Table 2.
Perceptions About Healthy Eating Among High School Students in Georgia by Grade, Sex, and Race/Ethnicity—Georgia Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2013*,†
| Perceptions About Healthy Eating | Overall Sample (% ± SE) | Grade (% ± SE) | Sex‡(% ± SE) | Race/Ethnicity§(% ± SE) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | Male | Female | NH White | NH Black | Hispanic | ||
| Why are you most likely to eat healthy foods? | N = 1566 | N = 1545 | N = 1556 | N = 1420 | ||||||
| 1 do not eat healthy foods∥ | 10.6 ± 1.0 | 8.2 ± 1.5 | 10.7 ± 1.7 | 9.8 ± 1.9 | 13.0 ± 2.4 | 12.7 ± 1.4 | 8.4 ± 1.0 | 8.4 ± 1.1 | 12.6 ± 1.4 | 8.6 ± 1.7 |
| Why are you most likely to eat healthy foods? | N = 1398 | N = 1385 | N = 1389 | N = 1278 | ||||||
| My friends are watching¶ | 3.3 ± 0.5 | 4.9 ± 1.0 | 1.8 ± 0.8 | 2.8 ± 0.8 | 2.8 ± 0.7 | 4.1 ± 0.8 | 2.1 ± 0.4 | 1.9 ± 0.6 | 3.8 ± 0.6 | 5.9 ± 1.6 |
| 1 like how healthy foods taste | 18.0 ± 1.0 | 18.1 ± 2.7 | 15.2 ± 1.5 | 19.4 ± 1.8 | 19.4 ± 2.0 | 18.1 ± 1.7 | 17.9 ± 0.8 | 18.2 ± 1.4 | 15.7 ± 2.4 | 14.2 ± 2.6 |
| My fami ly eats healthy foods | 11.8 ± 1.2 | 12.6 ± 2.1 | 12.3 ± 2.2 | 14.1 ± 2.5 | 7.6 ± 1.8 | 11.3 ± 1.3 | 12.4 ± 1.6 | 11.6 ± 1.5 | 11.9 ± 2.4 | 14.5 ± 2.0 |
| My doctor told me to | 2.7 ± 0.5 | 2.3 ± 0.7 | 2.8 ± 0.8 | 3.1 ± 1.2 | 2.7 ± 1.5 | 2.0 ± 0.6 | 3.4 ± 0.8 | 2.3 ± 0.6 | 2.9 ± 0.9 | 4.6 ± 1.7 |
| 1 want to look good# | 13.9 ± 0.7 | 13.8 ± 1.0 | 14.4 ± 1.4 | 13.0 ± 1.1 | 15.0 ± 1.5 | 11.9 ± 0.8 | 16.1 ± 1.5 | 16.8 ± 1.0 | 10.4 ± 0.9 | 13.1 ± 2.3 |
| 1 want to be healthy** | 42.3 ± 1.4 | 39.7 ± 2.7 | 45.0 ± 1.6 | 41.0 ± 2.9 | 44.9 ± 4.1 | 43.8 ± 1.9 | 41.1 ± 1.6 | 41.1 ± 1.5 | 46.3 ± 1.9 | 43.8 ± 4.3 |
| Some other reason | 7.9 ± 0.7 | 8.6 ± 1.5 | 8.4 ± 1.1 | 6.6 ± 1.9 | 7.7 ± 2.0 | 8.9 ± 0.7 | 6.9 ± 1.0 | 8.0 ± 0.9 | 8.9 ± 1.2 | 3.9 ± 1.4 |
| Where are you most likely to eat healthy foods? | N = 1534 | N = 1546 | N = 1411 | |||||||
| 1 do not eat healthy foods†† | 8.6 ± 0.8 | 6.0 ± 0.7 | 9.2 ± 1.2 | 8.4 ± 1.9 | 10.7 ± 2.6 | 10.6 ± 1.2 | 6.4 ± 0.7 | 6.5 ± 1.0 | 9.2 ± 0.9 | 12.2 ± 2.1 |
| Where are you most likely to eat healthy foods? | N = 1417 | N = 1400 | N = 1409 | N = 1291 | ||||||
| At home | 79.7 ± 0.9 | 78.8 ± 2.0 | 82.9 ± 1.8 | 81.2 ± 1.8 | 77.3 ± 1.9 | 78.8 ± 0.9 | 80.9 ± 1.4 | 81.0 ± 1.3 | 77.5 ± 1.0 | 80.3 ± 2.7 |
| At school‡‡ | 12.8 ± 0.8 | 12.8 ± 2.1 | 10.1 ± 1.1 | 11.8 ± 1.4 | 16.1 ± 1.4 | 13.2 ± 0.9 | 12.2 ± 1.0 | 10.7 ± 1.1 | 16.6 ± 1.1 | 9.9 ± 2.6 |
| At a restaurant | 5.0 ± 0.4 | 4.9 ± 1.1 | 5.2 ± 1.2 | 4.5 ± 1.4 | 4.8 ± 0.6 | 4.7 ± 0.5 | 5.1 ± 0.8 | 5.5 ± 0.7 | 4.3 ± 0.5 | 5.1 ± 0.6 |
| Some other place | 2.6 ± 0.3 | 3.5 ± 0.8 | 1.8 ± 0.7 | 2.5 ± 0.7 | 1.8 ± 0.5 | 3.3 ± 0.6 | 1.8 ± 0.3 | 2.7 ± 0.5 | 1.6 ± 0.5 | 4.7 ± 1.8 |
Weighted percentage may not add up to 100% because of rounding.
Chi-square tests used to test for statistical significance for overall distribution of responses using a p-value of <.05 as cutoff point for significance.
Responses to motivations to eat healthy differed by sex.
Responses to motivations to eat healthy and most likely location of eating healthy differed by race/ethnicity.
Response differed by sex (males > females) and race/ethnicity (NH black > NH white).
Response differed by sex (males > females) and race/ethnicity (NH black > NH white; Hispanic > NH white).
Response differed by sex (females > males) and race/ethnicity (NH white > NH black).
Response differed by race/ethnicity (NH black > NH white).
Response differed by sex (males > females) and race/ethnicity (NH black > NH white; Hispanic > NH white).
Response differed by race/ethnicity (NH black > NH white).