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Table 1 Characteristics of Rural Seniors in 2006 Brazos Valley Health Assessment (n = 582)

From: Food Access and Perceptions of the Community and Household Food Environment as Correlates of Fruit and Vegetable Intake among Rural Seniors

 

% (n)

Mean ± SD

Individual characteristics

  

   Age, y

 

69.92 ± 6.91

   Women

68.2 (397)

 

   Race/ethnicity

  

Minority

14.4 (84)

 

   Household income

  

≤ 100% FPL

17.0 (99)

 

101-199% FPL

16.3 (95)

 

   Education

  

Low (< High school)

13.1 (76)

 

   Marital status

  

Married

64.8 (377)

 

   Household composition

  

Lives alone

27.7 (161)

 

Residential Neighborhood

  

   Deprivation, % (n)

  

Low

29.6 (172)

 

Medium

46.2 (269)

 

High

24.2 (141)

 

   Population density (persons/mi2)

  

Low (<14)

27.0 (157)

 

Medium (14-127)

46.6 (271)

 

High (>127)

26.5 (154)

 

Daily dietary intakes

  

   Fruit

 

1.43 ± 0.98

   Vegetables

 

2.15 ± 0.91

   Combined fruit and vegetables

 

3.58 ± 1.60

  1. SD = standard deviation