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

Pitt 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	295	89  32.1  (26.3-38.4)	3   1.2  ( 0.4- 3.6)	116  39.5  (33.5-45.9)	87  27.2  (22.0-33.1)
SEX
Male	131	48  36.4  (27.8-46.0)	0   0.0  (    -    )	53  41.3  (32.4-50.9)	30  22.2  (15.3-31.2)
Female	164	41  28.2  (20.9-36.8)	3   2.2  ( 0.7- 6.7)	63  37.9  (30.1-46.5)	57  31.7  (24.6-39.8)
RACE
White	202	69  36.0  (28.9-43.7)	2   1.1  ( 0.3- 4.4)	67  33.7  (26.9-41.2)	64  29.2  (22.9-36.5)
Other	87	19  24.6  (15.4-36.8)	1   1.4  ( 0.2- 9.4)	48  54.5  (42.7-65.9)	19  19.5  (12.1-29.8)
AGE
18-44	160	43  29.0  (21.7-37.5)	2   1.2  ( 0.3- 4.9)	78  47.7  (39.2-56.2)	37  22.1  (15.9-29.9)
45+	134	46  36.7  (28.1-46.4)	1   1.1  ( 0.1- 7.2)	38  28.0  (20.4-37.0)	49  34.2  (26.1-43.4)
EDUCATION
<=H.S./GED	115	41  39.1  (29.6-49.6)	2   1.9  ( 0.5- 7.6)	47  40.2  (30.7-50.4)	25  18.7  (12.4-27.3)
Any Post-H.S.	179	48  27.8  (21.0-35.8)	1   0.7  ( 0.1- 4.7)	68  38.9  (31.3-47.2)	62  32.6  (25.5-40.5)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $35,000	142	37  27.6  (19.9-37.0)	2   1.6  ( 0.4- 6.4)	64  46.1  (36.9-55.5)	39  24.7  (17.6-33.3)
$35,000+	113	37  34.9  (25.9-45.2)	0   0.0  (    -    )	39  34.6  (25.9-44.6)	37  30.4  (22.2-40.0)
DISABILITY STATUS
Any Disability	88	26  32.3  (21.9-44.7)	2   2.5  ( 0.6- 9.8)	28  30.8  (21.2-42.3)	32  34.4  (24.2-46.4)
No Disability	204	62  32.2  (25.5-39.7)	1   0.6  ( 0.1- 4.2)	87  43.0  (35.7-50.6)	54  24.2  (18.5-31.0)

*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.