Table 4.
Demographic characteristics by family groups (N=261)1.
| Demographic variables | Family group-1 Households with economic assistance & high home FV availability (n=39) |
Family group-2 Households with economic assistance & low home FV availability (n=47) |
Family group-3 Households without economic assistance & high home FV availability (n=94) |
Family group-4 Households without economic assistance & low home FV availability (n=81) |
p-value2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parent demographics | |||||
| Age, years, mean (SD) | 38.7 (9.4) | 35.2 (7.3) | 40.5 (5.6) | 40.7 (6.2) | <0.00011 |
| Race, n (%) | |||||
| BIPOC4 | 15 (38.5) | 18 (38.3) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (3.7) | <0.00013 |
| White only | 24 (61.5) | 29 (61.7) | 94 (100.0) | 78 (96.3) | |
| Education, n (%) | <0.00013 | ||||
| Less than or equal to high school | 9 (23.1) | 7 (15.6) | 3 (3.2) | 5 (6.2) | |
| Some college or associate degree | 17 (43.6) | 21 (46.7) | 27 (29.0) | 20 (25.0) | |
| More than or equal to bachelor’s degree | 13 (33.3) | 17 (37.8) | 63 (67.8) | 55 (68.8) | |
| Marital status, n (%) | <0.00013 | ||||
| Married or not married living with a partner | 18 (46.1) | 20 (42.6) | 85 (90.4) | 73 (90.1) | |
| Separated, divorced, widowed, never married | 21 (53.9) | 27 (57.4) | 9 (9.6) | 8 (9.9) | |
| Food security status, n (%) | <0.00013 | ||||
| Food secure | 27 (69.2) | 25 (53.2) | 90 (95.7) | 73 (92.4) | |
| Food insecure | 12 (30.8) | 22 (46.8) | 4 (4.3) | 6 (7.6) | |
| Child demographics | |||||
| Age, years, mean (SD) | 9.9 (1.5) | 9.9 (1.6) | 9.6 (1.4) | 9.8 (1.4) | 0.5222 |
| Gender, n (%) | 0.6903 | ||||
| Boys | 16 (41.0) | 22 (46.8) | 49 (52.1) | 38 (46.9) | |
| Girls | 23 (59.0) | 25 (53.2) | 45 (47.9) | 43 (53.1) |
1
There were 13 missing observations in home FV availability data which reduces N to 261 from 274;
2
One way ANOVA tests were used for comparisons and
3
Chisquare tests were used for comparisons, P < 0.05;
4
BIPOC = Black, Indigenous, and people of color.