Table 2.

Characteristics of store owners and stores participating in the North Carolina Healthy Food Small Retailer Program (n 7)

Characteristic	Value mean	SD	Range
Respondent characteristics
Age (years)	55	13·4	36–71
Sex
Female	6
Race
White	2
Black or African American	3
American Indian or Alaska Native	1
Asian or Asian American	1
Education
Some High School	1
High School Graduate/GED	1
Associate’s Degree	1
College Graduate	4
Storeowner/co-owner	7
Years worked in store	10·7	8·1	2–24
Hours per week work in store	67·0	24·1	25–90
Store characteristics
Number of full-time staff*	3·3	3·0	1–8
Number of part-time staff*	3·2	2·2	1·5–8
Annual sales (US$1000)*	417	257	125–750
Distance to nearest grocery store (miles)	8·9	7·0	1·0–20·9
Funding provided by the HFSRP†	US$19 476	$3785	$14 958–$25 000

GED, graduate equivalency degree; HFSRP, Healthy Food Small Retailer Program.

^*Respondents were provided an option to answer these questions using a categorical question format (i.e. to select from several ranges of annual sales values). In instances where a categorical response was provided, the response value is assumed to be the mid-point of the range.

^†The amount of grant funds awarded to one store (store 2) are not available.

Data summarises results from the seven stores who agreed to participate in this interview.

Values are reported as numbers unless otherwise indicated.