Table 1.
Description of survey respondents by home garden status
| All participants | Have home garden | Do not have home garden | P | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |||||
| Sample size | 3889 | 1167 | 30 | 2722 | 70 | |||||
| Age | ||||||||||
| Mean | 46·3 | 46·0 | 46·5 | 0·4335 | ||||||
| sd | 15·5 | 14·8 | 15·7 | |||||||
| Gender | ||||||||||
| Male | 1801 | 46·3 | 569 | 31·6 | 1232 | 68·4 | 0·0451 | |||
| Female | 2088 | 53·7 | 598 | 28·6 | 1490 | 71·4 | ||||
| Race | ||||||||||
| White | 2643 | 68·0 | 855 | 32·3 | 1788 | 67·7 | <0·0001 | |||
| African American/Black | 474 | 12·2 | 71 | 15·0 | 403 | 85·0 | ||||
| Hispanic | 538 | 13·8 | 153 | 28·4 | 385 | 71·6 | ||||
| Asian | 206 | 5·3 | 81 | 39·3 | 125 | 60·7 | ||||
| Other | 28 | 0·7 | 7 | 25·0 | 21 | 75·0 | ||||
| Education | ||||||||||
| High school, General Education Diploma or less | 666 | 17·1 | 202 | 30·3 | 464 | 69·7 | 0·0189 | |||
| Some college or technical school | 1224 | 31·5 | 331 | 27·0 | 893 | 73·0 | ||||
| College degree or more | 1999 | 51·4 | 634 | 31·7 | 1365 | 68·3 | ||||
| Employment | ||||||||||
| Employed for wages | 1866 | 48·0 | 630 | 33·8 | 1236 | 66·2 | <0·0001 | |||
| Self-employed | 267 | 6·9 | 83 | 31·1 | 184 | 68·9 | ||||
| Out of work | 338 | 8·7 | 79 | 23·4 | 259 | 76·6 | ||||
| Homemaker | 389 | 10·0 | 111 | 28·5 | 278 | 71·5 | ||||
| Student | 218 | 5·6 | 51 | 23·4 | 167 | 76·6 | ||||
| Retired | 811 | 20·9 | 213 | 26·3 | 598 | 73·7 | ||||
| Income | ||||||||||
| <$15 000 | 437 | 11·2 | 85 | 19·5 | 352 | 80·5 | <0·0001 | |||
| $15 000–24 999 | 441 | 11·3 | 109 | 24·7 | 332 | 75·3 | ||||
| $25 000–34 999 | 387 | 10·0 | 86 | 22·2 | 301 | 77·8 | ||||
| $35 000–49 999 | 528 | 13·6 | 151 | 28·6 | 377 | 71·4 | ||||
| $50 000–74 999 | 740 | 19·0 | 228 | 30·8 | 512 | 69·2 | ||||
| $75 000–99 999 | 497 | 12·8 | 190 | 38·2 | 307 | 61·8 | ||||
| ≥$100 000 | 859 | 22·1 | 318 | 37·0 | 541 | 63·0 | ||||
| Marital status | ||||||||||
| Married | 1985 | 51·0 | 728 | 36·7 | 1257 | 63·3 | <0·0001 | |||
| Living with partner | 314 | 8·1 | 77 | 24·5 | 237 | 75·5 | ||||
| Single | 1050 | 27·0 | 251 | 23·9 | 799 | 76·1 | ||||
| Previously married | 540 | 13·9 | 111 | 20·6 | 429 | 79·4 | ||||
| Children | ||||||||||
| No | 2576 | 66·2 | 690 | 26·8 | 1886 | 73·2 | <0·0001 | |||
| Yes | 1313 | 33·8 | 477 | 36·3 | 836 | 63·7 | ||||
| Type of neighbourhood | ||||||||||
| Rural | 516 | 13·3 | 233 | 45·2 | 283 | 54·8 | <0·0001 | |||
| Small town | 599 | 15·4 | 174 | 29·0 | 425 | 71·0 | ||||
| Suburban | 1721 | 44·3 | 504 | 29·3 | 1217 | 70·7 | ||||
| Urban | 1053 | 27·1 | 256 | 24·3 | 797 | 75·7 | ||||
| Rural urban continuum codes | ||||||||||
| Rural (7–9) | 445 | 11·4 | 160 | 36·0 | 285 | 64·0 | 0·0015 | |||
| Semi-urban (4–6) | 586 | 15·1 | 193 | 32·9 | 393 | 67·1 | ||||
| Urban (1–3) | 2858 | 73·5 | 814 | 28·5 | 2044 | 71·5 | ||||
| Social capital score | ||||||||||
| Social capital | <0·0001 | |||||||||
| Mean | 3·2 | 3·4 | 3·1 | |||||||
| sd | 0·8 | 0·8 | 0·8 | |||||||
| Container gardening | ||||||||||
| No | 2941 | 75·6 | 565 | 19·2 | 2376 | 80·8 | <0·0001 | |||
| Yes | 948 | 24·4 | 602 | 63·5 | 346 | 36·5 | ||||
| Fruit and vegetable intake | ||||||||||
| Not meeting recommendations (<4·5 cups/d) | 3408 | 87·6 | 949 | 27·8 | 2459 | 72·2 | <0·0001 | |||
| Meeting recommendations (≥4·5 cups/d) | 481 | 12·4 | 218 | 45·3 | 263 | 54·7 | ||||
| BMI | ||||||||||
| <18·5, underweight | 116 | 3·0 | 44 | 37·9 | 72 | 62·1 | 0·0002 | |||
| 18·5–24·9, normal | 1422 | 36·6 | 457 | 32·1 | 965 | 67·9 | ||||
| 25–29·9, overweight | 1177 | 30·3 | 369 | 31·4 | 808 | 68·6 | ||||
| >30, obese | 1174 | 30·2 | 297 | 25·3 | 877 | 74·7 | ||||
| BMI (continuous) | ||||||||||
| Mean | 27·7 | 26·9 | 28·1 | <0·0001 | ||||||
| sd | 6·6 | 6·1 | 6·8 | |||||||