Table 1.
Characteristics of Green Cart participants (N = 201)
| Characteristic | Participants number (%) |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Female | 187 (93.0) |
| Male | 14 (7.0) |
| Age | |
| Age (mean, SD) | 45.2 (13.5) |
| Did not answer (#, %) | 2 (1.0) |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| African American | 123 (62.1) |
| White | 66 (33.3) |
| Other | 9 (7.5) |
| Did not answer | 3 (1.5) |
| Hispanic or Latino | |
| Yes Hispanic/Latino | 9 (4.5) |
| Did not answer | 2 (4.0) |
| Education | |
| High school or less | 74 (36.8) |
| Some college | 50 (24.9) |
| College graduate | 40 (19.9) |
| More than college | 37 (18.4) |
| Did not answer | 2 (1.0) |
| Government assistance | |
| Yes | 124 (62.6) |
| No | 74 (37.4) |
| Did not answer | 3 (1.5) |
| Annual household income | |
| Less than $10,000 | 38 (18.9) |
| $10,000–29,999 | 58 (28.9) |
| $30,000–49,999 | 41 (20.4) |
| $50,000 or more | 44 (21.9) |
| Did not answer | 20 (10.0) |
| F&V intake (cups/day) | |
| Daily F&V (mean, SD) | 3.41 (1.3) |
| GIS-based measures (mean, SD) | |
| Convenience stores 1 mile (mean, SD) | 2.67 (3.0) |
| Grocery stores 1 mile (mean, SD) | 0.62 (1.2) |
| Supermarket 1 mile (mean, SD) | 0.42 (0.64) |
| Supercenter 1 mile (mean, SD) | 0.23 (0.19) |
| Neighborhood perceived access measures | |
| Convenience (n = 165) | |
| Yes convenient | 133 (19.4) |
| No/neutral convenient | 32 (80.6) |
| Variety (n = 165) | |
| Yes high variety | 107 (64.6) |
| No/neutral high variety | 58 (35.2) |
| Quality (n = 165) | |
| Yes high quality | 91 (55.2) |
| No/neutral high quality | 74 (44.6) |
F&V fruit and vegetable; GIS geographic information systems; SD standard deviation.