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Table 3 Characteristics and intraclass correlation coefficients for the dietary habits, meal frequencies, stress and communication

From: Development of family and dietary habits questionnaires: the assessment of family processes, dietary habits and adolescents’ impulsiveness in Norwegian adolescents and their parents

 

Adolescents

Mothers

Fathers

Parents

 

n†=440

n†=54

n†=242

n†=155

n†= 44

Dietary intake

Mean

SD

ICC

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

ICC

Soft drink, dl/day, week

0.6

(1.0)

0.58

0.1

(0.7)

0.5

(0.9)

0.88

Soft drink, dl/day, weekend

2.0

(1.7)

0.78

0.7

(1.1)

1.0

(1.5)

0.92

Cordials, dl/day, week

0.9

(1.4)

0.53

0.2

(0.5)

0.4

(1.0)

0.89

Cordials, dl/day, weekend

0.7

(1.0)

0.33

0.2

(0.6)

0.4

(0.9)

0.74

Raw vegetables, times/week

5.6

(4.9)

0.63

6.3

(4.7)

4.7

(3.6)

0.82

Cooked vegetables, times/week

3.9

(2.6)

0.60

3.7

(2.0)

3.9

(1.9)

0.66

Total vegetables, times/week

9.5

(6.4)

0.69

10.0

(5.7)

8.6

(4.7)

0.80

Meal frequencies

Mean

SD

ICC

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

ICC

Breakfast, times/week

6.0

(1.9)

0.91

6.5

(1.5)

6.1

(1.9)

0.99

Dinner, times/week

6.8

(0.7)

0.49

6.8

(0.6)

6.7

(0.7)

0.14

Family meals; breakfast, times/week

4.5

(2.6)

0.73

4.9

(2.3)

4.0

(2.4)

0.91

Family meals; dinner, times/week

6.3

(1.3)

0.21

6.1

(1.3)

5.6

(1.4)

0.84

Work-family stress # - reported by parents only

Mean

SD

ICC

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

ICC

Because of the requirements of my job; - I miss out on home or family activities that I would prefer to participant in.

-

-

-

3.2

(0.9)

2.8

(0.9)

0.77

- my family time is less enjoyable or more pressured

-

-

-

3.3

(0.7)

3.1

(0.7)

0.71

Working leaves me with too little time or energy to be the kind of parent I want to be

-

-

-

3.1

(0.8)

2.9

(0.8)

0.31

Communication* - reported by adolescents only

Mean

SD

ICC

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

ICC

Your mother

1.7

(0.8)

0.69

-

-

-

-

-

Your father

2.1

(0.9)

0.72

-

-

-

-

-

Your sibling(s)

2.3

(1.0)

0.65

-

-

-

-

-

  1. †n vary slightly; Adolescents n= 401 440, mothers: n=217-242, fathers: n=147-155. Intraclass correlation coefficient, ICC: Adolescents n= 50-54, parents: n= 39-44.
  2. #Strongly agree (1) to strongly disagree (4), mothers; n=217-218, fathers; n=147: not answered by those who do not have a paid job.
  3. *Very easy (1) to very difficult (4). Those who do not have or do not see this person(s) are excluded.