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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 16.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Health Promot. 2009 Mar-Apr;23(4):255–264. doi: 10.4278/ajhp.071204127

Table 3.

Mean daily fruit and vegetable servings regressed on individual variables and observed neighborhood fruit and vegetable supply*

Model 5: Observed fruit
and vegetable availability
Model 6: Observed fruit
and vegetable variety
Model 7: Observed fruit
and vegetable quality
Model 8: Observed fruit
and vegetable affordability
Estimate SE p-value Estimate SE p-value Estimate SE p-value Estimate SE p-value
Intercept 3.333 0.104 <0.001 3.136 0.125 <0.001 3.222 0.125 <0.001 3.583 0.143 <0.001
Age, years <0.001 0.007 0.960 <0.001 0.007 0.898 0.001 0.007 0.920 <0.001 0.007 0.993
Household size, # members 0.021 0.087 0.812 0.022 0.087 0.800 0.022 0.087 0.801 0.025 0.087 0.773
Years of residence in neighborhood −0.012 0.008 0.136 −0.012 0.008 0.126 −0.012 0.008 0.142 −0.011 0.008 0.186
Female (Ref: Male) −0.237 0.251 0.345 −0.229 0.250 0.360 −0.241 0.250 0.335 −0.236 0.299 0.347
Currently married (Ref: Not married) 0.683 0.296 0.021 0.674 0.296 0.023 0.666 0.299 0.026 0.677 0.250 0.023
Race/ethnicity (Ref: African-American)
     Latino 1.708 0.400 <0.001 1.563 0.367 <0.001 1.629 0.364 <0.001 1.754 0.349 <0.001
     White −0.361 0.225 0.109 −0.433 0.215 0.044 −0.410 0.213 0.054 −0.329 0.212 0.122
Education (Ref: At least some college)
     Less than high school 0.102 0.315 0.747 0.109 0.314 0.728 0.103 0.317 0.744 0.128 0.317 0.685
     High school diploma or GED −0.434 0.309 0.161 −0.444 0.304 0.145 −0.435 0.306 0.155 −0.403 0.303 0.184
Annual income (Ref: ≥$35,000)
     <$10,000 0.126 0.322 0.696 0.154 0.321 0.630 0.114 0.320 0.722 0.098 0.322 0.761
     $10,000–$19,999 0.385 0.456 0.398 0.390 0.453 0.390 0.362 0.448 0.419 0.375 0.451 0.405
     $20,000–$34,999 −0.168 0.286 0.556 −0.154 0.288 0.591 −0.184 0.289 0.525 −0.156 0.290 0.590
Currently employed (Ref: Not employed) 0.297 0.310 0.340 0.309 0.311 0.321 0.303 0.310 0.330 0.263 0.309 0.395
Owns car (Ref: Does not own car) −0.143 0.262 0.586 −0.140 0.264 0.587 −0.143 0.264 0.587 −0.139 0.263 0.596
Fresh produce availability, # stores <−0.001 0.070 0.998
Fresh produce variety (Ref: No store in upper quartile)
     No store with produce 0.137 0.339 0.686
     Store present in upper quartile 0.383 0.212 0.072
Fresh produce quality (Ref: No store in upper quartile)
     No store with produce −0.053 0.345 0.878
     Store present in upper quartile 0.237 0.218 0.280
Fresh produce affordability (Ref: No store in upper quartile)
     No store with produce −0.287 0.344 0.406
     Store present in upper quartile −0.416 0.213 0.052
Neighborhood variance 0.271 0.011 0.248 0.014 0.265 0.011 0.180 0.026
Individual variance 6.791 6.788 6.787 6.837
*

All individual-level independent variables and fresh produce availability were grand-mean centered.