Thinking about* and planning to increase+ fruit and vegetable consumption

Cabarrus County, 2000

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	Not thinking or planning   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Thinking, not planning   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Thinking & planning   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Eat >= 5 fruit and veg++   N       %   C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	293	83  30.5  (24.8-36.8)	6   2.1  ( 0.8- 5.4)	106  35.1  (29.3-41.5)	98  32.2  (26.6-38.4)
SEX
Male	104	47  44.4  (34.3-55.0)	3   3.2  ( 1.0-10.4)	30  28.1  (19.7-38.4)	24  24.2  (16.2-34.5)
Female	189	36  18.6  (13.3-25.2)	3   1.2  ( 0.3- 4.3)	76  41.2  (33.7-49.0)	74  39.1  (31.8-46.9)
RACE
White	239	74  32.3  (26.0-39.2)	4   2.2  ( 0.8- 6.1)	79  31.7  (25.6-38.5)	82  33.8  (27.6-40.7)
Other	51	7  12.7  ( 5.6-26.5)	2   2.0  ( 0.5- 7.8)	27  62.9  (47.5-76.1)	15  22.4  (12.6-36.5)
AGE
18-44	138	31  27.6  (19.6-37.4)	2   1.7  ( 0.3- 9.1)	59  38.3  (29.8-47.5)	46  32.4  (24.2-41.7)
45+	152	51  33.4  (25.7-42.1)	4   2.6  ( 0.9- 7.3)	46  32.2  (24.4-41.1)	51  31.9  (24.4-40.4)
EDUCATION
<=H.S./GED	137	43  33.4  (25.2-42.9)	3   2.3  ( 0.6- 7.6)	58  42.2  (33.3-51.6)	33  22.1  (15.5-30.6)
Any Post-H.S.	154	38  27.3  (19.9-36.2)	3   2.0  ( 0.5- 7.9)	48  29.7  (22.4-38.3)	65  40.9  (32.6-49.8)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $35,000	118	31  27.7  (19.7-37.6)	4   3.3  ( 1.1- 9.8)	44  39.2  (29.8-49.5)	39  29.8  (21.7-39.3)
$35,000+	140	42  31.6  (23.6-40.9)	2   1.9  ( 0.4- 8.3)	46  31.1  (23.4-40.0)	50  35.4  (27.2-44.6)
DISABILITY STATUS
Any Disability	76	20  28.8  (18.7-41.6)	4   3.9  ( 1.2-11.8)	29  39.3  (27.5-52.5)	23  27.9  (18.3-40.1)
No Disability	211	61  31.2  (24.5-38.8)	2   1.6  ( 0.4- 6.4)	75  33.5  (26.9-40.7)	73  33.8  (27.1-41.2)

*Within next 6 months.

+Within next month.

++Currently eating 5 or more fruits and vegetables daily.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).

Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.