Table 1.
Food consumption by individual, family, and neighborhood characteristics (N = 199).
| Independent Variables | n | Food % | Beverages % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fruit (2+/Day) | Vegetables (2+/Day) | Sweets (1+/Day) | Juice (2+/Day) | Milk (2+/Day) | Soda (1+/Day) | ||
| I: Child: Age | |||||||
| ≤6 | 71 | 64.7% * | 44.1% | 64.7% | 80.9% *** | 52.9% | 38.2% |
| 7–9 | 40 | 59.6% | 43.5% | 68.1% | 70.2% | 52.2% | 26.1% |
| ≥10 | 58 | 46.4% | 46.4% | 61.9% | 56.0% | 39.8% | 43.4% |
| I: Child: Sex | |||||||
| Male | 88 | 62.4% * | 49.5% | 58.1% * | 66.7% | 49.5% | 35.5% |
| Female | 111 | 50.0% | 41.0% | 69.8% | 68.9% | 45.2% | 39.4% |
| HH: Mother: Marital status | |||||||
| Not married cohabiting | 159 | 58.5% | 42.4% | 62.9% | 67.3% | 49.4% | 39.9% |
| Married cohabiting | 40 | 45.0% | 55.0% | 70.0% | 70.0% | 38.5% | 28.2% |
| HH: Mother: Education | |||||||
| Less than high school | 53 | 63.0% | 48.2% | 66.7% ** | 81.5% ** | 52.8% * | 54.7% *** |
| High school (or GED †) | 52 | 53.0% | 40.4% | 71.0% | 63.0% | 51.0% | 33.0% |
| More than high school | 94 | 53.3% | 51.1% | 46.7% | 62.2% | 31.8% | 27.3% |
| HH: Number of children | |||||||
| 1–2 | 127 | 54.1% | 45.6% | 64.2% | 66.9% | 45.9% | 37.7% |
| 3+ | 72 | 60.8% | 43.1% | 64.7% | 70.6% | 51.0% | 37.3% |
| HH: Public assistance | |||||||
| No | 13 | 50.7% ** | 39.7% ** | 62.0% | 62.7% ** | 47.9% | 36.4% |
| Yes | 186 | 68.4% | 57.9% | 70.2% | 80.7% | 45.6% | 40.4% |
| HH: Cook dinner at home | |||||||
| 0–4 times/week | 128 | 50.8% * | 39.2% ** | 67.5% | 66.7% | 43.2% | 43.2% ** |
| 5+ times/week | 71 | 64.4% | 54.8% | 58.9% | 69.9% | 54.2% | 27.8% |
| N: Small store within 500 m | |||||||
| No | 68 | 53.5% | 47.9% | 69.0% | 66.2% | 46.5% | 36.6% |
| Yes | 131 | 57.0% | 43.3% | 61.7% | 68.8% | 47.6% | 38.1% |
| N: Supermarket within 1000 m | |||||||
| No | 145 | 54.9% | 46.0% | 66.1% | 66.7% | 48.1% | 35.0% |
| Yes | 54 | 59.5% | 40.5% | 56.8% | 73.0% | 43.2% | 48.7% |
| N: Fast food within 500 m | 49.7% *** | ||||||
| No | 146 | 58.6% * | 24.3% | 64.2% | 68.5% | 49.4% | 36.9% |
| Yes | 53 | 43.2% | 64.9% | 64.9% | 37.8% | 40.5% | |
| Total | 52.5% | 44.4% | 84.9% | 65.0% | 43.6% | 65.0% | |
*** p < 0.01; ** p < 0.05; * p < 0.1; I: Individual, HH: Household, N: Neighborhood.; † GED: The General Education Development Test (GED) is a certificate in the U.S. equivalent to a high school diploma.