Table 3.
Beliefs and attitude scores with respect to general and canned beans among low-income Arizona women by Bidimensional Acculturation Scale category (N = 356).
| Here Are Reasons People Have Said Prevent Them from Eating or Cooking Beans. Do You Agree or Disagree? | Total Sample | Less Acculturated Latinas 42% (151) | Bicultural Latinas 25% (88) | More Acculturated Latinas 12% (41) | Non-Hispanic White 21% (76) | p Value |
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| 1. Difficult to make food with beans | 0.005 | |||||
| Disagree | 82.9 | 84.8a | 89.8a | 87.8a | 68.4b | |
| Neutral | 10.6 | 8.3a | 4.5a | 9.8a,b | 22.4b | |
| Agree | 6.6 | 6.9a | 5.7a | 2.4a | 9.2a | |
| 2. Family/children will not eat | 0.004 | |||||
| Disagree | 76.6 | 73.3a | 87.5b | 90.2b | 63.2a | |
| Neutral | 10.7 | 11.3a,b | 6.8b | 4.9a,b | 17.1a | |
| Agree | 12.7 | 15.3a | 5.7c | 4.9b,c | 19.7a | |
| 3. Do not like taste of beans | n.s. | |||||
| Disagree | 74.7 | 70.9 | 83.0 | 82.9 | 68.4 | |
| Neutral | 10.7 | 9.9 | 8.0 | 9.8 | 15.8 | |
| Agree | 14.6 | 19.2 | 9.1 | 7.3 | 15.8 | |
| 4. Only poor people eat beans | n.s. | |||||
| Disagree | 89.0 | 87.3 | 88.6 | 100.0 | 86.8 | |
| Neutral | 7.3 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 0 | 11.8 | |
| Agree | 3.7 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 0 | 1.3 | |
| 5. Beans not eaten by friends | 0.013 | |||||
| Disagree | 70.5 | 61.6a | 78.4b,c | 87.8c | 69.7a,b | |
| Neutral | 22.8 | 29.1a | 18.2a,b | 12.2b | 21.1a,b | |
| Agree | 6.7 | 9.3a | 3.4a,b | 0b | 9.2a | |
| 6. Beans cause intestinal gas | 0.003 | |||||
| Disagree | 21.4 | 30.5a | 19.3a,b | 15.0a,b | 9.2b | |
| Neutral | 32.1 | 24.5a | 30.7a,b | 45.0b | 42.1b | |
| Agree | 46.5 | 45.0a | 50.0a | 40.0a | 48.7a | |
| 7. Dry beans take too long to prepare | <0.001 | |||||
| Disagree | 54.4 | 64.9a | 52.9a | 58.5a | 32.9b | |
| Neutral | 17.7 | 14.6a | 16.1a | 22.0a | 23.7a | |
| Agree | 27.9 | 20.5a | 31.0a,b | 19.5a | 43.4b | |
|
General bean attitude scale (μ ± SD) (Summary of questions 1–5 †) |
20.7 ± 3.7 | 20.2 ± 3.6 | 21.7 ± 3.3 | 22.3 ± 2.6 | 19.6 ± 4.0 | 0.001 |
| 8. Canned beans not true to culture | <0.001 | |||||
| Disagree | 74.4 | 60.7a | 81.4b | 97.6c | 80.3b | |
| Neutral | 15.5 | 21.4a | 9.3b,c | 2.4c | 18.4a,b | |
| Agree | 10.1 | 17.9a | 9.3a | 0b | 1.3b | |
| 9. Family will not eat canned beans | <0.001 | |||||
| Disagree | 56.8 | 39.1a | 65.5b | 77.5b | 71.1b | |
| Neutral | 16.7 | 18.5a | 14.9a | 12.5a | 17.1a | |
| Agree | 26.6 | 42.4a | 19.5b | 10.0b | 11.8b | |
| 10. If I cannot cook beans myself will go without | <0.001 | |||||
| Disagree | 66.2 | 60.7a | 72.4a,b | 78.0b | 63.2a,b | |
| Neutral | 18.6 | 14.5a | 16.1a | 14.6a | 31.6b | |
| Agree | 15.2 | 24.8a | 11.5b | 7.3b | 5.3b | |
| 11. Canned beans are not healthy | <0.001 | |||||
| Disagree | 52.2 | 31.5a | 55.2b | 75.6c | 75.0c | |
| Neutral | 32.6 | 42.0a | 32.2a,b | 22.0b | 21.1b | |
| Agree | 15.3 | 26.6a | 12.6b | 2.4b,c | 3.9c | |
| 12. Canned beans are too expensive | <0.001 | |||||
| Disagree | 58.7 | 41.8a | 67.4b | 68.3b | 76.3b | |
| Neutral | 24.1 | 32.2a | 19.8b | 17.1a | 17.1b | |
| Agree | 17.2 | 26.0a | 12.8b | 14.6a | 6.6b | |
| 13. Canned beans do not taste good | <0.001 | |||||
| Disagree | 47.8 | 32.5a | 52.3b | 61.0b | 65.8b | |
| Neutral | 19.4 | 19.2a | 19.3a | 19.5a | 19.7a | |
| Agree | 32.9 | 48.3a | 28.4b | 19.5b | 14.5c | |
| 14. Canned beans have preservatives | <0.001 | |||||
| Disagree | 23.5 | 16.9a | 27.1a,b | 39.0b | 23.7a,b | |
| Neutral | 30.5 | 19.7a | 29.4a,b | 39.0b,c | 47.4c | |
| Agree | 45.9 | 63.4a | 43.5b | 22.0c | 28.9b,c | |
|
Canned bean attitude scale (μ ± SD) (Summary of questions 8–13 †) |
21.7 ± 4.9 | 19.2 ± 4.8 | 22.8 ± 5.0 | 24.4 ± 3.9 | 23.8 ± 3.8 | <0.001 |
† Items reverse coded for summation. Same subscript letters (a, b, etc.) indicate column proportions that are not significantly different from each other.