Table 2 Participant characteristics from farmers’ market intercept interview participants and random digit dial survey participants in Pitt County, eastern North Carolina and in Boone, Jackson, and Fayette Counties, eastern Kentucky
Characteristic | NC farmers’ market intercept interview participants (n = 70) | Kentucky farmers’ market intercept interview participants (n = 102) | Random digit dial participants in North Carolina (n = 109) | Random digit dial participants in Kentucky (n = 149) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | Standard deviation | Mean | Standard deviation | Weighted mean | Standard error of the mean | Weighted mean | Standard error of the mean | |
Age in years | 52.9 | 18.3 | 50.8 | 16.4 | 43.9 | 2.2 | 58.5 | 2.1 |
Length of time at current residence in years | 8.9 | 9.6 | 13.9 | 13.5 | 10.6 | 1.8 | NA | NA |
Fruit and vegetable Servings per day | 4.3 | 2.0 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 7.2 | 0.4 | 7.3 | 0.2 |
BMI (kg/m 2 ) | 27.9 | 6.9 | 28.1 | 6.1 | 29.3 | 1.0 | 27.4 | 0.5 |
n | % | n | % | n | Weighted %, SE of % | n | Weighted %, SE of % | |
Female, n (%) | 47 | 67.1 | 74 | 72.6 | 82 | 68.5, 6.9 | 111 | 79.4, 4.2 |
Race | ||||||||
African American/Other | 19 | 27.5 | 1 | 1.0 | 58 | 38.5, 6.3 | 7 | 5.9, 3.1 |
White | 50 | 72.5 | 100 | 99.0 | 50 | 61.5, 6.3 | 142 | 94.1, 3.1 |
Education | ||||||||
College graduate | 44 | 62.9 | 56 | 55.5 | 34 | 35.4, 6.7 | 60 | 35.2, 5.0 |
Non-college graduate | 4 | 37.1 | 45 | 44.6 | 74 | 64.6, 6.7 | 86 | 64.8, 5.0 |
Participation in Federal Food Assistance Programs | ||||||||
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) | 2 | 2.9 | 1 | 1.0 | 10 | 11.0, 4.5 | 5 | 6.8, 3.9 |
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) | 1 | 1.4 | 4 | 7.8 | 6 | 4.9, 2.9 | 9 | 7.3, 3.9 |
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 25 | 17.0, 4.7 | 18 | 9.5, 4.0 |
Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) | 1 | 1.4 | 4 | 4.0 | 6 | 4.4, 2.5 | 3 | 5.8, 3.8 |