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Table 3 Demographic characteristics of participants at baseline and attrition by condition

From: Factors affecting acceptability of an email-based intervention to increase fruit and vegetable consumption

Demographic Characteristic

Low-Frequency

High-Frequency

Differences between conditions

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

p

Age (years)

18.88

1.28

18.99

1.51

.533

Baseline fruit and vegetable intake (servings/day)

4.59

2.10

4.49

2.42

.697

 

N

%

N

%

p

Gender

    

.961

 

Female

132

77.2

79

77.5

 
 

Male

39

22.8

23

22.5

 

Living Situation

    

.824

 

With parents

131

77.1

78

77.2

 
 

With friends

13

7.6

9

8.9

 
 

Residential college

12

7.1

6

6

 
 

Alone

10

5.9

7

7

 
 

With partner

4

2.4

1

1

 

Ethnicity

    

.783

 

Australian

71

41.8

37

36.6

 
 

Northeast Asian

49

28.8

37

26.7

 
 

Southeast Asian

16

9.4

12

11.9

 
 

Southern and Eastern European

9

5.3

7

6.9

 
 

Southern and Central Asian

10

5.9

6

5.9

 
 

Northwest European

6

3.5

4

4

 
 

North African and Middle Eastern

5

2.9

5

5

 
 

New Zealander, Maori or Pacific Islander

2

1.2

2

2

 

Attrition

37

21.4

21

20.6

.502