Perceptions of food environments and nutrition among residents of the Flathead Indian Reservation

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Descriptive Statistics Regarding Demographic Characteristics of Interview Participants Living on the Flathead Reservation, N = 80

Category	No. Respondents	%	Mean (SD)
Age	79		40 (11.6)
Sex	80
Female		78.75
Male		21.25
Education – High School	77
Partial		18.2
Graduate		81.8
Education – College	76
No College		21.1
Partial		39.5
Graduate		39.5
Race/Ethnicity^a	79
African American		5.1
Native American		73.4
Hispanic		2.5
White		29.1
Marital Status	61
Single, Never Married		26.2
Unmarried, Cohabitating		23.0
Married		42.6
Divorced or Separated		6.6
Widowed		1.6
Native Country	80
United States		98.8
Other		1.3
Childhood Community	77
On Reservation		50.7
Neighboring Reservation		23.4
Off Reservation		26.0
Years in Community	80		24 (17.0)
Farming Childhood	79
Yes		19.0
No		81.0
Household Size	80
Adults			2 (1.1)
Children			3 (1.4)
Age – Boys	61		10 (7.0)
Less than 1 year^c		5.3
Age – Girls	60		10 (6.9)
Less than 1 year^b		2.2
Household Income	80
Less than 15 K		30.0
15,001 K–25 K		21.3
25,001 K–35 K		20.0
35,001 K–50 K		15.0
More than 50,001 K		13.8

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