Table 2. Farmers’ market shopping behaviors and attitudes of survey participants (2016 and 2017), stratified by race/ethnicity.
| Variable | All Participants | Non-Hispanic White | Non-Hispanic Black | Other | TS (DF)a | P |
| N = 328 | 130 (39.6) | 149 (45.4) | 49 (15.0) | |||
| Shopping behaviors | ||||||
| Primary household shopper, n (%) | ||||||
| Yes | 264 (82.2) | 109 (83.8) | 119 (82.6) | 36 (76.6) | 1.3 (2) | .53 |
| No | 57 (17.8) | 21 (16.2) | 25 (17.4) | 11 (23.4) | ||
| Years shopping at market, mean (±sd) | 2.7 (±2.5) | 3.0 (±2.7) | 2.3 (±2.2) | 3.33 (±2.5) | 4.6 (2) | .01 |
| Frequency of shopping, n (%) | ||||||
| > Once a week | 86 (26.7) | 41 (31.5) | 34 (23.5) | 11 (23.4) | ||
| Once a week | 130 (40.4) | 54 (41.5) | 50 (34.5) | 26 (55.3) | 16.7 (6) | .01 |
| Every other week | 52 (16.2) | 18 (13.9) | 26 (17.9) | 8 (17.0) | ||
| ≤ Once a month | 54 (16.8) | 17 (13.1) | 35 (24.1) | 2 (4.3) | ||
| Reasons for visiting market, n (%) | ||||||
| Fruits and vegetables | 320 (97.6) | 127 (97.7) | 144 (96.6) | 49 (100.0) | - | - |
| Baked goods | 100 (30.5) | 47 (36.2) | 35 (23.5) | 18 (36.7) | 6.3 (2) | .04 |
| Meats, eggs, cheese | 119 (36.3) | 58 (44.6) | 40 (26.9) | 21 (42.9) | 10.6 (2) | .005 |
| Prepared food/meals | 41 (12.5) | 14 (10.8) | 17 (11.4) | 10 (20.4) | 3.3 (2) | .19 |
| Enjoy event | 99 (30.2) | 43 (30.1) | 35 (23.5) | 21 (42.9) | 7.4 (2) | .02 |
| Amount spent per visit, mean (±sd) (per household member) | 14.0 (±11.4) | 13.1 (±11.3) | 14.9 (±11.0) | 14.5 (±13.0) | .7 (2) | .52 |
| Attitudes and barriers | ||||||
| “LINK Match has positively affected my FV consumption.”, n (%) | 286 (89.1) | 120 (93.0) | 122 (85.3) | 44 (89.8) | - | - |
| “LINK Match is important when deciding to spend my SNAP benefits.”, n (%) | 297 (93.4) | 124 (96.1) | 128 (90.8) | 45 (93.8) | - | - |
| Barriers to using LINK Match, n (%) | ||||||
| Price of produce | 27 (8.2) | 9 (6.9) | 13 (8.7) | 5 (10.2) | .6 (2) | .75 |
| Market hours of operation | 55 (16.8) | 22 (16.9) | 22 (14.8) | 11(22.5) | 1.6 (2) | .45 |
| Market location | 33 (10.1) | 13 (10.0) | 15 (10.1) | 5 (10.2) | .0 (2) | .99 |
| Lack of transportation | 55 (16.8) | 22 (16.9) | 26 (17.5) | 7 (14.3) | .3 (2) | .87 |
| Match limit | 61 (18.6) | 27 (20.8) | 16 (10.7) | 18 (36.7) | 17.1 (2) | .0002 |
FV, fruits and vegetables; DF, degrees of freedom; SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; SD, standard deviation; TS, test statistic.
Frequencies may not equal the column total due to missing observations.
a. Test statistics and P presented were calculated with either a chi-square test of independence (categorical measures) or ANOVA test (continuous measures).