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Table 1 Baseline demographics by ethnicity (n = 1841)

From: Effectiveness of different methods for delivering tailored nutrition education to low income, ethnically diverse adults

VARIABLE

HISPANIC

NON-HISPANIC

P-VALUE

TOTAL

FEMALE

86.3%

83.6%

NS

85.1%

EMPLOYED

49.8%

53.1%

NS

51.3%

EDUCATION

   < High School

42.1%

24.0%

< .0001

33.9%

   High School Graduate

29.1%

32.3%

 

30.5%

   > High School

28.8%

43.8%

 

35.6%

MARRIED

   Currently Married

43.4%

30.4%

< .0001

37.5%

   Never Married

30.6%

36.9%

 

33.5%

   Previously Married

26.0%

32.8%

 

29.1%

INCOME

   <= 20 K

62.0%

49.6%

< .0001

56.4%

   21 – 40 K

22.2%

25.2%

 

23.6%

   41 K +

3.8%

17.3%

 

9.9%

AGE GROUP

   18–34

41.9%

30.3%

< .0001

36.7%

   35–51

41.6%

44.6%

 

43.0%

   52+

16.5%

25.1%

 

20.4%

MEAN AGE

38.7 (SD 12.2)

42.6 (SD 13.6)

< .0001

40.4 (SD 12.9)

CHILDREN IN HOUSEHOLD

73.7%

56.7%

< .0001

66.0%

RACE

    

   American Indian

3.6%

4.9%

< .0001

4.2%

   Asian

0%

1.6%

 

0.7%

   Black/African American

3.7%

23.2%

 

12.5%

   Native HI/Pacific Is.

0.7%

0.1%

 

0.4%

   White/Caucasian

16.0%

59.2%

 

35.6%

   More than one race

60.6%

10.3%

 

37.9%

   Unknown

15.4%

0.7%

 

8.7%

TOTAL

1007

834

 

1841