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

Surry 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	297	89  31.0  (25.4-37.1)	11   3.1  ( 1.6- 6.0)	107  34.8  (29.1-41.0)	90  31.1  (25.6-37.3)
SEX
Male	120	47  39.6  (30.5-49.5)	5   4.0  ( 1.5- 9.9)	43  32.6  (24.3-42.2)	25  23.8  (16.2-33.5)
Female	177	42  22.9  (16.9-30.3)	6   2.3  ( 1.0- 5.2)	64  36.8  (29.4-44.9)	65  37.9  (30.5-46.0)
AGE
18-44	136	37  29.9  (22.2-39.1)	6   3.4  ( 1.4- 8.1)	57  39.1  (30.6-48.2)	36  27.5  (19.9-36.8)
45+	160	51  31.6  (24.0-40.2)	5   2.9  ( 1.1- 7.5)	50  31.2  (23.8-39.8)	54  34.3  (26.7-42.8)
EDUCATION
<=H.S./GED	185	57  31.8  (24.7-39.9)	7   2.8  ( 1.3- 6.3)	69  37.0  (29.6-45.0)	52  28.3  (21.6-36.2)
Any Post-H.S.	112	32  29.6  (21.3-39.4)	4   3.5  ( 1.2-10.2)	38  31.2  (22.8-41.1)	38  35.7  (26.6-45.9)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $25,000	98	30  32.8  (23.1-44.1)	3   2.2  ( 0.6- 7.0)	36  37.2  (27.2-48.5)	29  27.8  (19.3-38.4)
$25,000+	135	43  34.8  (26.5-44.2)	7   4.7  ( 2.1-10.3)	48  32.5  (24.7-41.3)	37  28.0  (20.5-36.9)
DISABILITY STATUS
Any Disability	95	25  25.2  (16.8-36.1)	3   3.5  ( 1.0-11.4)	35  36.8  (26.7-48.2)	32  34.5  (24.7-45.9)
No Disability	201	63  33.5  (26.7-41.2)	8   2.9  ( 1.4- 6.2)	72  33.9  (27.2-41.4)	58  29.6  (23.1-37.0)

*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.