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. 2014 May 23;11:69. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-11-69

Table 4.

Individual variable and composite scores by store type

Variable Premium supermarket
Large supermarket
Discount supermarket
Small supermarket
‘World’ store
Convenience store
Petrol store
Possible rangef
 
Median (IQR)d Min Max p-value
Composite score
1.7
1.7
0.3
0.9
-.04
-0.6
-0.9
-1.9
2.2
<0.001a
(1.2 to 1.8)
(1.5 to 1.9)
(0.1 to 1.0)
(0.6 to 1.1)
(-1.1 to 0.3)
(-1.0 to 0.2)
(-1.2 to -0.2)
Variety
8
8
-8
-6
-2
-9
-7
-25
35
<0.001a
(7 to 8)
(6 to 9)
(-10 to 1)
(-8 to -2)
(-5 to 0)
(-11 to -7)
(-8 to -5)
Price
0.03
-0.03
-0.01
0.02
0.04
0.03
0.02
Higher score is more healthful
0.002a
(0 to 0.05)
(-0.04 to -0.01)
(-0.04 to 0.01)
(0.01 to 0.05)
(-0.12 to 0.1)
(-0.06 to 0.08)
(-0.21 to 0.1)
Promotions
0.5
0
-1
-1
0
-1
-1
-5
7
<0.001a
(-1 to 1)
(-1 to 1)
(-3 to 0)
(-2 to -1)
(-0.4 to 0)
(-1 to 0)
(-1 to 0)
Shelf placement
5
7
7
5
0
-3
-5
-15
21
<0.001a
(4 to 7)
(5 to 9)
(4 to 9)
(4 to 7)
(-3 to 4)
(-6 to 3)
(-6 to 1)
Store placement
4
4
4
4
1
-4
-4
-15
21
<0.001a
(4 to 5)
(4 to 5)
(3 to 5)
(3 to 4)
(-4 to 5)
(-6 to 2)
(-6 to 1)
Quality
17
17
17
17
5
5
0
0
18
<0.001b
(17 to 17)
(16 to 18)
(15 to 18)
(15 to 17)
(0 to 10)
(0 to 13)
(0 to 8)
Healthier alternative
4
5
2
3
0
1
1
0
5
<0.001b
(4 to 5)
(5 to 5)
(2 to 3)
(2 to 3)
(0 to 1)
(1 to 2)
(0 to 2)
Nutrition information
13
14
13
15
4
11
9
0
15
<0.001b
(10 to 13)
(12 to 15)
(13 to 14)
(15 to 15)
(2 to 7)
(9 to 13)
(9 to 12)
Single sale of two fruitse 100% 97% 26% 87% 23% 19% 21% 0 2 <0.001c

aOneway analysis of variance, bKruskal-Wallis test, cChi square test, dMedian and inter-quartile range (IQR) were provided for both parametric and non-parametric variables for ease of reading, ePercentage of two fruits available for single sale was provided because this variable was categorical, fPossible range of scores for each variable except composite score which shows actual range of composite score values.