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Table 2 Factors associated with mothers’ daily consumption of beverages and snack foods

From: Maternal–child consumption of ultra-processed foods and sugar-sweetened beverages in informal settlements in Mumbai, India

Factor

Milk

Soda

Tea with sugar

Sweets

Chips/biscuits

r

p value

r

p value

r

p value

r

p value

r

p value

Mother’s age

0.002

0.972

 − 0.026

0.637

0.106

0.058

 − 0.062

0.268

 − 0.021

0.713

Mother’s education level

 − 0.025

0.652

0.039

0.489

0.141

0.011

0.109

0.051

0.042

0.453

Number of children

 − 0.003

0.956

 − 0.005

0.930

0.005

0.928

 − 0.028

0.617

 − 0.006

0.909

Number of people in the household

 − 0.094

0.094

 − 0.007

0.895

0.128

0.021

 − 0.027

0.630

 − 0.004

0.951

Proximity to UPF/SSB store (min)

 − 0.086

0.125

0.030

0.598

0.048

0.390

0.028

0.624

 − 0.081

0.147

  1. Spearman correlation was statistically significant if bolded