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. 2017 May;107(5):800–806. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.303725

TABLE 1—

Latina Food Shopper Characteristics at Baseline by Group and Total Sample Compared With Follow-Up Sample: Los Angeles, CA, 2015

Variable 1-Video (n = 113), Mean ±SD or No. (%) 2-Video (n = 105), Mean ±SD or No. (%) Total (n = 218), Mean ±SD or No. (%) 2-Mo Follow-Up (n = 68), Mean ±SD or No. (%)
Age, y 39.8 ±10.7 38.8 ±9.2 39.3 ±10.0 39.1 ±9.7
No. people in the household 4.5 ±2.0 4.5 ±1.3 4.5 ±1.7 4.4 ±1.5
No. children 18 y or younger in household 1.8 ±1.3 2.0 ±1.1 1.9 ±1.2 1.7 ±1.2
Born in United States 19 (16.8) 20 (19.1) 39 (17.9) 18 (26.5)
Monolingual Spanish speaker 48 (42.5) 39 (37.9) 87 (40.3) 18 (26.5)b
High school education completed or above 57 (50.4) 58 (55.2) 115 (52.8) 46 (67.7)b
Household member is overweight or obese 51 (51.5) 28 (30.4)a 79 (41.4) 31 (58.5)b
Household member has high blood pressure 49 (47.6) 33 (34.0) 82 (41.0) 40 (67.8)b
Children eat breakfast at school 34 (30.6) 53 (51.0)a 87 (40.5) 30 (44.8)
Children eat snack at school 19 (17.1) 39 (37.5)a 58 (27.0) 21 (31.3)
Household receives food stamps 33 (29.7) 37 (35.6) 70 (32.6) 16 (23.9)
Household receives Women, Infants, and Children benefits 30 (27.3) 44 (41.9)a 74 (34.4) 15 (22.7)
Sets monthly household food budget 67 (63.8) 66 (64.7) 133 (64.3) 41 (63.1)
Considers a well-balanced diet part of healthy eating 45 (39.8) 64 (61.0)a 109 (50.0) 32 (47.1)
Familiar with MyPlate icon 39 (35.5) 38 (36.2) 77 (35.8) 22 (32.4)
Confidence in ability to select whole-grain bread when shopping 3.8 ±1.3 4.2 ±1.0a 4.0 ±1.2 4.0 ±1.2
Confidence in ability to select foods with low saturated fat when shopping 3.4 ±1.4 3.9 ±1.1a 3.6 ±1.3 3.5 ±1.2

Note. Figures may not sum to 100% because of missing data or rounding error. 1-Video = El Carrito Saludable; 2-Video = El Carrito Saludable and Ser Consciente.

a

1-video and 2-video values are significantly different at P < .05 (2-sided).

b

Full sample and 2-month follow-up sample values are significantly different at P < .05 (2-tailed).