White (n = 2959) | Latino (n = 667) | Mexican (n = 3533) | P valuea | |
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% [95% CI] | % [95% CI] | % [95% CI] | ||
Sex | ||||
Female | 49.88 [47.65–52.10] | 49.51 [44.99–54.03] | 51.42 [49.49–53.33] | p = 0.5313 |
Male | 50.12 [47.89–52.34] | 50.49 [45.96–55.00] | 48.58 [46.66–50.50] | |
Age group | ||||
18–33 | 28.62 [26.74–30.57] | 42.15 [37.82–46.59] | 42.74 [40.92–44.57] | p < 0.001 |
34–49 | 29.60 [27.41–31.88] | 45.96 [41.42–50.55] | 35.53 [33.72–37.38] | |
50–64 | 41.78 [39.64–43.94] | 11.89 [9.46–14.85] | 21.72 [19.82–23.74] | |
Survey language | ||||
English | 100 | 32.55 [28.53–36.85] | 0 | p < 0.001 |
Spanish | 0 | 67.45 [63.14–71.46] | 100 | |
Education level | ||||
High school or lower | 18.48 [16.79–20.30] | 24.34 [20.73–28.34] | 15.68 [14.39–17.05] | p < 0.001 |
Technical studies | 20.02 [18.28–21.87] | 20.61 [17.07–24.65] | 12.49 [11.24–13.85] | |
Bachelor’s degree or higher | 61.50 [59.29–63.64] | 55.05 [50.50–59.51] | 71.83 [70.08–73.50] | |
Income adequacy | ||||
Difficult | 16.46 [14.86–18.18] | 29.84 [25.80–34.21] | 41.55 [39.64–43.47] | p < 0.001 |
Neither easy nor difficult | 30.29 [28.28–32.37] | 36.87 [32.59–41.36] | 38.32 [36.46–40.20] | |
Easy | 53.25 [51.02–55.46] | 33.29 [29.23–37.60] | 20.14 [18.66–21.69] | |
Occupation | ||||
Worker or student | 61.10 [58.92–63.22] | 54.18 [49.65–58.63] | 55.50 [53.57–57.40] | p < 0.001 |
Unemployed | 24.45 [22.63–26.35] | 20.31 [17.02–24.04] | 14.41 [13.08–15.85] | |
Part time student and/or pt-worker | 14.45 [12.95–16.08] | 25.51 [21.75–29.66] | 30.09 [28.37–31.86] | |
BMIb | ||||
Normal weight | 38.02 [35.89–40.18] | 39.43 [35.10–43.93] | 44.72 [42.82–46.64] | p < 0.001 |
Overweight | 35.54 [33.40–37.73] | 37.38 [33.10–41.85] | 36.27 [34.41–38.15] | |
Obesity | 26.44 [24.54–28.42] | 23.19 [19.54–27.27] | 19.01 [17.53–20.57] | |
Self-report of nutrition knowledge | ||||
Not knowledgeable | 26.87 [24.89–28.94] | 27.41 [23.57–31.60] | 29.92 [28.22–31.67] | p < 0.001 |
Somewhat knowledgeable | 43.45 [41.25–45.65] | 51.44 [46.91–55.95] | 55.14 [53.21–57.05] | |
Knowledgeable | 29.68 [27.71–31.73] | 21.15 [17.65–25.11] | 14.94 [13.52–16.47] | |
Daily calorie count | ||||
Never | 62.03 [59.85–64.16] | 56.57 [52.03–60.99] | 70.86 [69.06–72.58] | p < 0.001 |
Sometimes | 31.16 [29.14–33.24] | 36.61 [32.35–41.08] | 25.57 [23.93–27.28] | |
Most of the time | 6.81 [5.76–8.02] | 6.82 [4.92–9.37] | 3.57 [2.85–4.44] | |
Food shopping in your household | ||||
Yes | 66.44 [64.26–68.55] | 75.34 [71.17–79.07] | 67.97 [66.19–69.68] | p < 0.001 |
No | 10.94 [9.45–12.61] | 8.16 [5.94–11.11] | 8.66 [7.71–9.70] | |
Share | 22.62 [20.83–24.50] | 16.49 [13.37–20.16] | 23.38 [21.83–24.99] |