Assistant Professor, Inha University, Department of Social Welfare, Incheon, Republic of Korea;, Email:
Doctoral Student, Michigan State University, School of Social Work, East Lansing, MI.
Am J Health Behav. 2020 Sep 1;44(5):681-690. doi: 10.5993/AJHB.44.5.11.
In this study, we examine young adult children's educational attainment as a mediator in the pathway from their mother's income to their fast food consumption. The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79) and the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 79 for Children and Young Adults (NLSY79 CY) were used to select mother and children dyads. A total of 5140 dyads were selected as the final sample. We used a mediation model to test mediators in the relationship between mother's income and young adult children's fast food consumption. Mother's income was significantly related to their young adult children's educational attainment. Mother's income was negatively related to fast food consumption. This study revealed partial mediation of the relationship between mother's income and their young adult children's fast food consumption via their young adult children's educational attainment. A new perspective considering mother's economic resources is needed to understand children's education. Mother's income is important to cultivate their young adult children's health behaviors. The intergenerational transmission of mother's economic resources to their young adult children's educational attainment should be considered to understand young adults' fast food consumption.
在这项研究中，我们研究了年轻成年子女的教育程度作为其母亲收入与其快餐消费之间关系的中介因素。我们使用了国家青年纵向调查 1979 年（NLSY79）和国家青年纵向调查 1979 年儿童和青年（NLSY79 CY）来选择母亲和子女对子。总共选择了 5140 对作为最终样本。我们使用中介模型来测试母亲收入与年轻成年子女快餐消费关系中的中介因素。母亲的收入与他们年轻成年子女的教育程度显著相关。母亲的收入与快餐消费呈负相关。本研究揭示了母亲收入与年轻成年子女快餐消费之间关系的部分中介作用，是通过他们年轻成年子女的教育程度实现的。需要从考虑母亲经济资源的新视角来理解儿童教育。母亲的收入对于培养他们年轻成年子女的健康行为很重要。应考虑母亲经济资源向其年轻成年子女教育程度的代际传递，以理解年轻人的快餐消费。
