Thinking about* and planning to increase+ fruit and vegetable consumption
Henderson 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 301 87  29.5  (23.9-35.8) 9   4.1  ( 1.9- 8.4) 75  25.6  (20.5-31.5) 130  40.8  (34.8-47.1)
SEX          
Male  99 43  40.7  (30.8-51.3) 3   5.0  ( 1.6-14.6) 19  21.5  (13.9-31.6)  34  32.8  (23.9-43.3)
Female 202 44  19.3  (14.2-25.7) 6   3.2  ( 1.4- 7.4) 56  29.4  (23.0-36.6)  96  48.1  (40.7-55.5)
AGE          
18-44 105 25  28.1  (19.1-39.2) 2   4.0  ( 1.0-14.9) 42  39.5  (29.6-50.3)  36  28.4  (20.1-38.5)
45+ 193 60  29.9  (23.2-37.6) 7   4.2  ( 1.8- 9.3) 33  16.1  (11.3-22.3)  93  49.9  (42.1-57.7)
EDUCATION          
<=H.S./GED 126 33  24.2  (16.7-33.6) 7   8.0  ( 3.4-17.8) 36  29.1  (21.0-38.8)  50  38.7  (29.6-48.7)
Any Post-H.S. 171 51  32.7  (25.1-41.3) 2   1.4  ( 0.3- 5.5) 39  23.6  (17.2-31.4)  79  42.4  (34.5-50.7)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME          
Less than $35,000 125 31  27.7  (19.3-38.2) 2   0.9  ( 0.2- 3.4) 37  29.7  (21.5-39.5)  55  41.7  (32.5-51.6)
$35,000+ 113 37  31.8  (23.0-42.1) 5   7.3  ( 2.9-16.9) 26  23.6  (16.1-33.3)  45  37.3  (28.2-47.5)
DISABILITY STATUS          
Any Disability  95 34  37.3  (26.8-49.1) 3   3.8  ( 1.0-13.4) 23  22.6  (14.7-33.0)  35  36.3  (26.0-48.0)
No Disability 203 52  26.6  (20.2-34.2) 6   4.2  ( 1.7-10.1) 51  26.8  (20.5-34.1)  94  42.4  (35.1-50.0)

*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.