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. 2016 Mar 31;6(1):10–16. doi: 10.15171/hpp.2016.02

Table 3. HFHF characteristics by survey sample .

Measure Baseline Mid-Season Exit
Total participants in 2013, N 425 186 146
Mean age of respondent (range) 34.5 (17-68) 35.5 (19-64) 35.6 (20-64)
Female respondents, N (%) 401 (94.8) 176 (94.6) 140 (95.9)
Mean age of child (SD) 5.7 (3.2) 5.7 (3.2) 5.7 (3.2)
Mean number of children (SD) 2.1 (1.1) 2.2 (1.0) 2.1 (1.0)
Mean number of adults in household (SD) 2.2 (1.1) 2.3 (1.0) 2.3 (1.1)
Race/ethnicity, N (%)
Asian 37 (8.9) 30 (16.1) 23 (15.8)
Black 33 (7.9) 13 (6.9) 11 (7.5)
Cape Verdean 3 (0.7) 1 (0.5) 1 (0.7)
Hispanic 193 (46.2) 86 (46.2) 65 (44.5)
Multi-Ethnic 20 (4.8) 4 (2.7) 3 (2.1)
White 126 (30.1) 47 (25.3) 39 (26.7)
Other/unknown 13 (3.1) 3 (1.6) 4 (2.7)
Preferred language, N (%)
English 233 (55.2) 83 (44.9) 68 (46.6)
Spanish 159 (37.7) 76 (41.1) 57 (39.0)
Other 30 (7.1) 26 (4.0) 21 (14.4)
Health insurance type, N (%)
Neighborhood/RiteCare 332 (79.1) 149 (80.5) 116 (79.5)
Private 42 (10.0) 17 (9.2) 14 (9.6)
Medicare 25 (5.9) 11 (6.0) 9 (6.2)
Uninsured/unknown 26 (6.0) 8 (4.3) 7 (4.8)
Receipt of federal food assistance,a N (%)
WIC 307 (72.2) 138 (74.2) 110 (75.3)
SNAP 317 (74.6) 136 (73.1) 108 (73.9)

Abbreviations: HFHF, Healthy Foods, Healthy Families; SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; WIC, Women, Infants and Children Nutritional Assistance Program.

aAll participants were enrolled in WIC, SNAP, or both.