Table 6 Multivariate linear associations of demographic and socioeconomic factors with adherence to dietary pattern scores
Factors: | Meat and egg-based dietary pattern | Fish-based dietary pattern | Starchy food-based dietary pattern | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R2 | 0.290 | 0.397 | 0.145 | |||
| Â | beta (95% CI) | p-value | beta (95% CI) | p-value | beta (95% CI) | p-value |
Age (years) | − 0.009 (− 0.02–− 0.00) | 0.0027 | 0.004 (− 0.00–0.01) | 0.1602 | − 0.007 (− 0.01–− 0.00) | 0.0396 |
Male sex (vs. female) | 0.323 (0.18–0.47) |  < .0001 | − 0.161 (− 0.29–− 0.03) | 0.0173 | 0.043 (− 0.11–0.20) | 0.5937 |
Educational level (vs. none) | ||||||
advanced secondary (years 11–13) | 0.490 (0.20–0.78) | 0.0011 | 0.098 (− 0.17–0.37) | 0.4808 | 0.589 (0.27–0.91) | 0.0004 |
apprenticeship training | 0.819 (− 0.04–1.68) | 0.0617 | 0.852 (0.06–1.65) | 0.0357 | − 0.840 (− 1.78–0.10) | 0.0803 |
Limited secondary (years 7–10) | 0.529 (0.34–0.72) |  < .0001 | 0.379 (0.21–0.55) |  < .0001 | 0.061 (− 0.14–0.27) | 0.5579 |
Primary (years 1–6) | 0.259 (0.11–0.41) | 0.0010 | 0.210 (0.07–0.35) | 0.0039 | − 0.003 (− 0.17–0.17) | 0.9686 |
University | 1.264 (0.84–1.69) |  < .0001 | − 0.284 (− 0.68–0.11) | 0.1585 | 0.250 (− 0.22–0.72) | 0.2927 |
Employment status (vs. unemployed) | ||||||
Full-time homemaker | 0.253 (0.09–0.41) | 0.0023 | 0.848 (0.70–1.00) |  < .0001 | 0.124 (− 0.05–0.30) | 0.1707 |
On social benefits | 1.183 (− 0.51–2.88) | 0.1719 | 1.752 (0.18–3.32) | 0.0289 | − 0.698 (− 2.56–1.16) | 0.4620 |
Paid employee | 0.368 (0.20–0.54) |  < .0001 | 1.054 (0.90–1.21) |  < .0001 | 0.039 (− 0.15–0.22) | 0.6809 |
Retired | 0.084 (− 0.23–0.40) | 0.6029 | 1.107 (0.81–1.40) |  < .0001 | 0.266 (− 0.08–0.61) | 0.1328 |
Student | − 0.143 (− 0.65–0.37) | 0.5814 | 0.711 (0.24–1.18) | 0.0031 | − 0.364 (− 0.92–0.19) | 0.2000 |
Unable to work | 0.367 (0.05–0.68) | 0.0238 | 0.326 (0.03–0.62) | 0.0300 | 0.058 (− 0.29–0.41) | 0.7430 |
Occupation (vs. merchant) | ||||||
Casual worker | −0.341 (−0.56–−0.13) | 0.0018 | 0.133 (−0.06–0.33) | 0.1867 | 0.038 (−0.20–0.27) | 0.7477 |
Civil servant | 0.185 (−0.09–0.46) | 0.1879 | − 0.335 (− 0.59–− 0.08) | 0.0101 | 0.207 (− 0.10–0.51) | 0.1796 |
Commercial farmer | 0.152 (− 0.46–0.76) | 0.6250 | − 0.315 (− 0.88–0.25) | 0.2739 | − 0.612 (− 1.28–0.06) | 0.0722 |
Craftsperson | − 0.119 (− 0.36–0.12) | 0.3375 | − 0.247 (− 0.47–− 0.02) | 0.0321 | 0.084 (−0.18–0.35) | 0.5352 |
Other | − 0.055 (− 0.21–0.10) | 0.4877 | 0.116 (− 0.03–0.26) | 0.1164 | 0.154 (− 0.02–0.33) | 0.0793 |
Subsistence farmer | 0.114 (− 0.24–0.47) | 0.5268 | − 0.057 (− 0.38–0.27) | 0.7306 | 0.259 (− 0.13–0.64) | 0.1887 |
IWI | 0.012 (0.01–0.02) |  < .0001 | 0.005 (0.00–0.01) | 0.0033 | 0.003 (− 0.00–0.01) | 0.1824 |
Marital status (vs. married/registered) | ||||||
Cohabitating | − 0.274 (− 0.42–− 0.13) | 0.0003 | 0.832 (0.70–0.97) |  < .0001 | 0.103 (− 0.06–0.26) | 0.2124 |
Divorced or separated | 0.001 (− 0.37–0.38) | 0.9942 | 0.305 (− 0.04–0.65) | 0.0846 | − 0.202 (− 0.61–0.21) | 0.3357 |
Single | 0.045 (− 0.24–0.33) | 0.7555 | 0.397 (0.14–0.66) | 0.0028 | − 0.199 (− 0.51–0.11) | 0.2051 |
Widowed | − 0.084 (− 0.29–0.12) | 0.4179 | 0.270 (0.08–0.46) | 0.0049 | − 0.299 (− 0.52–− 0.08) | 0.0084 |
Living with toddler (vs. not) | − 0.037 (− 0.15–0.08) | 0.5416 | − 0.098 (− 0.21–0.01) | 0.0789 | 0.104 (−0.03–0.23) | 0.1157 |
Living with in-laws (vs. not) | 0.210 (− 0.11–0.53) | 0.2034 | − 0.032 (− 0.33–0.27) | 0.8362 | 0.165 (− 0.19–0.52) | 0.3624 |
Living with other adults (vs. not) | − 0.394 (− 0.65–−0.14) | 0.0027 | − 0.503 (− 0.74–−0.27) |  < .0001 | 1.052 (0.77–1.33) |  < .0001 |