Table 3 Estimated coefficients (EST) and standard errors (SE) for the predictors selected in the different analyses

Gender

Female

Male

-0.441

0.674

0.129

0.398

0.030

0.391

0.017

0.390

Neonatal care

No

Yes

2.484*

0.723

1.103*

0.444

1.112*

0.450

1.085*

0.446

Fear

No

Yes

-1.169

0.649

-0.958*

0.431

-1.009*

0.451

-1.073*

0.444

Smoked while pregnant

No

Yes

4.256*

1.237

1.019

0.736

0.885

0.693

0

Smokers in home

No

Yes

0.939

0.537

0.742*

0.352

0.761*

0.341

0.801*

0.335

Smoke in vehicles

No

Yes

-2.584*

0.921

-0.253

1.068

-0.308

1.011

-0.323

1.015

Exercise

>4 times a week

Up to once a week

2.805*

1.227

0.892

0.761

0.692

0.756

0.624

0.731

2 – 4 times a week

3.313*

1.229

1.039

0.717

0.936

0.718

0.738

0.680

TV watching

>3 hours a day

Up to 1 hour a day

-0.566

0.854

0.399

0.684

0.327

0.669

0.346

0.657

1 – 3 hours a day

0.304

0.769

0.641

0.639

0.525

0.630

0.569

0.618

Number people in home

8+

1 - 4

0

1.084

0.554

1.060*

0.539

1.101*

0.526

5 - 7

0

0.226

0.552

0.254

0.551

0.250

0.540

Income

R100001+

up to R1000

2.840*

1.257

0.695

0.8

0.787

0.789

0.823

0.778

R1001 – R4500

1.285

1.203

0.209

0.797

0.489

0.754

0.431

0.754

R4501 – R10000

1.933

1.17

1.428

0.783

1.401*

0.692

1.356

0.692

Food availability

Enough

Not always enough

-0.575

0.64

0.604

0.503

0.665

0.464

0.677

0.455

Perceived weight

Correct weight

Overweight

-0.230

0.743

0

0

0

Underweight

2.369*

0.97

0

0

0

Work’nWear

No

Yes

0

-0.635

0.626

-0.543

0.629

-0.478

0.622

Pets ever

No

Yes

-3.770*

0.994

1.658*

0.501

-1.483*

0.503

-1.413*

0.467

Area

North Durban

South Durban

6.278*

1.461

2.042*

0.76

1.948*

0.737

1.597*

0.671

Breakfast habits

Daily

Not daily

-4.098

3.04

-0.492

1.512

-0.234

1.548

-0.110

1.518

Violence

No

Yes

0

-0.817*

0.382

-0.741*

0.377

-0.715

0.373

Weapons

No

Yes

-1.147*

0.555

0

0

0

Age

-1.068*

0.438

-0.79*

0.254

-0.833*

0.268

-0.834*

0.265

Predictor

Reference

Category

CC (N = 216)

MVNI (N = 382)

FCS1 (N = 382)

FCS2 (N = 382)

Category

EST

SE

EST

SE

EST

SE

EST

SE

Fear*Breakfast

No/daily

Yes/not daily

2.635*

1.219

2.047*

0.866

2.123*

0.916

2.185*

0.911

Gender*SmokeVehicle

Female/No

Male/yes

5.092*

1.342

2.535*

1.034

2.431*

0.977

2.464*

0.971

SmokeVehicle*TV

No/>3 hrs

Yes/up to 1 hr

0

0.891

1.298

0.675

1.265

0.722

1.250

Yes/1 – 3 hrs

0

-2.184*

1.085

-1.975

1.034

-2.002

1.037

Food*Age

enough/

Not always enough/

1.762*

0.743

0.925*

0.396

0.786*

0.385

0.778*

0.364

Exercise*Area

>4 times/ND

< once a week/SD

-4.573*

1.533

-1.41

1.031

-1.255

0.954

-1.125

0.923

2 – 4 times/SD

-6.331*

1.627

-1.981*

0.913

-1.805*

0.896

-1.551

0.850

Income*Breakfast

> R10000/daily

≤R1000/not daily

-4.051

2.5

-3.921*

1.8

-3.666*

1.731

-3.808*

1.733

R1001-R4500/not daily

0.414

2.408

-1.218

1.636

-1.439

1.530

-1.513

1.516

R4501-R10000/not daily

2.479

2.395

-1.374

1.541

-1.568

1.454

-1.715

1.431

TV*Breakfast

>3 hrs/daily

≤1 hr/not daily

6.310*

2.213

2.573*

1.259

2.051

1.192

1.976

1.186

1-3 hrs/not daily

1.974

2.154

0.192

1.109

0.270

1.112

0.192

1.103

SmokeVehicle*Age

no/

yes/

0

0.814*

0.375

0.809*

0.348

0.782*

0.341

Smoke preg*Area

no/ND

yes/SD

-5.118*

2.101

-1.875

1.363

-1.663

1.291

0

Work’nWear*Breakfast

no/not daily

yes/daily

0

2.349*

1.076

2.095

1.070

2.165*

1.090