Table 2.
Pre- and Postintervention perceptions of the food store environment (mean (SD) or percent), North Carolina, 2009.
| Intervention (n = 92) | Control (n = 64) | |||||
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| Before | After | Change | Before | After | Change | |
| Primary Store | P = 0.24 | P = 0.78 | ||||
| Supermarket | 71% | 63% | 79% | 79% | ||
| Supercenter | 29% | 37% | 21% | 21% | ||
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| Frequency of shopping | P = 0.14 | P = 0.78 | ||||
| 2 or more times per week | 46% | 43% | 45% | 53% | ||
| 1 time per week | 25% | 30% | 21% | 25% | ||
| 2 to 3 times per month | 22% | 22% | 30% | 19% | ||
| 1 time per month | 9% | 4% | 4% | 4% | ||
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| Amount spent on groceries (dollar) | 196 (129) | 238 (153) | P = 0.04 | 189 (126) | 195 (120) | P = 0.79 |
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| Second store for food shopping | ||||||
| Dollar store | 39% | 33% | P = 0.30 | 49% | 36% | P = 0.45 |
| Grocery store | 49% | 53% | P = 0.21 | 38% | 60% | P = 0.23 |
| Supercenter | 54% | 42% | P = 0.24 | 60% | 58% | P = 0.19 |
| Farmer's markets | 20% | 13% | P = 0.20 | 19% | 13% | P = 0.74 |
| Road side stand | 8% | 8% | P = 0.43 | 4% | 9% | P = 0.05 |
| Homegrown garden | 17% | 22% | P = 0.73 | 11% | 23% | P = 0.01 |
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| Perceived neighborhood | 8.5 (3.0) | 9.0 (2.5) | P = 0.25 | 8.2 (3.1) | 9.2 (2.6) | P = 0.11 |
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| Perceived in-store availability | 12.7 (2.3) | 13.2 (2.5) | P = 0.37 | 12.6 (2.4) | 13.2 (2.5) | P = 0.03 |
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| Perceived affordability | 9.6 (3.4) | 10.6 (3.4) | P = 0.004 | 9.5 (3.4) | 11 (3.6) | P = 0.34 |
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| P ≤ 0.05 | ||||||