Table 5.

Comparison of demographic and health characteristics of survey participants in Study 1 who reported using the Healthy Savings Program (HSP) card (n 97) and those who reported not using it (n 40)

	Used HSP card		Never used HSP card
	% or Mean	n or sd	% or Mean	n or sd	P value
Sex
Female	82·5	80	65·0	26	0·03
Male	16·5	16	32·5	13
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White	91·8	89	92·5	37	0·88
Other	8·2	8	7·5	3
Age
<45 years	38·1	37	50·0	20	0·20
≥45 years	61·9	60	50·0	20
Highest level of education
Less than bachelor’s degree	15·5	15	12·5	5	0·66
Bachelor’s degree or higher	84·5	82	87·5	53
Annual household income
<$US 75 000	28·9	28	37·5	15	0·32
≥$US 75 000	71·1	69	62·5	25
Use of coupons for food shopping
Never, not often or occasionally	44·3	43	70·0	28	0·006
Frequently or all the time	55·7	54	30·0	12
Shop at a grocery store participating in the HSP
Less than once per month	4·1	4	32·5	13	<0·001
About once per month or more	95·9	93	67·5	27
Body weight
Normal or underweight	48·5	47	42·5	17	0·53
Overweight or obese	51·5	50	57·5	23
Perceived weight status
Overweight	42·3	41	40·0	16	0·81
About the right weight, underweight, do not know	57·7	56	60·0	24
History of heart disease, hypertension, diabetes or high cholesterol
Yes	59·8	58	47·5	19	0·19
No or not sure	40·2	39	52·5	21
Fruit and vegetable intake (frequency/d), mean and sd	3·9	2·5	2·5	1·8	0·003
Sugar-sweetened beverage intake (frequency/d), mean and sd	0·2	0·4	0·2	0·3	0·47

Study 1 participants were a random sample of adult employees from four worksites where employers offered the enhanced HSP that included discounts for the purchase of fresh produce, Midwest USA, December 2014–March 2015.

Data are reported as % and n, unless indicated otherwise.