Table 4.

Salient referents of asking parents to have fruits and vegetables to eat at home for the next three months among middle-school students aged 12–15 years, rural Indiana, USA, 2006–2008

Salient referents
Approving referents			Disapproving referents
…approves of me asking my parents to have fruits and vegetables to eat at home			…disapproves of me asking my parents to have fruits and vegetables to eat at home
n 60	Count	%	n 60	Count	%
Parental figures	58	97	Parental figures	7	12
Parents	18	30	Parents	1	2
Mom	12	20
Dad	11	18	Dad	4	7
Grandma	10	17	Grandma	1	2
Grandparent	4	7
Grandpa	3	5	Grandpa	1	2
Siblings	14	23	Siblings	10	17
Friends	10	17	Friends	7	12
Teachers	14	23
Health professionals	8	5
			Nobody/none	36	60

Percentages sum to more than 100% since participants could list multiple answers.