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. 2015 Jun 4;5(6):e006200. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006200

Table 1.

Sample characteristics and associations between covariates, VFI and time spent at home in minutes (n=2411)

n (proportion percentage) Mean of fruit and vegetable intake per day Kruskal-Wallis one-way ANOVA
p Value
Proportion eating 5 or more fruits and vegetables per day (%) χ2 p Value Estimated mean time spent at home (in minutes) One-way ANOVA p value
Gender <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
 Male 1118 (46.4) 4.20 25.6 453.98
 Female 1293 (53.6) 4.59 34.6 530.43
Age 0.424 0.0001 <0.0001
 25–34 529 (21.9) 4.24 29.4 411.18
 35–44 742 (30.8) 4.42 27.9 492.11
 45–54 714 (29.6) 4.42 29.6 505.00
 55–65 426 (17.7) 4.52 37.4 550.08
Education <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
 Less than high school 95 (3.9) 4.52 31.5 631.88
 High school 389 (16.2) 3.9 23.9 529.42
 Post-secondary degree/diploma 1409 (58.5) 4.33 30.0 484.37
 Graduate degree 514 (21.4) 4.66 35.9 479.56
Employment status 0.0003 0.0104 <0.0001
 Employed 1618 (67.1) 4.25 28.8 407.42
 On temporary leave 352 (14.6) 4.54 34.0 453.90
 Unemployed 228 (9.5) 4.84 39.1 663.98
 Not looking for work 212 (8.8) 4.25 27.5 717.86
Marital status 0.0223 <0.0001 0.0043
 Married/common law 1542 (63.9) 4.42 32.6 494.24
 Separated/divorced 328 (13.6) 4.27 26.7 519.65
 Widowed 42 (1.7) 5.17 52.0 474.40
 Never married 500 (20.7) 4.16 27.7 485.76
Income 0.0058 0.0002 <0.0001
 $39 000 or less 697 (28.9) 4.13 25.1 578.64
 $40 000 to $70 999 584 (24.2) 4.34 30.7 496.42
 $71 000 to $109 999 523 (21.7) 4.42 32.8 447.10
 $110 000 or more 606 (25.1) 4.53 34.3 438.65
Ethnicity 0.0015 0.0021 0.5090
 White 1349 (56.0) 4.49 32.8 493.17
 Black 339 (14.1) 4.24 30.2 524.03
 East Asian 221 (9.2) 4.29 27.3 497.24
 South Asian 224 (9.3) 4.03 23.4 488.84
 Aboriginal 18 (0.7) 4.54 42.3 526.12
 West Asian 52 (2.2) 4.26 26.1 427.47
 Latin 130 (5.4) 3.68 21.9 487.21
 Other 77 (3.2) 4.50 34.9 462.42

ANOVA, analysis of variance; VFI, vegetable and fruit intake.