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. 2006 Sep 22;3:31. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-3-31

Table 3.

Mean scores on determinants for fruit intake

Total Dutch non-Western

N Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD pa
Attitude 528 1.36 0.77 1.26 0.81 1.46 0.73 0.001
Self efficacy
 Difficulty item 1 525 0.45 1.52 0.74 1.47 0.18 1.53 p < 0.001
 Ability item 1 526 1.48 0.88 1.42 0.94 1.55 0.81 0.164
Liking 528 1.5 0.67 1.43 0.75 1.57 0.58 0.026
Preferences 527 1.24 0.65 1.16 0.71 1.32 0.58 0.016
Perceived barriers 526 -1.3 0.84 -1.41 0.77 -1.20 0.89 0.005
Correct Knowledge (%) 524 61 58 64 0.173

Modeling 528 0.96 0.82 0.91 0.83 1.01 0.81 0.133
Active encouragement 527 0.62 1.31 0.38 1.36 0.84 1.23 0.000
Demanding 516 0.56 1.18 0.54 1.2 0.59 1.16 0.696
Allowing 515 1.51 0.89 1.52 0.83 1.51 0.94 0.531
Facilitating 522 0.55 1.15 0.34 1.17 0.75 1.09 0.000

Home availability 527 1.2 0.65 1.24 0.6 1.15 0.69 0.202
School availability 518 -1.69 0.81 -1.77 0.69 -1.61 0.9 0.031
Availability at friends 503 0.51 1.28 0.61 1.22 0.42 1.33 0.114
Availability at club 406 -0.43 1.51 -0.59 1.46 -0.24 1.54 0.019

1 answers were recoded in a way that higher scores reflect higher self-efficacy

a p-value based on Mann-Whitney test between Dutch and non-Western immigrants