Table 4.
Attitudes and beliefs about canned beans among low-income Iowa women by Bidimensional Acculturation Scale category (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. Canned beans do not taste good *** | 29.1 | 40.4 | 16.6 | 6.6 | 7.3 |
| Hispanic-dominant | 25.7 a,b | 14.3 b | 37.1 c | 11.4 a,c | 11.4 a,c |
| Bicultural/English-dominant | 19.6 a | 58.8 b | 9.8 a | 5.9 a,b | 5.9 a,b |
| Non-Hispanic White | 38.5 a | 40.0 a,b | 10.8 b | 4.6 a,b | 6.2 a,b |
| 2. Family will not eat canned beans *** | 41.8 | 32.3 | 10.8 | 8.2 | 7 |
| Hispanic-dominant | 30.8 a,b | 15.4 b | 15.4 a,c | 25.6 d | 12.8 c,d |
| Bicultural/English-dominant | 49.1 a | 34.0 a,b | 11.3 a,b | 1.9 b | 3.8 a,b |
| Non-Hispanic White | 42.4 a,b | 40.9 b | 7.6 a,b | 3.0 a | 6.1 a,b |
| 3. If I cannot cook beans myself will go without | 37.4 | 36.1 | 15.5 | 5.2 | 5.8 |
| Hispanic-dominant | 35.9 | 25.6 | 15.4 | 10.3 | 12.8 |
| Bicultural/English-dominant | 33.3 | 33.3 | 23.5 | 5.9 | 3.9 |
| Non-Hispanic White | 41.5 | 44.6 | 9.2 | 1.5 | 3.1 |
| 4. Canned beans are not true to culture ** | 50 | 32.5 | 7.8 | 2.6 | 7.1 |
| Hispanic-dominant | 38.9 a | 19.4 a | 16.7 b | 8.3 b | 16.7 b |
| Bicultural/English-dominant | 49.1 a | 35.8 a | 9.4 a | 1.9 a | 3.8 a |
| Non-Hispanic White | 56.9 a | 36.9 a | 1.5 b | 0 a,b | 4.6 a,b |
| 5. Canned beans are not healthy ** | 32.7 | 27.6 | 10.9 | 7.7 | 21.2 |
| Hispanic-dominant | 27.0 a,b | 8.1 b | 16.2 a.c | 16.2 c | 32.4 a,c |
| Bicultural/English-dominant | 24.5 a | 35.8 a | 13.2 a | 3.8 a | 22.6 a |
| Non-Hispanic White | 42.4 a | 31.8 a,b | 6.1 b | 6.1 a,b | 13.6 b |
| 6. Canned beans are too expensive | 36.1 | 39.9 | 10.1 | 1.9 | 12 |
| Hispanic-dominant | 30.8 | 25.6 | 20.5 | 2.6 | 20.5 |
| Bicultural/English-dominant | 34 | 47.2 | 5.7 | 1.9 | 11.3 |
| Non-Hispanic White | 40.9 | 42.4 | 7.6 | 1.5 | 7.6 |
| 7. Canned beans have preservatives | 11.4 | 10.1 | 35.4 | 13.3 | 29.7 |
| Hispanic-dominant | 10.3 | 0 | 35.9 | 23.1 | 30.8 |
| Bicultural/English-dominant | 13.2 | 7.5 | 39.6 | 7.5 | 32.1 |
| Non-Hispanic White | 10.6 | 18.2 | 31.8 | 12.1 | 27.3 |
| Summary scale of questions 1–7 † | Total | Hispanic-dominant | Bicultural/English-dominant | Non-Hispanic White | Range |
| Canned bean attitude scale *** | 18.8 ± 6.1 | 15.5± 7.0 | 19.1 ± 5.0 | 20.4 ± 5.8 | 0 to 28 |
| (n = 153; μ ± SD) | |||||
Numbers in bold represent the total percentages for all cases for each statement; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001; † “Do not know” coded as 0 for summation; Values with the same superscript letters are not significantly different. SD, Standard Deviation.