Table 2. Food acquisition profile according to the quintile of fruits and vegetables intake. Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais, 2013–2014.
Variable | Total | Quintile of total consumption of fruits and vegetables | p* | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
Knowledge on harvests (%) | 75.0 | 70.8 | 71.7 | 78.7 | 76.4 | 77.9 | < 0.001 |
Establishment where fruits and vegetables are bought (%) | |||||||
Supermarkets | 40.5 | 41.6 | 39.4 | 39.7 | 41.3 | 40.4 | 0.91 |
Subsidized Grocery Store | 40.8 | 38.6 | 39.1 | 43.5 | 39.2 | 43.7 | 0.07 |
Private Grocery Store | 80.5 | 82.0 | 80.9 | 80.0 | 81.1 | 78.5 | 0.14 |
Free Trade Fairs | 81.2 | 80.0 | 82.1 | 82.4 | 80.6 | 81.0 | 0.89 |
Municipal Market | 23.7 | 25.5 | 23.0 | 23.5 | 25.3 | 21.4 | 0.23 |
Vegetable garden or donation | 22.8 | 22.1 | 22.9 | 21.2 | 24.7 | 23.5 | 0.37 |
Fruit acquisition frequency (%) | < 0.001 | ||||||
3 times or more/week | 8.6 | 6.5 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 11.3 | |
1–2 times/week | 77.9 | 73.8 | 79.0 | 76.6 | 80.7 | 79.7 | |
3 times or less/month | 13.5 | 19.7 | 12.6 | 15.0 | 10.5 | 9.0 | |
Vegetables acquisition frequency (%) | < 0.001 | ||||||
3 times or more/week | 12.9 | 10.6 | 12.3 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 16.8 | |
1 to 2 times/week | 76.1 | 73.1 | 76.9 | 76.9 | 77.9 | 76.0 | |
3 times or less/month | 11.0 | 16.3 | 10.8 | 11.2 | 9.2 | 7.2 | |
Monthly Availability (days) | |||||||
Fruits | 27.1 (6.6) | 25.5 (8.3) | 27.1 (6.5) | 27.2 (6.3) | 28.2 (5.3) | 27.9 (5.8) | < 0.001 |
Vegetables | 28.1 (5.5) | 27.4 (6.7) | 27.9 (5.7) | 28.1 (5.6) | 29.0 (4.0) | 28.6 (5.0) | < 0.001 |
Values presented as % or mean (standard deviation).
* Linear trend Chi-square test (categorical variables) and analysis of variance (Anova; continuous variables), according to the quintile of consumption of fruits and vegetables.