Table 2.
Bivariate associations between frequency of community garden work and changes in behaviors, attitudes, and skills for intercept survey respondents
| |
|
Garden frequency
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
|
Once a week or more |
<Once a week |
|
| N | n (%) | n (%) | Chi sq. | |
|
Primary outcome: |
|
|
|
|
| I eat more vegetables and fruit |
125 |
82 (65.6) |
31 (24.8) |
7.78* |
|
Secondary outcome: |
|
a |
|
|
| I eat food that is fresher (less packaged food) |
124 |
84 (67.7) |
27 (21.8) |
15.38 |
| I am more physically active |
121 |
74 (61.2) |
20 (16.5) |
14.48 |
| I spend less money on food |
112 |
66 (58.9) |
20 (17.9) |
10.17 |
| I am better able to provide food for my family and myself |
120 |
70 (58.3) |
25 (20.8) |
7.95 |
| I care more about the environment |
125 |
73 (58.4) |
27 (21.6) |
5.74 |
| I eat less fast food |
120 |
64 (53.3) |
22 (18.3) |
5.19 |
| I feel better about where my food comes from |
119 |
81 (68.1) |
30 (25.2) |
4.52 |
| I feel more involved in this neighborhood |
124 |
80 (64.5) |
32 (25.8) |
4.45 |
| I am teaching my family/friends to garden |
123 |
66 (53.7) |
24 (19.5) |
3.94 |
| I spend more time with my family |
123 |
55 (44.7) |
19 (15.4) |
3.12 |
| I have learned more about gardening |
126 |
78 (61.9) |
32 (25.4) |
2.82 |
| I have gained new gardening skills |
128 |
74 (57.8) |
30 (23.4) |
2.58 |
| I am donating/giving extra food to others |
126 |
77 (61.1) |
32 (25.4) |
2.13 |
| I know more about the environment |
124 |
70 (56.5) |
28 (22.6) |
1.80 |
| I eat more foods that are traditional for my culture/family background |
120 |
53 (44.2) |
20 (16.7) |
1.03 |
| I eat new kinds of food | 118 | 58 (49.2) | 24 (20.3) | 0.54 |
*25% of the cells for this cross-tabulation have expected counts < 5; chi-square may not be a valid test. The 2-sided Fisher’s exact p-value is 0.0088.