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

Table 3 Sociodemographic characteristics of population-based survey respondents (N = 1,000)

Characteristic		%
Gender	Male	26.6
	Female	73.4
	Missing	0.0
Age*	Mean age = 59.7	99.0
Age*	Missing	1.0
Race/ethnicity	Non-Hispanic White	88.0
	All other categories	11.2
	Missing	0.8
Education	High school equivalency or less	55.4
	More than high school equivalency	43.9
	Missing	0.7
Social cohesion score*	Mean score = 9.7	97.6
Social cohesion score*	Missing	2.4
Sense of belonging score*	Mean score = 10.1	98.3
Sense of belonging score*	Missing	1.7
Food environment score*	Mean score = 11.3	98.5
Food environment score*	Missing	1.5
Community garden exposure	Does not participate	95.4
	Participates	4.6
	Missing	0.0
Meets daily fruit & vegetable consumption recommendations	Does not meet recommendations	72.8
Meets daily fruit & vegetable consumption recommendations	Meets recommendations	13.9
	Missing	13.3

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