Table 6 Percentage of children’s variance in preference scores that could be explained by preference scores of their family members and country
From: Familial aggregation and socio-demographic correlates of taste preferences in European children
|  |  | % Variance by mother | % Variance by father | % Variance by parents | % Variance by male siblings <12 y | % Variance by female siblings <12 y | % Variance by male siblings ≥12 y | % Variance by female siblings ≥12 y | % Variance by country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sweet score | Boys <12 y. | 2.7 | 2.4 | 4.1 | - | 4.2 | 8.2 | 4.1 | 1.3 |
Girls <12 y. | 2.2 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 4.2 | - | 1.5 | 7.0 | 3.7 | |
Boys ≥12 y. | 3.5 | 2.9 | 5.8 | 8.3 | 1.5 | - | 0.5 | 3.1 | |
Girls ≥12 y. | 4.4 | 3.4 | 6.4 | 4.2 | 6.6 | 0.6 | - | 3.0 | |
Salty score | Boys <12 y. | 0.6 | 0a | 1.0 | - | 4.3 | 3.7 | 1.2 | 5.4 |
Girls <12 y. | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 4.4 | - | 4.9 | 1.3 | 7.5 | |
Boys ≥12 y. | 1.4 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 4.1 | - | 0.2 | 5.8 | |
Girls ≥12 y. | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.3 | - | 6.4 | |
Fatty score | Boys <12 y. | 2.3 | 2.4 | 4.3 | - | 5.2 | 5.1 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
Girls <12 y. | 3.4 | 2.1 | 5.5 | 5.1 | - | 2.8 | 1.7 | 1.4 | |
Boys ≥12 y. | 1.7 | 5.1 | 8.3 | 5.1 | 2.7 | - | 0a | 3.8 | |
Girls ≥12 y. | 3.8 | 0.8 | 6.1 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 0a | - | 1.5 | |
Bitter score | Boys <12 y. | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.7 | - | 0.7 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 2.7 |
Girls <12 y. | 3.1 | 2.8 | 6.0 | 0.9 | - | 3.4 | 8.5 | 2.4 | |
Boys ≥12 y. | 3.0 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 4.1 | 3.4 | - | 0.8 | 1.6 | |
Girls ≥12 y. | 1.3 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 7.9 | 0.9 | - | 2.7 |