Impact of the Healthy Foods North nutrition intervention program on Inuit and Inuvialuit food consumption and preparation methods in Canadian Arctic communities

Table 3 Characteristics of the study sample by intervention assignment

	Intervention		Control		p-value
	(n = 221)		(n = 111)
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Age (years)	45.5	14.1	41.9	10.7	0.01¹
	N	%	n	%
Gender
Men	44	20	20	18
Women	177	80	91	82	0.68²
Material Style of Life (MSL)
Low (MSL score <8)	64	30	28	25
Intermediate (MSL score 8–12)	77	36	35	32
High (MSL score >12)	73	34	47	43	0.31²
Education ³
Low	81	38	46	42
Intermediate	87	41	39	36
High	45	21	24	22	0.66²
Number of adults living in the household who receive income support
No	56	26	24	22
Yes	159	74	85	78	0.03²
People in household working
No	130	60	52	48
Yes	85	40	57	52	0.43²

¹A Student t-test was performed.
²A Chi-square test was performed.
³Low: none, some elementary school, elementary school completed, some junior high school; Intermediate:, some high school, junior high school or high school completed; High: some college or trade school, college or trade school completed, some university or university completed.

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