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Table 1 Demographics of Participants Enrolled in the Food Rx Program, by whether or not they redeemed prescriptions

From: Clinical outcomes of a large-scale, partnership-based regional food prescription program: results of a quasi-experimental study

 

Total

0 redemptions

1 + redemptions

p-Value

Sample size

432

250 (58%)

182 (42%)

 

Age (mean, SD)

57.1 (14.0)

56.6

57.9

0.365

Size of household (mean, SD)

3.2 (1.7)

3.1

3.2

0.676

Gender

 Female

298 (69%)

167 (67%)

131 (72%)

 

 Male

134 (31%)

83 (33%)

51 (28%)

0.251

Race/Ethnicity

 Hispanic

241 (56%)

138 (55%)

103 (57%)

 

 Black

138 (32%)

78 (31%)

60 (33%)

 

 White, other

53 (12%)

34 (14%)

19 (10%)

0.607

Marital Status

 Married

167 (39%)

88 (35%)

79 (43%)

 

 Single, divorced, widowed, separated

265 (61%)

162 (65%)

103 (57%)

0.084

Language

 English

266 (59%)

148 (56%)

118 (61%)

 

 Spanish or other

188 (41%)

114 (44%)

74 (39%)

0.288

Education

  < HS Diploma

186 (43%)

119 (48%)

67 (37%)

 

 HS Diploma/GED

114 (26%)

63 (25%)

51 (28%)

 

  > HS Diploma

87 (20%)

44 (18%)

20 (11%)

0.147

Employment Type

 Full Time

76 (18%)

49 (20%)

27 (15%)

 

 Part Time

56 (13%)

30 (12%)

26 (15%)

 

 Homemaker/unemployed/retired/other

292 (69%)

167 (68%)

125 (70%)

0.399

Food Insecurity

 Food Secure

64 (17%)

39 (16%)

33 (18.5%)

 

 Food Insecure

310 (83%)

207 (84%)

145 (81.5%)

0.528

Assistance

 % utilizing SNAP benefits

97 (23%)

58 (23%)

39 (21.4%)

0.663

 Fruit/Vegetable Consumption (servings/day) (mean, SD)

0.63 (0.80)

0.59 (0.85)

0.69 (0.77)

0.288