TABLE 2.

Food storage and preparation among the Amish and non-Amish households

Food storage and preparation	Amish (%) (n = 75)	Non-Amish (%) (n = 98)
Refrigeration (n = 173)
Icebox only/none	11 (15)	0 (0)
Refrigerator and/or freezer	64 (85)	98 (100)**
Fruits and vegetables stored raw over the winter (n = 173)
No	11 (15)	81 (83)**
Yes	64 (85)	17 (17)
Use milk that is purchased in stores (n = 172)
No	46 (62)	1 (1)**
Yes	28 (38)	97 (99)
If milk not purchased in the store, those who pasteurize the milk (n = 51†)
No	46 (96)	2 (67)*
Yes	2 (4)	1 (33)
Grow fruits and vegetables for household consumption (n = 173)
No	2 (3)	44 (45)**
Yes	73 (97)	54 (55)
If so, fertilizers applied to those fruits and vegetables (n = 127)¶
No	21 (29)	33 (60)**
Yes	51 (71)	22 (40)
Slaughtered own meats or had them slaughtered for you (n = 170)
No	5 (7)	44 (45)**
Yes, within past year	54 (74)	22 (23)
Yes, but not within past year	14 (19)	31 (32)
Smoke/cure own meats or had them smoked/ cured for you (n = 168)
No	31 (44)	75 (77)**
Yes, within past year	21 (30)	8 (8)
Yes, but not within past year	19 (26)	14 (15)
Made own sausages or had them made for you (n = 169)
No	21 (29)	66 (68)**
Yes, within past year	27 (38)	15 (15)
Yes, but not within past year	24 (33)	16 (17)
Made own jerky or had it made for you (n = 169)
No	55 (76)	80 (83)
Yes, within past year	8 (11)	8 (8)
Yes, but not within past year	9 (13)	9 (9)
Canning by household (n = 173)
No	2 (3)	70 (71)**
Yes	73 (97)	28 (29)
Pickled anything in the past year (n = 173)
No	22 (29)	83 (85)**
Yes	53 (71)	15 (15)

^*P < .05

^**P < .01

^†Sample for this question should be a subset of the individuals who do not purchase milk from the grocery store, although it appears that skip patterns in the questionnaire were not followed for some individuals.

^¶Sample for this question is a subset of the individuals who grow fruits and vegetables for consumption at home.