Assessing parental traits affecting children’s food habits: an analysis of the determinants of responsible consumption

Agricultural and Food Economics

Table 1 Parent descriptive statistics (N = 130)

Variable name	Description	Mean	Frequency	Standard deviation	Min	Max
Gender	1 if female	0.769		N/A	0	1
Age	Respondent’s age	40.984		5.245	29	60
Household	Household size	4.246		0.923	2	7
Education level	Education level classes (father)	2.392		0.802	1	5
	Primary school		8.5%
	Secondary school		53.0%
	High school		31.6%
	University degree		4.6%
	Above university degree		2.3%
	Education level classes (mother)	2.546		0.788	1	5
	Primary school		6.1%
	Secondary school		43.9%
	High school		40.8%
	University degree		7.7%
	Above university degree		1.5%
Occupation	Occupation status (father)	1.307		0.745	1	5
	Employed		17.7%
	Self-employed^a		78.5%
	Husband		0.8%
	Retired		0.7%
	Unemployed		2.3%
	Occupation status (mother)	2.169		0.881	1	4
	Employed		30.8%
	Self-employed^a		22.3%
	Housewife		46.2%
	Retired		0.7%
	Unemployed		0.0%

^aIt includes all self-employed occupations (e.g., entrepreneurs, farmers, lawyers)