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Table 3 Descriptive statistics and correlation

From: How does parents’ social support impact children’s health practice? Examining a mediating role of health knowledge

Variable

Mean

SD

Min

Max

Ordinal α

CR

AVE

1

2

3

4

1. Health practice

2.94

1.13

1

5

0.64

0.71

0.58

   

2. BMI knowledge

2.22

0.89

0

3

0.72

0.68

0.53

0.09

  

3. Nutrition knowledge

3.05

0.37

1.67

4

0.70

0.80

0.50

0.22

0.09

 

4. Social Support

4.20

1.21

0

5

0.86

0.79

0.41

0.11

0.17

0.16

5. Gender

0

1

  

− 0.04

− 0.06

− 0.11

− 0.04

6. Age group

1

5

  

0.06

0.001

− 0.03

- 0.10

7. Education

1

4

  

0.11

0.21

0.07

0.15

8. Work status

1

3

  

− 0.03

0.05

− 0.13

0.001

9. Residence type

1

3

  

0.01

0.11

− 0.01

0.03

11. Mother’s involvement

2.44

1.81

0

5

  

0.04

0.002

0.10

− 0.06

12. Father’s involvement

0.40

1.01

0

5

  

0.01

− 0.07

− 0.03

− 0.07

  1. N = 1484. Bold coefficients: p < 0.05. AVE Average variance extracted. CR Composite reliability