This study was conducted to investigate effects of mother's characteristics on sodium intake of adult family members. In 2012, the national health nutrition research center used the multiple recurrence analysis with the sodium intakes as dependent var...
This study was conducted to investigate effects of mother's characteristics on sodium intake of adult family members. In 2012, the national health nutrition research center used the multiple recurrence analysis with the sodium intakes as dependent variable for 1,083family household (787men and 296women) and analyzed the family's sodium intakes for them depending on the characteristics of individual, mother and household. The family's sodium intake quantities depending on the characteristic of individual or family shows notable statistical differences base on sex, age, occupation, 'marriage status, life-long alcohol experience, currently smoking status, frequency of eating out and household income level. For the characteristics of motherhood, the sodium intakes show differences of a notable statistic base on her education status and marriage statue. From the result of multiple regression analysis with sodium intake quantities as a dependent variable, sex, 'marriage status, household income level and mother's sodium intake give effects to statistical differences. The research results reveals that the mothers sodium intake quantities has influence on the quantities of adult family member's sodium intake. As a result of this analysis, it is necessary for mothers who prepare meals for her family to instruct or teach skills of the low sodium culinary. The makes a suitable proposal from this analysis and fulfills the low sodium intake.