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Table 1 Characteristics of the sample households and heads of households (in percent)

From: Associations of food group and nutrient intake, diet quality, and meal sizes between adults and children in the same household: a cross-sectional analysis of U.S. households

  

Head of Household

Characteristic

Value

Female

N = 446

Male

N = 335

Female and Male

N = 940

    

Female

Male

Age (Years)

14-18

0.0

1.5

0.2

0.4

 

19-30

20.2

16.5

17.7

13.9

 

31-50

64.8

71.2

74.3

72.0

 

> 50

15.0

10.8

7.8

13.7

Race/Ethnicity

Non-Hispanic White

52.5

68.5

73.5

 

Non-Hispanic Black

29.2

9.9

9.1

 

Non-Hispanic Asian

1.4

2.7

3.3

 

Non-Hispanic Other

2.7

1.5

0.9

 

Mexican-American

5.2

7.2

7.6

 

Other Hispanic

9.2

10.2

5.6

Education

Less than High School

22.2

18.2

12.4

13.9

 

High School

37.1

32.5

38.2

35.0

 

More than High School

40.7

49.2

49.4

51.2

Employed

 

62.8

86.5

66.4

90.2

Poverty Income

< 1.3

50.7

100.0

18.6

Ratio

1.31-3.5

31.6

 

46.7

 

> 3.5

17.7

 

34.7

% female children

 

64.6

60.4

68.4

# Children in household

1

48.0

55.6

40.1

 

2

32.1

32.4

37.7

 

3

13.9

7.8

15.2

 

4

3.8

3.3

5.3

 

5-8

2.2

0.9

1.7

Age of children

2-5

26.1

38.3

25.6

 

6-11

34.8

35.5

35.2

 

12-18

39.1

26.3

39.2