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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2014 Jul 18;47(3):275–282. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2014.05.007

Appendix Table 1.

Distribution of head of household race/ethnicity, household income, and female head of household education, and mean caloric intake per capita by year among households with children ages 2–5 years

Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Number of households 2,633 2,702 3,021 2,844 2,584 3,436 4,922 5,076 4,397 3,892 3,689 3,557
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Calories purchased per capita 1043±7 1023±7 1024±6 1001±7* 980±6 974±6 974±5 956±5 915±5 919±6 896±6 858±5
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Race/ethnicity, head of household
 Non-Hispanic White 72% 68% 68% 66%* 65% 67% 66% 67% 67% 67% 67% 68%
 Hispanic 16% 18% 17% 19%* 18% 17% 17% 17% 18% 17% 17% 15%
 Non-Hispanic Black 11% 11% 11% 10% 11% 10% 11% 10% 9% 9% 9% 10%
 Other 1% 3% 4% 5%* 6% 6% 6% 6% 6% 7% 7% 7%
Household income
 <131% FPL 18% 19% 20% 18% 17% 18% 15% 14% 16% 18% 19% 19%
 131–185% FPL 15% 16% 17% 13%* 13% 13% 14% 15% 13% 13% 12% 13%
 >185% FPL 67% 65% 63% 68% 70% 70% 71% 71% 70% 69% 69% 67%
Female head of household education
 Less than high school Diploma 5% 5% 5% 6% 4% 6% 6% 5% 4% 5% 4% 5%
 High school graduate 64% 62% 61% 60%* 61% 61% 60% 56% 56% 55% 53% 52%
 Bachelor’s degree or more 31% 33% 33% 34%* 35% 34% 35% 39% 40% 40% 43% 43%
Unemployment rate 4.0% 4.8% 5.8% 6.0%* 5.6% 5.1% 4.6% 4.6% 5.8% 9.2% 9.6% 8.9%
*

Value was significantly different from 2000 value, p<0.01

Value was significantly different from 2003 value, p<0.01

Value was significantly different from 2007 value, p<0.01