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

Wake 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	337	117  35.6  (30.1-41.5)	13   5.0  ( 2.7- 9.1)	118  33.6  (28.2-39.6)	89  25.8  (20.9-31.3)
SEX
Male	128	50  36.0  (27.6-45.4)	9   8.5  ( 4.2-16.6)	38  30.6  (22.3-40.4)	31  24.9  (17.5-34.1)
Female	209	67  35.2  (28.3-42.7)	4   1.7  ( 0.6- 4.9)	80  36.5  (29.8-43.8)	58  26.6  (20.7-33.5)
RACE
White	258	99  40.7  (34.3-47.5)	9   4.0  ( 1.9- 8.3)	84  30.4  (24.7-36.8)	66  24.8  (19.5-31.1)
Other	74	16  20.4  (12.0-32.5)	4   7.9  ( 2.7-21.1)	33  43.7  (31.1-57.2)	21  27.9  (17.9-40.8)
AGE
18-44	182	58  31.8  (24.8-39.7)	6   4.6  ( 1.8-11.3)	76  39.5  (31.8-47.7)	42  24.1  (17.8-31.8)
45+	149	56  40.6  (32.3-49.4)	7   5.8  ( 2.7-12.0)	40  24.8  (18.2-33.0)	46  28.8  (21.7-37.1)
EDUCATION
< College	147	46  31.7  (23.7-40.9)	9   7.9  ( 3.7-16.0)	53  35.1  (26.6-44.7)	39  25.3  (18.1-34.1)
College Graduate or More	187	70  38.7  (31.4-46.6)	4   2.6  ( 0.9- 7.3)	64  32.5  (25.7-40.1)	49  26.1  (19.8-33.6)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $75,000	132	42  33.6  (24.9-43.5)	3   2.0  ( 0.6- 6.7)	55  40.9  (31.4-51.2)	32  23.5  (16.2-32.9)
$75,000+	146	51  36.3  (28.4-45.2)	5   4.9  ( 1.9-12.1)	46  29.0  (21.9-37.3)	44  29.7  (22.3-38.3)
DISABILITY STATUS
Any Disability	73	20  28.3  (18.2-41.2)	2   4.6  ( 1.1-17.6)	23  27.0  (17.8-38.6)	28  40.1  (28.3-53.1)
No Disability	258	94  37.2  (30.8-43.9)	11   5.2  ( 2.6-10.1)	92  34.7  (28.4-41.5)	61  23.0  (17.8-29.2)

*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.