Table 1. Sociodemographic information for front-of-package nutrition label Internet study samplea.
Characteristic | M (+SD) or n (col. %) | df | Test statistic | p-valueb |
---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years, M [SD]) | 43.4 (15.9) | 5;1193 | 0.26 | 0.935 |
BMI (M [SD]) | 29.1 (8.1) | 5;1153 | 1.23 | 0.294 |
Normal weight (<25) | 412 (35.5%) | 5 | 3.87 | 0.569 |
Overweight/obese (>25) | 747 (64.5%) | |||
Genderc | ||||
Female | 673 (54.0%) | 5 | 26.15 | <0.001 |
Race/Ethnicity | 15 | 24.57 | 0.056 | |
White, non-Hispanic | 870 (70.0%) | |||
Black, non-Hispanic | 158 (12.7%) | |||
Hispanic | 106 (8.5%) | |||
Other | 108 (8.7%) | |||
Education level | 20 | 22.60 | 0.309 | |
<High school | 113 (9.1%) | |||
High school or GED | 497 (40.1%) | |||
Some college, associate's | 287 (23.1%) | |||
degree, trade school | ||||
Bachelor's degree | 227 (18.3%) | |||
Graduate/professional degree | 117 (9.4%) | |||
Income | 25 | 16.25 | 0.907 | |
<$15,000 | 172 (13.9%) | |||
$15,000-$30,000 | 256 (20.6%) | |||
$30,001-$45,000 | 194 (15.6%) | |||
$45,001-$60,000 | 200 (16.1%) | |||
$60,001-$75,000 | 139 (11.2%) | |||
$75,000+ | 279 (22.5%) | |||
Married | 5 | 1.23 | 0.942 | |
Yes | 540 (43.5%) | |||
Currently trying to lose weight | 5 | 2.38 | 0.794 | |
Yes | 639 (51.2%) | |||
No | 608 (48.8%) | |||
How much nutrition labels generally influence food/drink choicesd (M [SD]) | 6.0 (2.5) | 5;1241 | 0.78 | 0.566 |
Internet survey of 1,247 adults, conducted June-July 2013.
Table values are M+SD for continuous variables and n (column %) for categorical variables. Percentages are calculated based on the total number of participants providing data for each variable.
Test statistics and p-values are for univariate ANOVAs (continuous variables) or chi-squared tests (categorical variables) comparing the six front-of-package study conditions.
Percent female, by study condition: No Label (47.4%); Single Traffic Light (55.0%); Multiple Traffic Light (61.3%); NuVal (63.4%); Facts Up Front (46.2%); NAM 3-Star Label (46.0%)
Measured on a 9-point Likert scale, 1=do not influence, 9=strongly influence
df = degrees of freedom