Table 1 |
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Difference in Demographic Characteristics, Food and Nutrition Program Participation, and Eating Behaviors between U.S.-Born and Mexico-Born Mexican-origin Women in Texas-Mexico Border Colonias (n = 599)1 |
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Total Sample (n = 599) |
U.S.-born (n = 194) |
Mexico-born (n = 405) |
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Variable |
% (n) |
% (n) |
% (n) |
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Demographic characteristics |
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Age, y (mean ± SD) |
39.9 ± 14.5 |
38.1 ± 14.7 |
40.8 ± 12.3* |
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Education |
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< 7th grade |
30.2 (181) |
10.8 (21) |
39.5 (160)***2 |
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7th-11th grade |
31.5 (189) |
24.7 (48) |
34.8 (141)** |
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Ethnic self-identification |
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Hispanic |
9.2 (55) |
19.6 (38) |
4.2 (17)***2 |
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Mexican American |
27.9 (167) |
76.3 (148) |
4.7 (19)***2 |
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Mexican |
61.8 (370) |
1.5 (3) |
90.6 (367)***2 |
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Household income (FPL) |
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No response |
25.4 (152) |
26.8 (52) |
24.7 (100) |
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≤ 75% FPL |
63.8 (382) |
55.1 (107) |
67.9 (275)**2 |
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76%-100% FPL |
8.5 (51) |
12.4 (24) |
6.7 (27)** |
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Employment |
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Full-time outside home for wages |
26.7 (160) |
33.5 (65) |
23.5 (95)** |
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Part-time outside home |
21.4 (128) |
19.1 (37) |
22.5 (91) |
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Marital status |
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Married |
59.8 (358) |
51.0 (99) |
63.9 (259)** |
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Household composition |
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Adults (total) |
1.9 ± 0.7 |
1.9 ± 0.8 |
2.0 ± 0.7 |
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Lone parent |
19.9 (119) |
27.8 (54) |
16.0 (65)***2 |
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Children (total) |
2.0 ± 1.6 |
1.7 ± 1.4 |
2.1 ± 1.7** |
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Children (≥ 1) |
79.5 (476) |
77.3 (150) |
80.5 (326) |
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Total adults and children |
3.9 ± 1.8 |
3.6 ± 1.7 |
4.1 ± 1.9** |
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BMI (kg/m2)3 |
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Normal (< 25) |
30.3 (177) |
35.1 (67) |
28.0 (110) |
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Overweight (25-29.9) |
35.1 (205) |
26.2 (50) |
39.4 (155)***2 |
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Obese (≥ 30) |
34.6 (202) |
38.7 (74) |
32.6 (128) |
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Transportation |
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No car available |
19.5 (117) |
11.9 (23) |
23.2 (94)***2 |
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Ride with family or friend4 |
88.9 (104) |
91.3 (21) |
88.3 (83) |
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Pay for transportation4 |
29.1 (34) |
26.1 (6) |
29.8 (28) |
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Food and nutrition program |
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SNAP |
55.1 (330) |
55.7 (108) |
54.8 (222) |
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WIC5 |
42.6 (203) |
42.7 (64) |
42.6 (139) |
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School breakfast5 |
53.8 (256) |
60.7 (91) |
50.6 (165)* |
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School lunch5 |
54.0 (257) |
60.7 (91) |
50.9 (166)* |
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Eating behaviors |
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Fruit and vegetables/day |
3.5 ± 1.6 |
3.4 ± 1.7 |
3.5 ± 1.5 |
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Sugar-sweetened beverages/day |
1.7 ± 1.6 |
1.9 ± 2.0 |
1.6 ± 1.4** |
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Fast food meals/week |
1.1 ± 1.1 |
1.4 ± 1.5 |
0.9 ± 0.9***2 |
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1 Comparisons were performed using χ2 test (categorical variables) and t-test (continuous variables). Statistically significant at level of: * p < 0.05 ** p < 0.01 *** p < 0.001 2 Statistically significant after using Bonferroni correction for multiple comparison (Bonferroni-corrected p = 0.002). 3 n = 585 due to missing data on self-reported height or weight. 4 n = 117 who do not have a car available 5 n = 476 households with ≥ 1 child |
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Sharkey et al. Nutrition Journal 2011 10:101 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-10-101 |
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