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Table 3 Percentage and Number of Participant Mothers with Fresh and Canned Fruit and Vegetables Present During Five Household Food Inventories

From: Using direct observations on multiple occasions to measure household food availability among low-income Mexicano residents in Texas colonias

  

Number of Household Inventories in Which Foods Were Present

 

Time 1

% (n)

All 5

% (n)

4 of 5

% (n)

3 of 5

% (n)

2 of 5

% (n)

1 of 5

% (n)

0 of 5

% (n)

Fresh fruit - variety a

 

0

50.0 (3)

16.7 (1)

0

16.7 (1)

16.7 (1)

33.3 (2)

16.7 (1)

1

33.3 (2)

 

0

66.7 (4)

0

0

33.3 (2)

2

16.7 (1)

0

0

0

16.7 (1)

50.0 (3)

33.3 (2)

≥3

0

0

0

0

16.7 (1)

83.3 (5)

 

Fresh vegetables - variety b

 

0

0

0

0

0

0

50.0 (3)

50.0 (3)

1-2

16.7 (1)

0

0

16.7 (1)

0

16.7 (1)

66.7 (4)

≥3

83.3 (5)

50.0 (3)

16.7 (1)

16.7 (1)

0

16.7 (1)

0

Canned fruit - variety

 

0

100 (6)

100 (6)

0

0

0

0

0

Canned vegetables - variety c

 

0

0

0

0

0

16.7 (1)

0

83.3 (5)

1-2

16.7 (1)

0

0

50.0 (3)

0

33.3 (2)

16.7 (1)

≥3

83.3 (5)

16.7 (1)

33.3 (2)

0

33.3 (2)

0

16.7 (1)

  1. a Total number of different types of fresh fruit (0, 1, 2, and 3 or more): apples, avocados, bananas, guava, grapes, mango, melons, oranges, papaya, plantain, and strawberries.
  2. b Total number of different types of fresh vegetables (0, 1-2, and 3 or more): broccoli, cabbage, carrots, celery, corn, cucumber, greens, lettuce, peppers, potatoes, squash, and tomatoes.
  3. c Total number of different types of fresh vegetables (0, 1-2, and 3 or more): asparagus, carrots, corn, green beans, green peas, greens, hominy, mixed vegetables, potatoes, and tomatoes.