Achieving fruit, juice, and vegetable recipe preparation goals influences consumption by 4th grade students

Table 3 Differences in fruit-juice and vegetable recipe goal attainment by gender, ethnicity, mother's education and school socioeconomic status

		Percent Fruit-Juice Recipe Goals Attained		Percent Vegetable Recipe Goals Attained
	n	Mean	Std. Dev	Mean	Std. Dev
Gender
Boy	319	56**	36	53***	41
Girl	346	65	35	65	37
Ethnicity
African-American	279	53*** ^a	35	49*** ^ad	39
Asian/other	54	64^bd	33	65^bd	37
Hispanic	200	72^bc	32	74^bc	35
White	116	61^d	37	57^d	40
Parent education
High school graduate or less	252	68** ^a	34	65	39
Some college/business school/vocational school	169	58^bc	35	55	39
Bachelor's degree or higher	195	56^bc	37	57	38
School Socioeconomic Status
low income (>50% of students eligible for free or reduced price meals)	441	62	34	61	39
high income (<50% of students eligible for free or reduced price meals)	230	58	37	56	40

* p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.
Within subgroups and columns, numbers with the different superscripts are significantly different.

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