Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 17.
Published in final edited form as: Health Aff (Millwood). 2014 Feb;33(2):283–291. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0512

Exhibit 1.

Characteristics of analytical samples in the study by all participants and by outcome specific sub-samples

All Sub-samples (by outcome)

BMI Fruit & Vegetable Intake Perceptions of Food Access

Eligible Samples

Sample size, n: 656 619 625 539

Resident in area with new supermarket, n (%) 311 (47) 294 (47) 294 (47) 247 (46)

Adopted new supermarket as main store, n (%) 83 (13) 80 (13) 79 (13) 64 (12)

Adopted new supermarket as secondary store, n (%) 160 (24) 152 (25) 153 (24) 128 (24)

Baseline sample characteristics

Gender (%)
Male 134 (20) 132 (21) 123 (20) 115 (21)
Female 521 (79) 486 (79) 501 (80) 424 (79)
Missing 1 (0) 1 (0) 1 (0) 0 (0)

Age in years
Mean (SD) 54 (14.8) 54 (14.5) 53 (14.5) 53 (14.2)
Missing (%) 8 (1) 7 (1) 8 (1) 0 (0)

Race/Ethnicity (%)
Black 551 (84) 522 (84) 524 (84) 461 (86)
White 56 (9) 54 (9) 54 (9) 49 (9)
Hispanic 13 (2) 11 (2) 13 (2) 10 (2)
Other 23 (4) 22 (4) 23 (4) 19 (4)
Missing 13 (2) 10 (2) 11 (2) 0 (0)

Household income %
417 (64) 393 (63) 394 (63) 360 (67)
<$40,000 per year 200 (30) 191 (31) 195 (31) 179 (33)
>$40,000 per year 39 (6) 35 (6) 36 (6) 0 (0)
Missing

High school graduate (%)
Yes 557 (85) 524 (85) 537 (86) 467 (87)
No 98 (15) 95 (15) 87 (14) 72 (13)
Missing 1 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0) 0 (0)

Labour market status (%)
Employed 298 (45) 282 (46) 291 (47) 263 (49)
Unemployed 69 (11) 63 (10) 67 (11) 59 (11)
Inactive 287 (44) 273 (44) 265 (42) 217 (40)
Missing 2 (0) 1 (0) 2 (0) 0 (0)

Children under 12 in household (%)
Yes 148 (23) 139 (22) 147 (24) 135 (25)
No 508 (77) 480 (78) 478 (76) 404 (75)
Missing 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Public transport for food shopping (%)
Yes 157 (24) 149 148 122
No 499 (76) 470 (76) 477 (76) 417 (77)
Missing 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Outcomes

BMIa, Daily F&V Intakeb, Perceptions of food access:, baseline mean value (SD) - 29.5 (6.9) 3.6 (2.4) 14.2 (4.2)
a

Body Mass Index,

b

Daily Fruit & Vegetable Intake;

Authors calculations based on analytical data