Table 4.
Survey participants’ perceptions and experiences of Go Fresh mobile produce market, Springfield, MA, USA, October 2014: comparison of younger v. older adults
| All participants (N 143) | Participants aged 18–59·9 years (N 82) | Participants aged ≥60 years (N 61) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Question | n | % | n | % | n | % | P |
| Aspects liked* | |||||||
| Variety | 46 | 32·2 | 34 | 41·5 | 12 | 19·7 | 0·01 |
| Location | 104 | 72·7 | 54 | 65·9 | 50 | 82·0 | 0·03 |
| Price | 68 | 47·6 | 41 | 50·0 | 27 | 44·3 | 0·50 |
| Locally grown | 66 | 46·2 | 42 | 51·2 | 24 | 39·3 | 0·16 |
| Safety | 43 | 30·1 | 24 | 29·3 | 19 | 31·1 | 0·81 |
| Hours | 53 | 37·1 | 28 | 34·1 | 25 | 41·0 | 0·40 |
| Activities† | 14 | 10·5 | 8 | 9·8 | 6 | 9·8 | 0·99 |
| Write-in responses | 2 | 1·4 | 2 | 2·4 | 0 | 0·0 | |
| Aspects wanted changed* | |||||||
| More variety | 57 | 39·5 | 33 | 40·2 | 24 | 38·7 | 0·91 |
| Location | 6 | 4·8 | 6 | 7·3 | 0 | 0·0 | 0·04 |
| Pricing | 26 | 17·7 | 11 | 13·4 | 15 | 24·2 | 0·09 |
| Safety | 4 | 2·7 | 2 | 2·4 | 2 | 3·2 | 0·76 |
| Hours | 30 | 21·1 | 18 | 22·0 | 12 | 21·0 | 0·74 |
| More activities | 6 | 4·1 | 6 | 7·3 | 0 | 0·0 | 0·04 |
| Nothing | 30 | 21·1 | 16 | 19·5 | 14 | 22·6 | 0·62 |
| Write-in responses | 5 | 3·4 | 2 | 2·4 | 3 | 4·8 | |
| Future activities desired* | |||||||
| Taste sampling | 65 | 44·2 | 43 | 52·4 | 22 | 35·5 | 0·05 |
| Cooking classes | 34 | 23·8 | 23 | 28·0 | 11 | 19·4 | 0·16 |
| Nutritional counselling | 44 | 30·6 | 32 | 39·0 | 12 | 21·0 | 0·01 |
| SNAP or health-care info | 40 | 27·9 | 20 | 24·4 | 20 | 32·3 | 0·27 |
| None/not interested | 17 | 12·2 | 7 | 8·5 | 10 | 16·1 | 0·15 |
| Write-in responses | 2 | 1·4 | 0 | 0·0 | 2 | 3·2 | |
SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; WIC, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.
*
Respondents were asked to identify all that apply, so total percentages do not add up to 100 %.
†
Current activities included food demonstrations and visits by WIC nutritionists.