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Table 2 Per Person Dollars Monthly for Food Categories from Home and Eating Out Sources by Income

From: Household income differences in food sources and food items purchased

 

Home Monthly Dollars Spent* by Income

Eating Out Dollars Spent* by Income

Food Category

Low

Med

High

P

Low

Med

High

P

Foods

Fruits/vegetables (includes potatoes)

10.27

16.65

21.56

.001

1.39

1.75

3.17

.003

Sweets/snacks

8.38

15.77

17.36

.001

1.13

2.10

2.45

.061

Prepackaged entrée

        

   <500 cal

0.92

1.35

0.92

.481

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   >500 cal

2.88

3.20

2.08

.375

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Eating out entrée

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15.59

19.61

33.1

.003

Eating out side

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0.0

0.68

0.99

.014

Beverages

Sugar beverages

1.75

2.67

2.08

.464

1.15

1.23

1.75

.056

Non-caloric beverages

0.0

0.87

3.12

.001

0

0

0.82

.001

Fruit/vegetable juice

1.34

1.54

1.66

.091

0

0

0

.220

Sum of all home (or away) beverages

4.12

6.56

9.31

.014

3.33

5.48

10.49

.002

Eating out alcoholic beverages (means)

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1.54

1.77

3.31

.029

Eating out specialty drinks (means)

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1.41

2.93

3.61

.012

% of home $ from sweets/snacks

14

18

19

.009

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% of home $ from fruits/vegetables

14

16

22

.001

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% home beverage $ from sugar beverage

45

38

26

.014

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Ratio of sweets/snacks $ to fruits/vegetables $

0.95

0.89

0.97

.473

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  1. * Median dollars per person unless noted by (means)