Table 4.

Availability, price, variety and quality basket scores by retail outlet, south-east Queensland, August–September 2009

	Farmers’ market		Supermarket		Independent F&V retailer
	(n 5)		(n 5)		(n 5)		Test statistics
	Median	Range	Median	Range	Median	Range	χ 2	df	P value*,†
Availability
Fruit basket	13·00	10·00–14·00‡	15·00	15·00–15·00‡	15·00	12·00–15·00	8·975	2 (n 15)	0·011*
Vegetable basket	18·00	17·00–18·00	18·00	17·00–18·00	18·00	17·00–18·00	0·00	2 (n 15)	1·000*
F&V basket	31·00	27·00–32·00‡	33·00	32·00–33·00‡	33·00	29·00–33·00	7·229	2 (n 15)	0·027*
	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	F	df
Price ($AUD)
Fruit basket§	53·38	34·12, 83·51	52·79	43·32, 64·33	46·86	42·48, 51·68	0·485	2 (n 12)	0·627‡
Vegetable basket	73·76	23·58	59·08	6·38	52·54	4·85	2·829	2 (n 12)	0·099‡
F&V basket§	124·52	81·92, 189·27	111·77	96·39, 129·59	99·24	89·26, 110·31	1·430	2 (n 2)	0·277‡
Variety
Fruit basket	25·17	3·39	27·00	6·20	24·77	3·47	0·342	2 (n 12)	0·717†
Vegetable basket	35·14	3·30	46·23	9·20	37·96	7·39	3·318	2 (n 12)	0·710†
F&V basket	60·31	5·39	73·23	13·37	62·73	9·19	2·379	2 (n 12)	0·135†
Quality
Fruit basket	38·44	5·12	41·40	3·58	37·91	5·65	0·747	2 (n 12)	0·494†
Vegetable basket	50·48	2·39	47·10	4·01	45·97	8·34	0·903	2 (n 12)	0·431†
F&V basket	88·91	7·05	88·50	6·67	83·88	13·77	0·412	2 (n 12)	0·671†

F&V, fruit and vegetable.

*Kruskal–Wallis test.

†ANOVA.

‡Significant differences within a row (P < 0·05) between pairs of medians according to the Mann–Whitney U test.

§Natural log transformation performed; anti-log of the log scale mean (geometric mean) and 95 % CI are presented.