Thinking about* and planning to increase+ fruit and vegetable consumption
Robeson 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 307 90  28.1  (22.8-34.1) 5   1.5  ( 0.6- 3.9) 139  48.2  (41.9-54.6) 73  22.1  (17.4-27.7)
SEX          
Male 113 41  34.6  (25.5-45.0) 1   1.2  ( 0.2- 7.8)  48  46.4  (36.1-57.0) 23  17.8  (11.4-26.7)
Female 194 49  22.6  (16.9-29.5) 4   1.8  ( 0.7- 5.0)  91  49.8  (42.0-57.5) 50  25.8  (19.6-33.2)
RACE          
White 116 45  35.1  (26.5-44.9) 2   1.6  ( 0.4- 6.3)  38  33.8  (24.9-44.0) 31  29.5  (20.9-39.9)
African-American  74 17  17.8  (10.3-29.0) 2   1.9  ( 0.4- 8.1)  32  51.9  (38.6-64.9) 23  28.4  (18.2-41.5)
American Indian 110 27  28.8  (19.7-39.9) 1   1.3  ( 0.2- 9.0)  63  56.8  (46.0-67.0) 19  13.1  ( 8.1-20.5)
AGE          
18-44 157 40  24.9  (17.9-33.4) 2   1.6  ( 0.4- 6.3)  78  52.1  (43.1-60.9) 37  21.5  (15.2-29.4)
45+ 150 50  32.0  (24.3-40.8) 3   1.5  ( 0.4- 4.6)  61  43.6  (34.8-52.8) 36  23.0  (16.4-31.2)
EDUCATION          
<=H.S./GED 187 49  27.1  (20.3-35.1) 3   1.3  ( 0.4- 4.1)  89  49.1  (40.9-57.4) 46  22.5  (16.6-29.9)
Any Post-H.S. 119 41  30.0  (21.9-39.5) 2   2.0  ( 0.4- 8.6)  49  46.5  (36.6-56.6) 27  21.6  (14.6-30.7)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME          
Less than $35,000 126 33  21.8  (15.1-30.3) 3   2.5  ( 0.8- 7.8)  57  47.4  (37.8-57.3) 33  28.3  (20.1-38.1)
$35,000+ 130 44  34.1  (25.7-43.6) 1   1.2  ( 0.2- 7.8)  59  48.9  (39.5-58.5) 26  15.8  (10.4-23.3)
DISABILITY STATUS          
Any Disability  99 30  31.5  (21.9-43.0) 1   0.5  ( 0.1- 3.3)  44  43.8  (33.1-55.1) 24  24.2  (15.9-35.1)
No Disability 204 59  26.5  (20.4-33.8) 4   2.1  ( 0.7- 5.7)  93  50.4  (42.5-58.2) 48  21.0  (15.6-27.7)

*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.