Table 5 Determinants of healthy eating scores during COVID-19 by household income, multiple regression model
From: Dietary trends among young adults during the COVID-19 lockdown: socioeconomic and gender disparities
Predictors | Lower Income | Higher Income | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Beta | P-value | 95% CI for Beta | Beta | P-value | 95% CI for Beta | ||
Socio-demographics | |||||||
 Gender | Male | Ref |  |  |  |  |  |
Female | -.03 | .702 | (-.18, .12) | -.10 | .348 | (-.30, .11) | |
 Age |  | -.09 | .355 | (-.27, .10) | -.01 | .932 | (-.21, .20) |
 Student status | Not a student | Ref |  |  |  |  |  |
Current student | -.07 | .362 | (-.14, .18) | -.06 | .587 | (-.27, .15) | |
 Employment status | Not employed | Ref |  |  |  |  |  |
Employed | .02 | .824 | (-.23, .08) | -.05 | .629 | (-.22, .14) | |
Activity and Weight | |||||||
 Physical Activity | No change | Ref |  |  |  |  |  |
Much less | -.17 | .056 | (–.34, .00) | -.293 | .016 | (-.53, -.06) | |
Less | -.06 | .506 | (-.24, .12) | -.295 | .014 | (-.53, -.06) | |
More | -.03 | .712 | (-.22, .15) | -.103 | .378 | (-.33, .12) | |
Much more | -.03 | .711 | (-.19, .13) | .040 | .763 | (-.22, .30) | |
 Weight | No change | Ref |  |  |  |  |  |
Big decrease | .19 | .015 | (.10, .93) | .127 | .186 | (-.06, .32) | |
Decrease | .04 | .610 | (-.12, 21) | .232 | .072 | (-.02, .48) | |
Increase | -.24 | .004 | (-.41, -.08) | -.243 | .026 | (-.46, -.03) | |
Big increase | -.24 | .004 | (-.40, -.07) | .090 | .344 | (-.10, .28) | |
Food Insecurity | |||||||
 Food insecurity |  | -.18 | .023 | (-.33, -.02) | -.277 | .005 | (-.46, -.08) |
Social Factors | |||||||
 Live with parent(s) | No | Ref |  |  |  |  |  |
Yes | .15 | .145 | (-.05, .35) | .09 | .458 | (-.15, .33)) | |
 Live with other family member(s) | No | Ref |  |  |  |  |  |
Yes | -.12 | .191 | (-.29, .06) | -.04 | .717 | (-.25, .17) | |
 Live with friend(s)/ Roommate(s) | No | Ref |  |  |  |  |  |
Yes | .24 | .009 | (.06, .42) | .028 | .821 | (-.22, .27) | |