Table 4 Regression of all dependent variables on discrete education index, meat consumption, and covariates

Meat consumption (kg/month)

− 0.909*

− 12.452

− 3.471**

− 80.317***

− 5.585

− 8.678

− 11.216***

− 1.062

3.662**

(0.470)

(41.864)

(1.406)

(27.754)

(5.370)

(7.295)

(3.648)

(2.022)

(1.650)

Diploma level (discrete)

− 0.600***

3.127

− 1.206***

− 19.012***

− 0.019

− 0.181

− 1.002

0.206

− 0.529

(0.123)

(11.425)

(0.375)

(5.644)

(1.582)

(2.106)

(1.194)

(0.487)

(0.493)

DiplomaLevel*MeatCons

0.132**

7.288

0.423***

9.343***

0.753

− 0.002

1.385***

0.360

0.379*

(0.051)

(5.230)

(0.158)

(3.016)

(0.644)

(0.814)

(0.472)

(0.231)

(0.206)

Basal metabolic rate (Kcal/day)

0.553***

(0.118)

Male (binary)

0.203

273.758***

2.038*

63.224***

31.244***

26.678***

27.442***

13.433***

17.057***

(0.361)

(67.836)

(1.170)

(23.089)

(6.186)

(6.189)

(3.537)

(2.075)

(1.864)

Aged 45–64 (binary)

1.693***

− 45.353

− 10.508***

− 130.243***

− 12.633**

− 37.469***

− 11.226***

− 2.825

0.695

(0.357)

(48.676)

(1.248)

(23.138)

(5.882)

(6.660)

(3.519)

(1.992)

(1.711)

Daily smoking (binary)

− 0.585*

− 174.212***

3.016**

63.956

− 17.181***

12.484*

− 12.239***

− 4.418**

− 6.272***

(0.349)

(34.689)

(1.501)

(42.132)

(5.396)

(6.549)

(3.128)

(1.788)

(1.359)

Alcohol consumption index (0-to-90 score)

0.010

− 2.597*

− 0.122**

− 3.227***

− 0.503**

0.101

− 0.554***

0.047

− 0.008

(0.012)

(1.533)

(0.048)

(1.236)

(0.194)

(0.254)

(0.157)

(0.068)

(0.058)

Medium level of physical activity (binary)

− 1.025***

128.390***

− 3.046**

− 15.997

4.843

− 3.665

1.844

4.615**

4.979***

(0.368)

(47.968)

(1.324)

(20.950)

(6.069)

(6.426)

(4.059)

(1.998)

(1.563)

High level of physical activity (binary)

− 1.551***

254.689***

− 4.048**

37.087

9.191

9.476

13.575**

7.921***

9.579***

(0.488)

(65.372)

(1.779)

(40.400)

(8.881)

(10.404)

(6.256)

(2.753)

(2.254)

Medium level of sedentariness (binary)

− 0.356

− 57.760

2.201

35.716

2.456

11.400

1.717

− 2.505

− 0.994

(0.550)

(66.712)

(1.637)

(33.960)

(7.798)

(10.096)

(4.490)

(3.116)

(2.291)

High level of sedentariness (binary)

0.746

− 88.800

2.041

46.857

− 0.921

13.352

0.491

− 1.792

− 4.043

(0.518)

(71.272)

(1.683)

(31.547)

(8.269)

(9.917)

(4.404)

(3.421)

(2.563)

Lunch at home (binary)

0.157

− 27.106

− 1.690

71.768**

− 7.389

− 7.007

2.172

0.178

− 3.108*

(0.321)

(47.061)

(1.167)

(30.851)

(6.022)

(6.099)

(4.656)

(1.927)

(1.645)

Declared as vegetarian (binary)

0.319

128.287

3.395

− 11.574

2.823

− 38.430**

− 2.561

11.500***

5.157

(1.088)

(87.165)

(6.199)

(48.006)

(15.541)

(15.899)

(7.625)

(4.264)

(3.862)

Number of adults per household

0.418*

− 10.743

− 0.772

32.769**

− 0.817

0.600

− 2.594

− 0.591

− 0.195

(0.236)

(23.438)

(0.725)

(15.237)

(3.281)

(4.491)

(1.824)

(1.115)

(1.009)

Number of children per household

− 0.024

− 5.320

− 1.212**

− 33.326***

− 0.250

2.279

− 3.850***

− 0.428

− 0.181

(0.158)

(23.848)

(0.563)

(9.510)

(2.369)

(3.510)

(1.458)

(0.781)

(0.821)

Season dummies

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Urbanicity levels

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Region dummies

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Black's misreporting indexes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Constant

28.803***

1,202.091***

46.191***

236.588**

80.602***

74.067**

105.809***

65.950***

82.414***

(1.600)

(273.884)

(5.104)

(113.399)

(19.983)

(31.437)

(13.005)

(7.696)

(9.459)

Observations

1,309

1,309

1,312

1,312

1,312

1,312

1,312

1,312

1,312

R-squared

0.230

0.530

0.206

0.173

0.236

0.170

0.328

0.399

0.555