Table 5 Multiple linear regression analysis for variables affecting participants’ food label reading practice
From: Public awareness, attitude, and practice regarding food labeling, Alexandria, Egypt
Predictors | Unstandardized Coefficients (B) | Significant | 95.0% Confidence Interval for B | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LL | UL | ||||
Age (years) | 0.045 | 0.005* | 0.014 | 0.076 | |
Sex (female) | 1.162 | 0.000* | 0.541 | 1.784 | |
Presence of chronic diseases (yes) | 0.636 | 0.073 | -0.059 | 1.332 | |
Marital status | |||||
Married | 0.044 | 0.935 | -1.014 | 1.102 | |
Divorced/widowed | 0.561 | 0.437 | -0.857 | 1.980 | |
Income | |||||
Just enough | 0.490 | 0.080 | -0.059 | 1.039 | |
Enough and saving | -0.501 | 0.346 | -1.543 | 0.542 | |
Education | |||||
Primary/preparatory | 0.656 | 0.205 | -0.359 | 1.670 | |
Secondary or equivalent | 1.042 | 0.040* | 0.050 | 2.034 | |
University graduate or beyond | 3.090 | 0.000* | 2.132 | 4.048 | |
Occupation (working) | -0.053 | 0.846 | -0.588 | 0.482 | |
Having children (Yes) | 0.196 | 0.687 | -0.758 | 1.150 | |
Total attitude score | 0.058 | 0.625 | -0.176 | 0.292 | |
Total awareness score | 1.407 | 0.000* | 1.324 | 1.490 | |