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Table 2 Bivariate associations between frequency of community garden work and changes in behaviors, attitudes, and skills for intercept survey respondents

From: Association between community garden participation and fruit and vegetable consumption in rural Missouri

  

Garden frequency

 
  

Once a week or more

<Once a week

 
 

N

n (%)

n (%)

Chi sq.

Primary outcome:

    

I eat more vegetables and fruit

125

82 (65.6)

31 (24.8)

7.78*

Secondary outcome:

 

a

  

I eat food that is fresher (less packaged food)

124

84 (67.7)

27 (21.8)

15.38

I am more physically active

121

74 (61.2)

20 (16.5)

14.48

I spend less money on food

112

66 (58.9)

20 (17.9)

10.17

I am better able to provide food for my family and myself

120

70 (58.3)

25 (20.8)

7.95

I care more about the environment

125

73 (58.4)

27 (21.6)

5.74

I eat less fast food

120

64 (53.3)

22 (18.3)

5.19

I feel better about where my food comes from

119

81 (68.1)

30 (25.2)

4.52

I feel more involved in this neighborhood

124

80 (64.5)

32 (25.8)

4.45

I am teaching my family/friends to garden

123

66 (53.7)

24 (19.5)

3.94

I spend more time with my family

123

55 (44.7)

19 (15.4)

3.12

I have learned more about gardening

126

78 (61.9)

32 (25.4)

2.82

I have gained new gardening skills

128

74 (57.8)

30 (23.4)

2.58

I am donating/giving extra food to others

126

77 (61.1)

32 (25.4)

2.13

I know more about the environment

124

70 (56.5)

28 (22.6)

1.80

I eat more foods that are traditional for my culture/family background

120

53 (44.2)

20 (16.7)

1.03

I eat new kinds of food

118

58 (49.2)

24 (20.3)

0.54

  1. *25% of the cells for this cross-tabulation have expected counts < 5; chi-square may not be a valid test. The 2-sided Fisher’s exact p-value is 0.0088.