Table 1.
Characteristics of primary household food shoppers in the receipts study and the parent study, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 2013
| Receipts sample* (N 293) | Parent sample* (N 982) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | n | % | n | % |
| Female | 228 | 77·8 | 751 | 76·5 |
| Non-Hispanic black | 267 | 91·1 | 891 | 91·5 |
| Highest level of education completed | ||||
| Less than high school | 38 | 13·0 | 132 | 13·4 |
| High school | 110 | 37·5 | 380 | 38·7 |
| Some college | 98 | 33·5 | 327 | 33·3 |
| College | 47 | 16·0 | 143 | 14·6 |
| SNAP recipient in household | 135 | 46·1 | 512 | 52·1 |
| Owns or has access to a vehicle | 161 | 55·0 | 549 | 56·2 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married or living with partner | 55 | 18·8 | 171 | 17·5 |
| Single, never married | 106 | 36·2 | 408 | 41·8 |
| Widowed, divorced or separated | 132 | 45·1 | 398 | 40·7 |
| Children under 18 years old in household | 73 | 24·9 | 269 | 27·4 |
| Weight status | ||||
| Not overweight or obese (BMI<25·0 kg/m2) | 59 | 20·1 | 211 | 21·7 |
| Overweight (BMI=25·0–29·0 kg/m2) | 90 | 30·7 | 287 | 29·5 |
| Obese (BMI≥30·0 kg/m2) | 141 | 48·1 | 475 | 48·8 |
| Mean | sd | Mean | sd | |
| Age (years) | 55·06 | 15·17 | 54·14 | 16·12 |
| Per capita annual household income ($US) | 13 913·20 | 11 879·80 | 12 790·52 | 12 919·44 |
| Number of main food store visits, past month | 2·93 | 0·83 | 2·87 | 0·85 |
| Number of other food store visits, past month | 1·90 | 1·13 | 1·93 | 1·12 |
SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; PHRESH, Pittsburgh Hill/Homewood Research on Eating, Shopping, and Health; PHRESH Plus, Pittsburgh Hill/Homewood Research on Neighborhoods, Exercise and Health.
*
Participants in the receipts sample are primary household food shoppers whose household food shopping receipts were included in the final analytic sample for the present paper. They are a subset of parent study participants, who completed the baseline interviews for both PHRESH and PHRESH Plus and were invited to return food shopping receipts.