Table 3.
Attitudes and beliefs regarding bean consumption among low-income Iowa women by acculturation and ethnicity categories (n = 158; %).
| Here Are Some Reasons People Have Said Prevent Them from Eating or Cooking Beans. Do You? | Strongly Disagree | Disagree | Agree | Strongly Agree | Do not Know |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | |||||
| 1. Do not like taste of beans | 51.9 | 27.8 | 9.5 | 7.6 | 3.2 |
| Hispanic-dominant | 64.1 | 15.4 | 12.8 | 2.6 | 5.1 |
| Bicultural/English-dominant | 49.1 | 34 | 1.9 | 11.3 | 3.8 |
| Non-Hispanic White | 47 | 30.3 | 13.6 | 7.6 | 1.5 |
| 2. Family/children will not eat * | 54.2 | 29.7 | 8.4 | 4.5 | 3.2 |
| Hispanic-dominant | 64.1 a | 30.8 a | 2.6 a | 2.6 a | 0 a |
| Bicultural/English-dominant | 60.8a | 31.4 a,b | 5.9 a,b | 0 b | 2.0 a,b |
| Non-Hispanic White | 43.1a | 27.7 a,b | 13.8 b,c | 9.2c | 6.2 b,c |
| 3. Beans cause intestinal gas | 19.6 | 20.9 | 39.2 | 7.2 | 13.1 |
| Hispanic-dominant | 26.3 | 10.5 | 26.3 | 13.2 | 23.7 |
| Bicultural/English-dominant | 22. 0 | 22 | 40 | 4 | 12 |
| Non-Hispanic White | 13.8 | 26.2 | 46.2 | 6.2 | 7.7 |
| 4. Only poor people eat beans | 71.6 | 17.4 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 5.8 |
| Hispanic-dominant | 69.2 | 15.4 | 5.1 | 0 | 10.3 |
| Bicultural/English-dominant | 80 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Non-Hispanic White | 66.7 | 22.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 7.6 |
| 5. Dry beans take too long to cook | 26.5 | 22.6 | 29.7 | 14.2 | 7.1 |
| Hispanic-dominant | 46.2 | 17.9 | 15.4 | 12.8 | 7.7 |
| Bicultural/English-dominant | 23.1 | 25 | 34.6 | 13.5 | 3.8 |
| Non-Hispanic White | 17.2 | 23.4 | 34.4 | 15.6 | 9.4 |
| 6. Difficult to make food with beans * | 53.9 | 36.4 | 3.9 | 0.6 | 5.2 |
| Hispanic-dominant | 73.7 a | 21.1 b | 0 a,b | 0 a,b | 5.3 a,b |
| Bicultural/English-dominant | 57.7 a | 34.6 a | 1.9 a | 1.9 a | 3.8 a |
| Non-Hispanic White | 39.1 a | 46.9 b | 7.8 b | 0 b | 6.3 a,b |
| 7. Beans not eaten by friends | 40.1 | 38.2 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 16.6 |
| Hispanic-dominant | 50 | 18.4 | 2.6 | 0 | 28.9 |
| Bicultural/English-dominant | 39.6 | 49.1 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 7.5 |
| Non-Hispanic White | 34.8 | 40.9 | 6.1 | 1.5 | 16.7 |
| Summary scale of 1 –7 † (n = 149) | Total | Hispanic-dominant | Bicultural/English-dominant | Non-Hispanic White | Range |
| Bean attitude scale (μ ± SD) | 21.0 ± 5.1 | 21.3 ± 5.8 | 22.0 ± 4.1 | 20.0 ± 5.3 | 0 to 28 |
Numbers in bold represent the total percentages for all cases for each statement; * p < 0.05; † Questions were reverse-coded for summation; Values with the same superscript letters are not significantly different.