Fruits and vegetables at home (FLAM): a randomized controlled trial of the impact of fruits and vegetables vouchers in children from low-income families in an urban district of France

Table 4 Comparison of the main characteristics (at inclusion) between families lost to follow-up and those maintained in the study after one year

	Families followed over one year		Families lost to follow-up
	N = 64		N = 28
	N	%	N	%	p*
Parental age (mean ± std)	39.6	±7.3	39.5	±7.6	0.97
Child’s age (mean ± std)	7.4	±2.5	7.6	±2.1	0.91
Country of birth
France	21	32.8	9	32.1	0.95
Other	43	67.2	19	67.9
Marital status
Single	58	90.6	27	96.4	0.67
Cohabiting	6	9.4	1	3.6
Education level
Primary school	17	26.6	12	42.9	0.35
Secondary school	25	39.1	10	35.7
College	20	31.2	5	17.9
Other	2	3.1	1	3.6
Occupational status
Unemployed	45	70.3	21	75	0.64
Working	19	29.7	7	25
Income level
900 € per month	17	27.0	5	17.9	0.06
900–1300 € per month	24	38.1	18	64.3
> 1300 € per month	22	34.9	5	17.9
Epices score (mean ± std)	54.5	±16.5	64.4	±15.7	0.01
Perception of the financial situation
« It’s ok »	2	3.1	0	0	0.56
« I need to be very careful »	24	37.5	8	28.6
« It’s difficult »	23	35.9	10	35.7
« I can’t make it without debts »	15	23.4	10	35.7
Food insecurity
Secure	23	35.9	6	22.2	0.43
Food insecurity without hunger	16	25	8	29.6
Food insecurity with hunger	25	39.1	13	48.1
Have used food aid over the last 12 months
Yes	16	25.8	6	21.4	0.65
No	46	74.2	22	78.6
Number of child in the household
1	14	21.9	8	28.6	0.80
2	17	26.6	7	25
≥ 3	33	54.6	13	46.4

*Fisher exact tests for all variables except for parental age and Epices score: Student test and child’s age: Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test; Abbreviations: std. standard deviation; € euros; Missing data: Epices score: n = 5 (5,4%);

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