Table 1.
Respondent and household characteristics, Connecticut and New York, USA, 2021.
| Respondent/Household Characteristic | Connecticut (N = 543) No. (%) |
New York (N = 1109) No. (%) |
Total (N = 1652) No. (%) |
P-valuea |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | ||||
| Female | 280 (51.6) | 646 (58.3) | 926 (56.1) | 0.01 |
| Male | 234 (43.1) | 404 (36.4) | 638 (38.6) | |
| Age group, years | ||||
| 18–49 | 180 (33.1) | 382 (34.4) | 562 (34.0) | 0.74 |
| ≥ 50 | 337 (62.1) | 685 (61.8) | 1022 (61.9) | |
| Rent or own property | ||||
| Rent | 75 (13.8) | 128 (11.5) | 203 (12.3) | 0.28 |
| Own | 437 (80.5) | 895 (80.7) | 1332 (80.6) | |
| Property Size | ||||
| < 0.2 hab | 164 (30.2) | 415 (37.4) | 579 (35.0) | 0.001 |
| 0.2 to < 0.4 ha | 149 (27.4) | 321 (28.9) | 470 (28.5) | |
| 0.4 to < 0.8 ha | 85 (15.7) | 125 (11.3) | 210 (12.7) | |
| ≥ 0.8 ha | 91 (16.8) | 131 (11.8) | 222 (13.4) | |
| No yard | 25 (4.6) | 52 (4.7) | 77 (4.7) | |
| Urbanicityc | ||||
| Rural | 125 (23.0) | 171 (19.7) | 296 (21.1) | <0.0001 |
| Suburban | 332 (61.1) | 898 (75.2) | 1230 (69.2) | |
| Urban | 86 (15.8) | 40 (5.2) | 126 (9.7) | |
| Household size (mean) | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 0.65d |
| Children (< 18 years) living in household | ||||
| Yes | 126 (23.2) | 314 (28.3) | 440 (26.6) | 0.03 |
| No | 389 (71.6) | 738 (66.5) | 1127 (68.2) |
a
P-value represents comparisons between CT and NY; evaluated using Pearson’s chi-square test.
b
Hectare.
c
Designations made by Marketing Systems Group.
d
Evaluated using a two-sample independent t-test.