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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2013 Jun;44(6):567–572. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2013.02.011

Table 2. Estimated rebate effects on household food purchases at designated supermarkets.

Dependent variable All shoppers Nearby shoppers

10% Rebate 25% Rebate 10% Rebate 25% Rebate

Ratio of healthy to total food expenditure 0.0127** (0.0008) 0.0195** (0.0008) 0.0182** (0.0032) 0.0254** (0.0032)
Ratio of fruit/vegetable to total food expenditure 0.0057** (0.0006) 0.0085** (0.0006) 0.0063* (0.0022) 0.0091** (0.0022)
Ratio of less-desirable to total food expenditure 0.0106** (0.0009) 0.0137** (0.0009) 0.0145** (0.0032) 0.0165** (0.0032)

Note: Boldface indicates significance. Reported parameters (SE in parentheses) are estimated using linear household fixed-effect models, controlling for month/year fixed effects. Nearby shoppers (n=56,908 households) are defined as those who lived at least 1 kilometer closer to the nearest Pick n Pay supermarket relative to the nearest Shoprite or Woolworth's supermarket. The Eicker-Huber-White sandwich estimator is used to calculate SEs clustered at the household level.

*

p<0.01,

**

p<0.001