Table 1 Participant characteristics
From: Distance to food stores & adolescent male fruit and vegetable consumption: mediation effects
Variable | N | Mean | SD |
|---|---|---|---|
BMI | 197 | 21.0 | 4.7 |
BMI %tile | 195 | 62.8 | 30.7 |
Age | 208 | 12.8 | 1.1 |
Ethnicity | N | % | Â |
Euro-American | 146 | 70.2 | Â |
Other | 62 | 29.8 | Â |
Parental Education (N = 208) | N | % | Â |
GED | 15 | 7.2 | Â |
Tech College | 44 | 21.2 | Â |
College | 70 | 33.7 | Â |
Postgraduate | 79 | 38.0 | Â |
Diet | N | Mean | SD |
Fruit (svgs) | 204 | 2.3 | 2.7 |
Juice (svgs) | 204 | .9 | 1.0 |
Fruit and Juice (svgs) | 200 | 3.1 | 2.7 |
Vegetables (svgs) | 200 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
Low Fat Vegetables (svgs) | 200 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
High Fat Vegetables (svgs) | 200 | .4 | .5 |
Fruit, Juice and Vegetables (svgs) | 200 | 5.9 | 5.4 |
Psychosocial Variables | Â | Â | Â |
Social Desirability | 202 | 30.7 | 7.0 |
Availability of Fruit & Juice | 204 | 8.9 | 4.3 |
Availability of Vegetables | 204 | 7.7 | 3.7 |
Availability of low fat vegetables | 204 | 7.0 | 3.4 |
Availability of high fat vegetables | 204 | 0.7 | .88 |
Fruit Preferences | 204 | 45.5 | 8.1 |
Vegetable Preferences | 204 | 34.2 | 7.1 |
Low fat vegetable preferences | 204 | 31.7 | 7.2 |
High fat vegetables preferences | 204 | 2.4 | .7 |
Fruit & Vegetable Self-Efficacy | 204 | 82.0 | 15.7 |