TABLE 1.
Availability of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables in Stores Selling Produce, by Store Type in Low-Income Neighborhoods in California: CX3 Food Availability and Marketing Survey, 2007–2009
| Store Typeb |
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| Availability of Fresh Producea | Supermarket Chain Store, No. (%) | Large Grocery Store,a No. (%) | Small Market, No. (%) | Convenience Store, No. (%) | Other, No. (%) |
| Fruit | |||||
| None | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 58 (26.7) | 98 (63.6) | 26 (72.2) |
| Limited | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 42 (19.4) | 42 (27.3) | 3 (8.3) |
| Moderate | 0 (0.0) | 1 (3.8) | 29 (13.4) | 12 (7.8) | 0 (0.0) |
| Wide | 29 (100.0) | 25 (96.2) | 88 (40.6) | 2 (1.3) | 7 (19.4) |
| Total | 29 (100.0) | 26 (100.0) | 217 (100.0) | 154 (100.0) | 36 (100.0) |
| Vegetables | |||||
| None | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 44 (20.4) | 125 (81.2) | 19 (52.8) |
| Limited | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 26 (12.0) | 12 (7.8) | 9 (25.0) |
| Moderate | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 19 (8.8) | 11 (7.1) | 2 (5.6) |
| Wide | 29 (100.0) | 26 (100.0 | 127 (58.8) | 6 (3.9) | 6 (16.7) |
| Total | 29 (100.0) | 26 (100.0) | 216 (100.0) | 154 (100.0) | 36 (100.0) |
Note. A low-income neighborhood is a neighborhood having ≥ 50% of its residents living in households with income at or below 185% of the federal poverty level, as listed in the 2000 US census. Numbers of stores vary because of missing data. Percentages may not total to 100 because of rounding.
Limited variety = 1–3 types of fruit; moderate = 4–6 types; wide = ≥ 7 types.
Large grocery stores had > 20 employees or ≥ 4 registers but were not part of a large chain; small markets had < 4 registers and were not part of a large chain; convenience stores sold food items and snacks and possibly gasoline, but no fresh meats.