Table 2:
Bivariate Analysis: Participant Characteristics by Consideration for Switching Milk Type (n=936)
| Consider Switching Milk Type |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | Test Statistic* |
P Value | |||
| Mean | ±SD | Mean | SD | |||
| Age (n=933) | 54.3 | 18.5 | 46.5 | 17.2 | 6.6 | <0.0001 |
| Gender (n=936) | n | % | n | % | 21.1938 | <0.001 |
| Male | 234 | 69.2% | 104 | 30.8% | ||
| Female | 322 | 53.8% | 276 | 46.2% | ||
| Race (n=923) | 21.0907 | <0.001 | ||||
| Black or African American | 124 | 48.6% | 131 | 51.4% | 17.9435 | <0.001 |
| White | 371 | 64.6% | 203 | 35.4% | 15.382 | <0.001 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 25 | 52.1% | 23 | 47.9% | 1.2198 | 0.269 |
| Other | 31 | 67.4% | 15 | 32.6% | 1.1914 | 0.275 |
| Milk Type Purchased (n=936) ** | 19.3094 | <0.001 | ||||
| 1% | 122 | 73.5% | 44 | 26.5% | 16.6168 | <0.001 |
| 2% | 240 | 59.1% | 166 | 40.9% | 0.0247 | 0.875 |
| Whole | 194 | 53.3% | 170 | 46.7% | 9.2055 | 0.002 |
| Guesses Correct (n=936) | 3.5438 | 0.315 | ||||
| Zero | 207 | 59.0% | 144 | 41.0% | ||
| One | 238 | 59.6% | 161 | 40.4% | ||
| Two | 65 | 54.6% | 54 | 45.4% | ||
| Three | 46 | 68.7% | 21 | 31.3% | ||
*
Age was compared with an independent t-test; categorical variables were compared with X2 Statistic
**
Fat-free milk drinkers (n= 138) were not asked whether they would consider switching milk type