.27***	.61**	.40

^aWilcoxon signed rank tests were used to compare average consumption of parent and child; ^bDue to dichotomized character of variable relative percentages of accessibility (% yes) are presented together with chi-square test and kappa's measure of agreement; * p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001.

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