Like parent, like child? Dietary resemblance in families

Table 3 Unadjusted models explaining father-child and mother-child dietary resemblance, each variable entered separately into the model

	Father-child resemblance			Mother-child resemblance
	β estimate	95% confidence interval	Significance for difference	β estimate	95% confidence interval	Significance for difference
Child’s gender
Girl	ref.			ref.
Boy	−0.003	− 0.029, 0.022	0.813	0.001	− 0.023, 0.025	0.927
Child’s age
Median or higher	ref.			ref.
Lower than median	0.005	− 0.016, 0.026	0.638	0.011	−0.009, 0.030	0.276
Number of children living in the same household (in addition to the participating child)
Only child	ref.			ref.
One child	0.002	−0.036, 0.040		−0.026	− 0.058, 0.007
Two or more children	0.003	−0.036, 0.043	0.986	−0.016	−0.051, 0.018	0.277
Father’s education
High	ref.			ref.
Middle	−0.039	−0.085, 0.008		−0.030	−0.075, 0.016
Low	−0.045	−0.092, 0.001	0.136	−0.039	− 0.083, 0.005	0.220
Mother’s education
High	ref.			ref.
Middle	−0.019	−0.062, 0.024		−0.015	−0.056, 0.026
Low	−0.050	−0.099, 0.000	0.149	−0.034	− 0.080, 0.012	0.357
Number of family meals as reported by the father	0.014	0.003, 0.024	0.013	0.012	0.001, 0.022	0.032
Number of family meals as reported by the mother	0.018	0.007, 0.030	0.002	0.019	0.008, 0.030	< 0.001
Respondent
Father	ref.			ref.
Mother	−0.068	−0.129, −0.006	0.032	0.066	0.003, 0.129	0.039

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