Table 3

Differences in fruit-juice and vegetable recipe goal attainment by gender, ethnicity, mother's education and school socioeconomic status


Percent Fruit-Juice Recipe Goals Attained
 Percent Vegetable Recipe Goals Attained


n
 Mean
 Std. Dev
 Mean
 Std. Dev
Gender




Boy
 319
 56**
 36
 53***
 41
Girl
 346
 65
 35
 65
 37
Ethnicity




African-American
 279
 53*** a
 35
 49*** ad
 39
Asian/other
 54
 64bd
 33
 65bd
 37
Hispanic
 200
 72bc
 32
 74bc
 35
White
 116
 61d
 37
 57d
 40
Parent education




High school graduate or less
 252
 68** a
 34
 65
 39
Some college/business school/vocational school
 169
 58bc
 35
 55
 39
Bachelor's degree or higher
 195
 56bc
 37
 57
 38
School Socioeconomic Status




low income (>50% of students eligible for free or reduced price meals)
 441
 62
 34
 61
 39
high income (<50% of students eligible for free or reduced price meals)
 230
 58
 37
 56
 40

* p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.

Within subgroups and columns, numbers with the different superscripts are significantly different.

Cullen et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2007 4:28   doi:10.1186/1479-5868-4-28