Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of the food pantry clients; pilot study of the SuperShelf intervention implemented in four food pantries in the greater Minneapolis–St. Paul, MN metropolitan area, USA, 2017

	Baseline	Follow-up
	%	%	P value
Age (n 71, 69)†
18–29 years	9·9	13·0	0·86
30–39 years	19·7	23·2
40–49 years	31·0	23·2
50–59 years	25·4	27·5
60–69 years	14·1	7·3
≥70 years	0·0	5·8
Female (n 60, 70)	66·7	70·0	0·68
Race (n 68, 67)
Non-Hispanic Black	42·7	38·8	0·58
Non-Hispanic White	33·8	37·3
Asian	7·4	13·4
Hispanic	10·3	4·5
Other	5·9	6·0
High-school education/GED or less (n 69, 69)	43·5	53·6	0·23
Employed (n 69, 69)	47·8	46·4	0·87
Food insecure (n 67, 63)	79·1	81·0	0·79
Currently participating in SNAP (n 58, 67)	32·8	38·8	0·48
Frequency of visiting this food shelf (n 68, 69)
More than once per month	5·9	5·8	0·47
Once per month	77·9	69·6
Less than once per month/first time visiting	16·2	24·6
Portion of all food that comes from the food shelf in past 6 months (n 65, 68)
Less than half	44·6	54·4	0·26
About half or more	55·4	45·6
Portion of produce that comes from the food shelf in past 6 month (n 65, 68)
Less than half	63·1	67·7	0·58
About half or more	36·9	32·4
	n	n	P value
Total no. of Individuals in household (n 71, 70)	3·7	3·8	0·67
sd	2·3	2·0

GED, General Educational Development; SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

^†(Pre-sample n, post-sample n).