Table 1.
Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Health Characteristics of Study Participants Overall and Stratified by Ethnicity
| Overall (n=194) | Hispanic (n=130) | Non-Hispanic (n=64) | ||
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| Characteristics | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | p value |
| Participant Age, years | 56.6 (13.7) | 55.9 (14.0) | 58.0 (13.2) | 0.31 |
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| Household Size, number | 3.6 (2.1) | 3.9 (2.1) | 2.8 (2.0) | 0.0004 |
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| Frequency (%) | Frequency (%) | Frequency (%) | ||
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| Participant Gender | 0.95 | |||
| Female | 151 (77.8) | 101 (77.7) | 50 (78.1) | |
| Male | 43 (22.2) | 29 (22.3) | 14 (21.9) | |
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| Number of Household Members Employed | 0.005 | |||
| 0 | 80 (42.1) | 44 (34.9) | 36 (56.3) | |
| ≥1 | 110 (57.9) | 82 (65.1) | 28 (43.8) | |
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| Household Benefitsa | ||||
| AHCCCS/Medicaid | 121 (66.5) | 89 (73.0) | 32 (53.3) | 0.01 |
| Social Security | 111 (61.0) | 72 (59.0) | 39 (65.0) | 0.46 |
| SNAP/Food Stamps | 86 (47.3) | 51 (41.8) | 35 (58.3) | 0.04 |
| Medicare | 84 (46.2) | 47 (38.5) | 37 (61.7) | 0.004 |
| WIC | 11 (6.0) | 11 (9.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.02 |
| Veterans Affairs | 9 (5.0) | 4 (3.3) | 5 (8.3) | 0.16 |
| Unemployment | 4 (2.2) | 3 (2.5) | 1 (1.7) | 0.60 |
| Other | 2 (1.1) | 2 (1.6) | 0 (0.0) | 1.0 |
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| Food Bank Visits in Past Year | 0.12 | |||
| 1 | 18 (9.3) | 13 (10.1) | 5 (7.8) | |
| 2–5 | 42 (21.8) | 22 (17.1) | 20 (31.3) | |
| 6–9 | 39 (20.2) | 30 (23.3) | 9 (14.1) | |
| 10–11 | 16 (8.3) | 13 (10.1) | 3 (4.7) | |
| ≥12 | 78 (40.4) | 51 (39.5) | 27 (42.2) | |
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| Household Health Conditionsb | ||||
| Diabetes | 0.18 | |||
| Yes | 77 (40.5) | 57 (44.9) | 20 (31.8) | |
| No | 111 (58.4) | 69 (54.3) | 42 (66.7) | |
| Unsure | 2 (1.1) | 1 (0.8) | 1 (1.6) | |
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| High Blood Pressure | 0.05 | |||
| Yes | 114 (59.1) | 83 (64.3) | 31 (48.4) | |
| No | 72 (37.3) | 43 (33.3) | 29 (45.3) | |
| Unsure | 7 (3.6) | 3 (2.3) | 4 (6.3) | |
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| High Cholesterol | 0.50 | |||
| Yes | 98 (50.8) | 68 (52.7) | 30 (46.9) | |
| No | 87 (45.1) | 57 (44.2) | 30 (46.9) | |
| Unsure | 8 (4.2) | 4 (3.1) | 4 (6.3) | |
SNAP- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; AHCCCS- Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System; Missing data <5% except for household benefits (n=182); t-tests, Chi-square, or Fisher’s exact tests compared characteristics between Hispanic and Non-Hispanic ethnicity. Bolded text indicates statistical significance at p<0.05.
a
Households may select more than one benefit received, total n>182
b
Yes indicates ≥1 person in the household with a condition