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. 2014 Jul 22;91(6):1087–1097. doi: 10.1007/s11524-014-9887-2

TABLE 2.

Neighborhood food access among food insecure and food secure survey respondents

Survey respondents, % Food insecure respondents, % Food secure respondents, % P valuea
How easy or difficult is it for you to find fruits and vegetables in your neighborhood?
 Very easy 55.4 40.3 58.4 <0.001
 Easy 35.5 39.1 34.8
 Difficult 6.5 12.9 5.2
 Very difficult 2.6 7.8 1.6
How would you rate the overall quality of groceries available in the stores in your neighborhood?
 Excellent 33.2 20.7 35.7 <0.001
 Good 43.5 40.0 44.2
 Fair 17.7 27.2 15.8
 Poor 5.1 11.4 3.8
 No store 0.5 0.8 0.5

aComparing neighborhood food access between food insecure and food secure respondents