Table 11.

Children's seafood consumption as reported on Shellfish Assessment Survey

	Total N = 108	Boys n = 70	Girls n = 38	p value*
Eat fish and/or shellfish (%; n = 108)	92	90	95	0.489
Eat razor clams (%; n = 105)	58	56	62	0.533
Razor clams consumed/month Fall/winter (mean ± SD; n = 99)	4.6 ± 6.6	4.0 ± 5.5	5.6 ± 8.0	0.256
Razor clams consumed/month annually (mean ± SD; n = 97)	4.3 ± 6.9	4.0 ± 6.5	4.9 ± 7.5	0.535
Razor clam meals/month during Fall/Winter (%; n = 103)				0.487
0	43	45	38
1 to 2	29	30	27
3 to 4	20	20	22
5 to 6	6	5	8
7 to 8	1	0	3
9 to 10	1	0	3
Number of razor clams per meal in Fall/Winter (%; n = 99)				0.205
0	44	48	38
1 to 2	30	26	38
3 to 5	22	24	19
6 to 9	2	0	5
10 or more	1	2	0
Eat razor clam chowder (%; n = 94)	63	63	62	0.922
Razor clam chowder meals/month in Fall/Winter (%; n = 91)				0.927
0	38	38	39
1 to 2	37	38	36
3 to 4	19	16	22
5 to 6	4	5	3
7 to 8	1	2	0
9 to 10	0	0	0
Cups of razor clam chowder per meal in Fall/Winter (%; n = 92)				0.711
0	38	38	38
1	34	31	38
2	24	27	19
3	3	4	3
4	1	0	3
Razor clam meals/month in Spring/Summer (%; n = 102)				0.573
0	43	45	39
1 to 2	38	35	44
3 to 4	14	15	11
5 to 6	2	2	3
7 to 8	2	3	0
9 to 10	1	0	3
Number of razor clams per meal in Spring/Summer (%; n = 99)				0.274
0	44	48	39
1 to 2	33	30	39
3 to 5	18	21	14
6 to 9	4	2	8
10 or more	0	0	0
Eat crab (%; n = 106)	16	19	11	0.285
Number of crab meals in Fall/Winter (mean ± SD; n = 106)	0.6 ± 1.5	0.7 ± 1.7	0.4 ± 1.1	0.346
Number of crab meals in Spring/Summer (mean ± SD; n = 106)	0.5 ± 1.3	0.6 ± 1.5	0.2 ± 0.8	0.187
Number of little neck clams consumed yearly (mean ± SD; n = 73)†	5.2 ± 17	4.3 ± 13	7.1 ± 21.9	0.510
Number of butter clams consumed yearly (mean ± SD; n=74)†	5.0 ± 12.9	3.1 ± 8.6	8.9 ± 18.7	0.072
Number of horse clams consumed yearly (mean ± SD; n=69)†	0.6 ± 2.4	0.4 ± 1.6	1.1 ± 3.8	0.262

^*p values from chi-square test, Fisher's exact test or t-test, as appropriate

^†Clam data is very unstable due to a few large values