Table 1. Regional differences among all variables.

		total		B. rural		C. suburban		D. urban		p	Multiple comparison
		(n = 783)		(n = 257)		(n = 259)		(n = 267)
		n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Sex a
	Men	429	55	133	52	145	56	151	57	0.486
	Women	354	45	124	48	114	44	116	43
Age group b
	20-29	25	3	8	3	8	3	9	3	<0.001	B > C > D
	30-39	91	12	14	5	35	14	42	16
	40-49	180	23	28	11	59	23	93	35
	50-59	172	22	58	23	50	19	64	24
	60-69	228	29	119	46	75	29	34	13
	70-74	87	11	30	12	32	12	25	9
Educational background b
	Elementary or junior high school	50	6	36	14	14	5	0	0	<0.001	D > C > B
	High school	296	38	133	52	109	42	54	20
	Vocational school or junior college	208	27	59	23	72	28	77	29
	University or graduate school	229	29	29	11	64	25	136	51
Employment status b
	Unemployed or retired	254	32	88	34	91	35	75	28	0.014	D > B
	Part-timer	128	16	54	21	40	15	34	13
	Full-time worker	401	51	115	45	128	49	158	59
Subjective difficulty in food-store access b
	Very difficult	19	2	9	4	4	2	6	2	<0.001	DC > B
	Difficult	198	25	90	35	46	18	62	23
	Easy	372	48	123	48	130	50	119	45
	Very easy	194	25	35	14	79	31	80	30
Economic circumstance b
	Very poor	28	4	7	3	15	6	6	2	<0.001	D > CB
	Poor	152	19	58	23	64	25	30	11
	Fair	278	36	100	39	93	36	85	32
	Good	237	30	77	30	72	28	88	33
	Very good	88	11	15	6	15	6	58	22
Health attitude b
	Not at all	30	4	10	4	10	4	10	4	0.291
	Little	202	26	69	27	71	27	62	23
	Occasionally	356	45	111	43	123	47	122	46
	Often all the time	195	25	67	26	55	21	73	27
Vegetable cultivation as a farmer a
	Yes	105	13	76	30	26	10	3	1	<0.001	B > C > D
	No	678	87	181	70	233	90	264	99
Vegetable cultivation as a nonfarmer a
	Yes	284	36	118	46	122	47	44	16	<0.001	BC > D
	No	499	64	139	54	137	53	223	84
Frequency of receiving vegetables b
	Never	162	21	33	13	48	19	81	30	<0.001	B > CD
	Rarely	227	29	71	28	82	32	74	28
	Sometimes	254	32	91	35	89	34	74	28
	Often	140	18	62	24	40	15	38	14
Frequency of vegetable purchase at farmers’ markets b
	Never	377	48	106	41	124	48	147	55	<0.001	B > CD
	Rarely	141	18	42	16	53	20	46	17
	Sometimes	206	26	76	30	69	27	61	23
	Often	59	8	33	13	13	5	13	5
		Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE
Vegetable intake frequency (times/day)c		4.9	0.1	5.8	0.2	4.5	0.1	4.6	0.1	<0.001	B > CD

^a: χ² test, ^b: Kruskal-Wallis test, ^c: one-way ANOVA. SE: standard error.