Table 1. Key characteristics of alternative high school student participants (N=145), stratified by gender, residing in Minneapolis/St Paul, MN, 2006.
| Total sample N=145 |
Males n(%) 76 (52%) |
Females n(%) 69 (48%) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | ||||
| Mean (SDa) | 17.3 (1.2) | 17.4 (1.2) | 17.1 (1.2) | 0.06 |
| Range | 14.1- 19.8 | 14.1-19.8 | 14.1-19.2 | |
| Socioeconomic status b | ||||
| Low: n(%) | 91 (63.6%) | 46 (62.2%) | 45 (65.2%) | 0.70 |
| Ethnic group | ||||
| White: n(%) | 57 (39.3%) | 28 (36.8%) | 29 (42.0%) | 0.76 |
| Black / African American:n(%) | 46 (31.7%) | 26 (34.2%) | 20 (29.0%) | |
| Other/Hispanic: n(%) | 42 (29.0%) | 22 (29.0%) | 20 (29.0%) | |
| Perceived barriers to healthy eating c | ||||
| Mean score (SD) | 6.9 (2.4) | 6.9 (2.5) | 6.8 (2.3) | 0.94 |
| Range | 3-13 | 3-13 | 3-13 | |
| Self-efficacy to eat healthy c | ||||
| Mean score (SD) | 22.2 (6.5) | 22.6 (6.7) | 21.8 (6.3) | 0.42 |
| Range | 7-35 | 7-35 | 7-35 | |
| Fruit and vegetable servings per dayd | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 3.6 (4.2) | 3.6 (4.3) | 3.6 (4.1) | 0.92 |
| Range | 0-24 | 0-19.5 | 0-24 | |
| Five or more fruit and vegetable servings per dayd | ||||
| n (%) | 33 (23.1) | 16 (21.3) | 17 (25) | 0.60 |
a
SD=Standard Deviation
b
Socioeconomic status was reported as high or low based on participation in free/reduced lunch program or other federal nutrition assistance programs. Students who reported having received free/reduced lunch were categorized as low income. If students did not respond to this question (n=8), but responded yes to participating in a federal nutrition assistance programs, they were categorized as low-income.
c
Total n varies due to missing data.
d
Two outliers were excluded from the analysis due to responses greater than three standard deviations from the median.