Table 5 Potential effect of economic variables on expected price responsiveness in children’s soft drink consumption
Child: | Parent: | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
If the price of soft drinks were doubled, I would buy less soft drinks from my own money | If the price of soft drinks were doubled, my child would drink less soft drinks | |||
Beta-coeff. | P-value | Beta-coeff. | P-value | |
Economic variables | ||||
On average how much money do you give to your child to buy foods and drinks per week? | -0.0006 | 0.442 | -0.0025 | 0.189 |
How often do you spend your own money on fizzy drinks or fruit squash? | ||||
- Never | -0.2528 | <0.001 | -0.0829 | 0.076 |
- Not often | -0.1473 | 0.009 | -0.1150 | 0.027 |
- Often | 0.1658 | 0.074 | -0.1249 | 0.136 |
- Always | 0.0643 | 0.388 | -0.2626 | 0.098 |
I don’t give my child some foods because they cost too much | ||||
- I fully disagree | -0.0293 | 0.344 | 0.5317 | <0.001 |
- I disagree a bit | -0.1580 | 0.030 | 0.2226 | <0.001 |
- I agree a bit | -0.0397 | 0.325 | -0.1877 | 0.002 |
- I fully agree | -0.0905 | 0.181 | -0.4132 | <0.001 |
I would consider my child as being price conscious regarding food, snacks, etc. | ||||
- I fully disagree | 0.1512 | 0.026 | ||
- I disagree a bit | 0.0329 | 0.325 | ||
- I agree a bit | -0.0721 | 0.085 | ||
- I fully agree | -0.0999 | 0.033 | ||
Log-likelihood | -3008.920 | -5308.922 | ||