Table 1.
Characteristics of the Proyecto MercadoFRESCO patron sample (n 957), East Los Angeles and Boyle Heights, California, USA, mid-2011 to 2015
| Baseline percentage | Follow-up percentage | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Intervention (n 264) | Comparison (n 286) | Intervention (n 208) | Comparison (n 199) |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 46·2 | 42·0 | 34·6 | 38·7 |
| Female | 53·8 | 58·0 | 65·4 | 61·3 |
| Age (years) | ||||
| 18–30 | 36·4 | 36·0 | 29·8 | 33·7 |
| 31–44 | 29·6 | 31·8 | 21·3 | 34·7 |
| 45–64 | 28·0 | 27·3 | 32·2 | 29·2 |
| 65+ | 6·1 | 4·9 | 6·7 | 2·5 |
| Marital status† | ||||
| Single | 37·8 | 31·8 | 28·9 | 29·4 |
| Married/with partner | 44·3 | 51·4 | 49·5 | 53·6 |
| Separated/divorced/widowed | 17·9 | 16·8 | 21·6 | 17·0 |
| Nativity | ||||
| US-born | 40·5 | 35·7 | 35·6 | 44·2 |
| Foreign–born | 59·5 | 64·3 | 64·4 | 55·8 |
| Mexican heritage‡ | ||||
| Yes | 85·9 | 91·6* | 93·6 | 92·8 |
| No | 14·1 | 8·4 | 6·4 | 7·2 |
| Language of interview | ||||
| English | 46·6 | 42·3 | 43·8 | 48·7 |
| Spanish | 53·4 | 57·7 | 56·3 | 51·3 |
| Education | ||||
| Less than high school | 45·8 | 47·9* | 48·6 | 32·3* |
| High school graduate or GED | 37·5 | 43·4 | 41·3 | 56·3 |
| Associate degree | 13·3 | 6·3 | 6·7 | 5·0 |
| Bachelor’s degree | 1·9 | 2·5 | 2·9 | 5·5 |
| Graduate degree | 1·5 | 0·0 | 0·5 | 0·5 |
| How often do you shop at this store? | ||||
| More than once per day | 24·6 | 32·9 | 27·9 | 39·2* |
| Once per day | 25·0 | 20·9 | 22·1 | 24·6 |
| A few times a week | 34·1 | 32·5 | 38·5 | 30·7 |
| A few times a month | 4·6 | 3·9 | 4·3 | 2·0 |
| Every once in a while | 11·7 | 9·8 | 7·2 | 3·5 |
GED, General Educational Development.
Significant differences in categorical variables were tested between intervention and comparison using χ 2 tests at both baseline and follow-up. Percentages may sum to greater than 100 due to rounding.
*P<0·05.
†
Data were available only for 262 (99·2 %) of the baseline intervention group and 194 (97·5 %) of the follow-up comparison group due to missing data.
‡
Data were available only for 256 (97·0 %) of the baseline intervention group, 204 (98·1 %) of the follow-up intervention group and 194 (97·5 %) of the follow-up comparison group due to missing data.