Table 3. The availability, variety and quality, and median price of observed food products according to level of LSOA Index of Deprivation (ID).
ID=1 Most deprived |
ID=2 | ID=3 | ID=4 | ID=5 Least deprived |
p-value | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Availability (n (%)) (7 healthy products) Yes No |
162 (62.6%) 97 (37.4%) |
240 (56.2%) 187 (43.8%) |
257 (63.2%) 156 (37.8%) |
109 (62.3%) 66 (37.7%) |
59 (64.8%) 23 (35.2%) |
0.35a |
Availability (n (%)) (5 unhealthy products) Yes No |
152 (82.2%) 33 (17.8%) |
257 (84.3%) 48 (15.7%) |
254 (86.1%) 41 (13.9%) |
104 (83.2%) 21 (16.8%) |
59 (90.7%) 6 ( 9.3%) |
0.19a |
Cheapest price (£/kg) (7 healthy products) (median (IQR)) |
1.99 (1.29, 2.99) |
1.89 (1.22, 3.00) |
1.96 (1.49, 3.09) |
1.96 (1.30, 2.94) |
2.06 (1.35, 3.00) |
0.44b |
Cheapest price (£/kg) (5 unhealthy products) (median (IQR)) |
1.54 (1.00, 4.99) |
1.55 (0.99, 4.60) |
1.53 (0.99, 5.00) |
1.38 (0.99, 3.44) |
1.81 (1.03, 5.64) |
0.71b |
Variety (n (%)) (7 healthy products) ≥3 varieties 1 or 2 varieties |
27 (16.7%) 135 (83.3%) |
79 (33.2%) 159 (66.8%) |
64 (24.9%) 193 (75.1%) |
38 (34.9%) 71 (65.1%) |
25 (42.4%) 34 (57.6%) |
0.001a |
Variety (n (%)) (5 unhealthy products) ≥3 varieties 1 or 2 varieties |
89 (58.6%) 63 (41.4%) |
167 (65.0%) 90 (35.0%) |
157 (61.8%) 97 (38.2%) |
66 (63.5%) 38 (36.5%) |
39 (66.1%) 20 (33.9%) |
0.46a |
Quality (n (%)) (6 fruit & vegetables) Good/ medium Poor |
114 (85.1%) 20 (14.9%) |
177 (95.7%) 8 (4.3%) |
197 (96.1%) 8 (3.9%) |
132 (96.4%) 5 (3.6%) |
0.003a, c |
Chi squared test for trend
Spearman test for trend
ID=4 and ID=5 were merged because of the small number of observations
The number of observations for each variable shown in the table are not equal because of missing data and because quality was only recorded for the six fruit and vegetables. Price was missing for 26 products and variety was missing for two products out of a total of 1653 products recorded as available. Quality was missing for 26 products out of a total of 687 fruit and vegetables recorded as available.