Table 4. The availability, variety and quality, and median price of observed food products according to level of LSOA Index of Deprivation.
| Large supermarket |
Discount supermarket |
Small supermarket |
World store | Convenience store |
Petrol station store |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Availability (n (%)) (5 unhealthy products) Yes No |
40 (100%) 0 |
35 (100%) 0 |
213 (99.1%) 2 ( 0.9%) |
134 (62.3%) 81 (37.7%) |
343 (89.1%) 42 (10.9%) |
61 (71.8%) 24 (28.2%) |
<0.001a |
|
Availability (n (%)) (7 healthy products) Yes No |
56 (100.0%) 0 |
45 (91.8%) 4 ( 8.2%) |
290 (96.4%) 11 ( 3.6%) |
136 (45.2%) 165 (54.8%) |
251 (46.6%) 288 (53.4%) |
49 (41.2%) 70 (58.8%) |
<0.001a |
|
Cheapest price (£/kg) (5 unhealthy products) (median (IQR)) |
0.97 (0.59-1.86) |
0.94 (0.59-1.67) |
1.55 (1.02-2.75) |
1.24 (0.99-6.24) |
1.62 (0.99-5.26) |
1.81 (1.30-8.23) |
<0.001b |
|
Cheapest price (£/kg) (7 healthy products) (median (IQR)) |
1.53 (0.84-2.08) |
1.49 (1.00-1.96) |
1.96 (1.27-3.24) |
1.49 (1.11-2.20) |
2.50 (1.69-3.13) |
2.20 (1.64-3.59) |
<0.001b |
|
Variety (n (%)) (5 unhealthy products) ≥3 varieties 1 or 2 varieties |
40 (100.0%) 0 |
28 (80.0%) 7 (20.0%) |
174 (81.7%) 39 (18.3%) |
55 (41.0%) 79 (59.0%) |
191 (55.7%) 152 (44.3%) |
30 (49.2%) 31 (50.8%) |
<0.001a |
|
Variety (n (%)) (7 healthy products) ≥3 varieties 1 or 2 varieties |
56 (100.0%) 0 |
23 (51.1%) 22 (48.9%) |
104 (36.0%) 185 (64.0%) |
23 (16.9%) 113 (83.1%) |
18 ( 7.2%) 232 (92.8%) |
9 (18.4%) 40 (81.6%) |
<0.001a |
|
Quality (n (%)) (6 fruit & vegetables) Good/ medium Poor |
45 (100.0%) 0 |
37 (100.0%) 0 |
224 (94.9%) 12 ( 5.1%) |
103 (91.2%) 10 ( 8.8%) |
177 (90.3%) 19 ( 6.7%) |
34 (100.0%) 0 |
0.02a |
a
Chi squared test for trend
b
Spearman test for trend