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Table 6 Path analysis (1)

From: Accounting for tastes: do low-income populations have a higher preference for spicy foods?

 

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Health behavior

Health behavior

Health awareness

Health capital stock

Food selection

Total

Total

PCI(log)

− 0.0155** (0.00700)

− 0.0145** (0.00709)

− 0.0155** (0.00697)

− 0.0165** (0.00699)

− 0.0166** (0.00702)

− 0.0155** (0.00706)

− 0.0143** (0.00714)

Smoking

0.0991*** (0.0223)

0.102*** (0.0230)

   

0.0966*** (0.0222)

0.0990*** (0.0230)

Attitude toward bodybuilding (Reference: dislike very much)

 No attitude

− 0.0668 (0.0543)

    

− 0.0483 (0.0553)

 

 Dislike

− 0.00483 (0.0365)

0.0659 (0.0433)

   

0.00468 (0.0375)

0.0568 (0.0436)

 Neutral

0.00556 (0.0391)

0.0764* (0.0457)

   

0.0209 (0.0400)

0.0734 (0.0459)

 Like

− 0.0175 (0.0414)

0.0503 (0.0476)

   

− 0.000798 (0.0422)

0.0484 (0.0479)

 Like very much

− 0.170* (0.0957)

− 0.101 (0.0982)

   

− 0.161* (0.0971)

− 0.116 (0.0987)

Dietary Guideline

  

0.00693 (0.0253)

  

0.00883 (0.0254)

0.00951 (0.0263)

Attitude toward the priority of eating a healthy diet (Reference: not important at all)

 Not very important

  

− 0.0188 (0.0761)

  

− 0.0200 (0.0770)

− 0.0419 (0.0951)

 Important

  

− 0.157** (0.0663)

  

− 0.156** (0.0672)

− 0.189** (0.0871)

 Very important

  

− 0.183*** (0.0675)

  

− 0.180*** (0.0685)

− 0.218** (0.0881)

 Most important

  

− 0.140* (0.0788)

  

− 0.127 (0.0803)

− 0.141 (0.0977)

The status of major chronic diseases

 Hypertension

   

0.0323 (0.0278)

 

0.0376 (0.0278)

0.0427 (0.0287)

 Diabetes

   

0.0136 (0.0499)

 

0.0181 (0.0500)

0.0260 (0.0512)

 Myocardial infarction

   

0.0990 (0.122)

 

0.105 (0.123)

0.113 (0.133)

 Apoplexy

   

− 0.123* (0.0660)

 

− 0.133** (0.0655)

− 0.145** (0.0664)

 Asthma

   

− 0.0158 (0.0812)

 

− 0.0304 (0.0815)

− 0.0331 (0.0825)

Average intake of nutrients

 Energy

    

0.0000179 (0.0000239)

0.0000154 (0.0000237)

0.00000732 (0.0000243)

 Fat

    

− 0.000232 (0.000230)

− 0.000200 (0.000227)

− 0.000129 (0.000233)

 Protein

    

0.000243 (0.000489)

0.000277 (0.000485)

0.000409 (0.000498)

 Cons

1.811*** (0.0837)

1.743*** (0.0867)

1.951*** (0.102)

1.816*** (0.0770)

1.773*** (0.0816)

1.910*** (0.108)

1.896*** (0.127)

Observations

5964

5604

5964

5964

5964

5964

5604

  1. Standard errors are clustered in the county level (reported in parentheses)
  2. ***, **, and * indicate statistical significance at the 1%, 5%, and 10% level respectively