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.