Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of all participants (n=919) and for participants living in neighborhoods with no store, one store, and two stores carrying ≥5 varieties of dark-green and orange vegetables, in a study examining the relationship between observed neighborhood availability and individual consumption of dark-green and orange vegetables among low- to moderate-income and ethnically diverse adults in Detroit, MI
| Characteristic | Overall (n=919) | No. of Stores Carrying ≥ 5 Varieties of Dark-Green and Orange Vegetables
|
P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No store (n=583) | 1 store (n=212) | 2 stores (n=124) | |||
| Age (mean±SEa) | 46.3±0.8 | 46.7±0.8 | 45.3±2.5 | 45.8±1.9 | 0.700 |
| Female (%) | 52.3 | 53.1 | 49.5 | 52.7 | 0.584 |
| Race/ethnicity (%) | |||||
| African American | 56.8 | 61.1 | 72.4 | 11.6 | 0.078 |
| Latino | 22.2 | 16.1 | 12.3 | 66.2 | |
| White | 18.8 | 20.3 | 13.1 | 21.0 | |
| Education (%) | |||||
| <12 y | 36.9 | 37.6 | 24.8 | 53.7 | 0.066 |
| 12y | 29.1 | 27.7 | 36.2 | 24.1 | |
| >12y | 32.8 | 33.7 | 38.3 | 20.1 | |
| Annual per capita household incomeb(%) | |||||
| <$4,500 | 25.1 | 24.6 | 23.8 | 29.8 | 0.584 |
| $4,500–7,500 | 27.4 | 27.9 | 25.2 | 28.6 | |
| $7,501–16,200 | 25.2 | 25.1 | 24.9 | 26.2 | |
| >$16,201 | 22.3 | 22.4 | 26.1 | 15.3 | |
| Owns | |||||
| automobile (%) | 67.1 | 65.4 | 68.9 | 71.9 | 0.469 |
| Owns home (%) | 48.5 | 49 | 45.3 | 51.4 | 0.533 |
| Married (%) | 26.4 | 25.1 | 24.1 | 35.9 | 0.356 |
| Years of neighborhood residence (mean±SE) | 18.2±0.7 | 18.9±0.8 | 17.4±1.8 | 16.3±1.5 | 0.411 |
a
SE=standard error
b
Annual per capita household income=household income divided by number of individuals in household.