Table 2 Odds ratios for considering it easy or very easy to understand different food labelling systems*
Total sample (N = 35,618) | White (n = 14,692) | Latino (n = 3316) | Mexican (n = 17,610) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | OR [95% CI] | % | OR [95% CI] | % | OR [95% CI] | % | OR [95% CI] | |
Labelling Scheme (Ref. NFT) | ||||||||
Warning Labels | 85 | 4.82 [4.39–5.30] *** | 87 | 2.90 [2.49–3.38]*** | 82 | 4.07 [2.92–5.68]*** | 84 | 7.95 [6.89–9.16]*** |
Guideline Daily Amounts | 63 | 1.02 [0.95–1.09] | 73 | 0.94 [0.83–1.07 | 64 | 1.04 [0.80–1.37] | 55 | 1.08 [0.98–1.19] |
Health Stars Rating | 45 | 0.34 [0.31–0.37]*** | 34 | 0.09 [0.08–0.11]*** | 48 | 0.35 [0.25–0.47]*** | 52 | 0.92 [0.81–1.04] |
Multiple Traffic Light | 54 | 0.56 [0.52–0.61]*** | 47 | 0.19 [0.17–0.22]*** | 56 | 0.52 [0.39–0.69]*** | 59 | 1.31 [1.17–1.45]*** |
Ethnicity (Ref. Latino) | ||||||||
White | 63 | 0.89 [0.75–1.05] | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Mexican | 61 | 0.96 [0.82–1.13] | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Sex (Ref. Man) | ||||||||
Woman | 63 | 1.10 [1.01–1.20]* | 65 | 1.27 [1.11–1.46]*** | 65 | 1.34 [0.93–1.93] | 61 | 0.97 [0.86–1.11] |
Age (years) | 1.00 [1.00–1.00] | 1.00 [1.00–1.01] | 1.00 [0.98–1.01] | 1.00 [0.99–1.00] | ||||
Survey language (Ref. English) | ||||||||
Spanish | 56 | 1.02 [0.75–1.38] | – | – | 67 | 1.18 [0.83–1.66] | – | – |
Education (Ref. High-school or lower) | ||||||||
Technical studies | 64 | 1.08 [0.93–1.25] | 65 | 0.97 [0.78–1.22] | 68 | 1.71 [1.01–2.90]* | 61 | 1.07 [0.85–1.36] |
Bachelor’s degree or higher | 62 | 0.91 [0.81–1.02] | 63 | 0.85 [0.71–1.03] | 63 | 1.08 [0.71–1.64] | 61 | 0.93 [0.78–1.11] |
Income adequacy (Ref. Difficult) | ||||||||
Neither easy nor difficult | 60 | 1.04 [0.94–1.16] | 60 | 0.82 [0.68–1.00]* | 60 | 0.89 [0.60–1.34] | 61 | 1.15 [1.00–1.31]* |
Easy | 66 | 1.40 [1.25–1.56]*** | 65 | 1.18 [0.98–1.41] | 65 | 1.32 [0.87–2.00] | 67 | 1.53 [1.28–1.82]*** |
Occupation (Ref. Unemployed) | ||||||||
Part time worker or student | 62 | 0.92 [0.82–1.03] | 63 | 0.88 [0.75–1.04] | 56 | 0.74 [0.47–1.14] | 62 | 0.97 [0.80–1.18] |
Worker or student | 62 | 0.96 [0.87–1.07] | 64 | 0.93 [0.77–1.11] | 66 | 0.52 [0.34–0.79]*** | 61 | 1.08 [0.94–1.25] |
BMI (Ref. Normal weight) | ||||||||
Overweight | 62 | 0.92 [0.83–1.01] | 64 | 1.00 [0.86–1.16] | 59 | 0.74 [0.50–1.10] | 60 | 0.92 [0.80–1.06] |
Obesity | 61 | 0.94 [0.84–1.05] | 64 | 1.05 [0.89–1.24] | 64 | 1.11 [0.72–1.71] | 58 | 0.83 [0.70–0.98]* |
Nutrition Knowledge (Ref. Not knowledgeable) | ||||||||
Somewhat Knowledgeable | 62 | 1.41 [1.28–1.56]*** | 62 | 1.23[1.05–1.43]** | 62 | 1.70 [1.15–2.51]** | 62 | 1.51 [1.31–1.75]*** |
Knowledgeable | 69 | 1.97 [1.75–2.22]*** | 73 | 1.76 [1.48–2.08]*** | 68 | 3.19 [1.99–5.14]*** | 73 | 2.04 [1.66–2.51]*** |
Calorie count (Ref. Never) | ||||||||
Sometimes | 66 | 1.28 [1.17–1.41]*** | 67 | 1.30 [1.13–1.50]*** | 59 | 0.75 [0.52–1.09] | 67 | 1.40 [1.21–1.62]*** |
Most of the time | 69 | 1.51 [1.25–1.81]*** | 69 | 1.64 [1.28–2.10]*** | 73 | 1.14 [0.60–2.18] | 68 | 1.49 [1.06–2.10]* |
Food shopping (Ref. Yes) | ||||||||
No | 59 | 0.90 [0.78–1.04] | 64 | 1.03 [0.83–1.29] | 62 | 0.84 [0.44–1.58] | 54 | 0.82 [0.66–1.01] |
Share | 62 | 1.03 [0.93–1.14] | 64 | 1.15 [0.99–1.34] | 63 | 0.99 [0.65–1.50] | 60 | 0.97 [0.84–1.13] |