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. 2013 Aug 30;17(9):2061–2070. doi: 10.1017/S1368980013002267

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of the study sample, men (n 1914) and women (n 1603) separately; 2007–2008 US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Men Women
Variable Mean sd Range Mean sd Range
Meal planning/preparing
Main meal planner/preparer 0·06 0–1 0·40 0–1
Shared meal planning/preparing 0·54 0–1 0·56 0–1
No meal planning/preparing 0·40 0–1 0·04 0–1
Food shopping
Main food shopper 0·07 0–1 0·36 0–1
Shared food shopping 0·60 0–1 0·57 0–1
No food shopping 0·33 0–1 0·06 0–1
Age (years) 52·57 16·63 20–80 49·12 16·04 20–80
Race/ethnicity
White 0·49 0–1 0·49 0–1
Black 0·17 0–1 0·14 0–1
Hispanic 0·29 0–1 0·33 0–1
Other 0·05 0–1 0·04 0–1
Marital status
Married 0·88 0–1 0·89 0–1
Living with partner 0·12 0–1 0·11 0–1
Household size 3·36 1·52 2–7 3·43 1·53 2–7
Education
High school or less 0·56 0–1 0·53 0–1
Some college or more 0·44 0–1 0·47 0–1
Family income-to-poverty ratio 2·76 1·62 0–5 2·79 1·61 0–5