Table 1.
Descriptive statistics for fast-food consumers from ninety-eight fast-food restaurants in New York City, and Newark and Jersey City, New Jersey, 2013–2014
| Surveyed adult sample | All receipts with a refillable soft drink | χ 2 test for association with non-beverage sub-sample | Reported refilling beverage | χ 2 test for association with refillable soft drink sub-sample | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | P value | n | % | P value | |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | 6267 | 53·1 | 1959 | 55·3 | 0·006 | 184 | 59·7 | 0·219 |
| Female | 5526 | 46·9 | 1581 | 44·7 | 124 | 40·3 | ||
| Missing | 2 | 0·0 | 1 | 0·0 | 0 | 0·0 | ||
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||
| White non-Hispanic | 1778 | 15·1 | 585 | 16·5 | <0·001 | 49 | 15·9 | 0·019 |
| Black non-Hispanic | 5014 | 42·5 | 1426 | 40·3 | 102 | 33·1 | ||
| Hispanic | 3712 | 31·5 | 1237 | 34·9 | 121 | 39·3 | ||
| Other non-Hispanic | 1146 | 9·7 | 253 | 7·1 | 30 | 9·7 | ||
| Missing | 145 | 1·2 | 40 | 1·1 | 6 | 2·0 | ||
| Age (years) | ||||||||
| 18–24 | 2395 | 20·3 | 718 | 20·3 | <0·001 | 84 | 27·3 | 0·019 |
| 25–39 | 3894 | 33·0 | 1291 | 36·5 | 97 | 31·5 | ||
| 40–49 | 2175 | 18·4 | 653 | 18·4 | 61 | 19·8 | ||
| 50–64 | 2435 | 20·6 | 639 | 18·1 | 48 | 15·9 | ||
| 65+ | 655 | 5·6 | 162 | 4·6 | 14 | 4·6 | ||
| Missing | 241 | 2·0 | 78 | 2·2 | 4 | 1·3 | ||
| Education | ||||||||
| Some college or more | 6899 | 58·5 | 2103 | 59·4 | 0·191 | 183 | 59·4 | 0·997 |
| High-school degree or less | 4866 | 41·3 | 1426 | 40·3 | 124 | 40·3 | ||
| Missing | 30 | 0·3 | 12 | 0·3 | 1 | 0·3 | ||
| Employment status | ||||||||
| Not employed | 4168 | 35·3 | 1137 | 32·1 | <0·001 | 119 | 38·6 | 0·031 |
| Employed | 7617 | 64·6 | 2402 | 67·8 | 189 | 61·4 | ||
| Missing | 10 | 0·1 | 2 | 0·1 | 0 | 0·0 | ||
| Meal time | ||||||||
| Lunch | 9393 | 79·6 | 2916 | 82·4 | <0·001 | 239 | 77·6 | 0·077 |
| Dinner | 2400 | 20·4 | 624 | 17·6 | 69 | 22·4 | ||
| Missing | 2 | 0·0 | 1 | 0·0 | 0 | 0·0 | ||
| Meal location | ||||||||
| Took meal to go | 7636 | 64·7 | 1826 | 51·6 | <0·001 | 65 | 21·1 | <0·001 |
| Ate in the restaurant | 4157 | 35·2 | 1714 | 48·4 | 243 | 78·9 | ||
| Missing | 2 | 0·0 | 1 | 0·0 | 0 | 0·0 | ||
| Purchased combo meal | ||||||||
| No | 9664 | 81·9 | 1764 | 49·8 | <0·001 | 175 | 56·8 | 0·010 |
| Yes | 2131 | 18·1 | 1777 | 50·2 | 133 | 43·2 | ||
| Beverage size | ||||||||
| Value | 218 | 1·9 | 218 | 6·2 | <0·001 | 42 | 13·6 | <0·001 |
| Small | 1777 | 15·1 | 1312 | 37·1 | <0·001 | 122 | 39·6 | 0·317 |
| Medium | 1889 | 16·0 | 1641 | 46·3 | <0·001 | 123 | 39·9 | 0·018 |
| Large | 697 | 5·9 | 374 | 10·6 | <0·001 | 22 | 7·1 | 0·039 |
| Restaurant chain | ||||||||
| Burger King | 1733 | 14·7 | 620 | 17·5 | <0·001 | 76 | 24·7 | <0·001 |
| KFC | 537 | 4·6 | 264 | 7·5 | 33 | 10·7 | ||
| McDonald’s | 4121 | 34·9 | 1118 | 31·6 | 88 | 28·6 | ||
| Subway | 4840 | 41·0 | 1280 | 36·2 | 104 | 33·8 | ||
| Wendy’s | 564 | 4·8 | 259 | 7·3 | 7 | 2·3 | ||
| State | ||||||||
| New York | 5921 | 50·2 | 1795 | 50·7 | 0·483 | 121 | 39·3 | <0·001 |
| New Jersey | 5874 | 49·8 | 1746 | 49·3 | 187 | 60·7 | ||
| n | 11795 | 3541 | 308 | |||||