Table 3.
Where and how residents of two Pittsburgh food deserts shop for food (major shopping); baseline data from the Pittsburgh Hill/Homewood Research on Eating, Shopping and Health (PHRESH) study, May–December 2011
| Variable | Category | Mean | sd | Median | Minimum | Maximum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance travelled (km) | 5·95 | 5·63 | 3·70 | 0·16 | 42·33 | |
| Shopping duration (min) | 117·3 | 58·7 | 120 | 20 | 480 | |
| Food expenditures per person per week ($US) | 36·90 | 27·20 | 30·00 | 0 | 200·00 | |
| n | % | |||||
| Store type | Discount grocery store | 74 | 5·4 | |||
| Supercentre | 154 | 11·3 | ||||
| Wholesale club | 35 | 2·6 | ||||
| Specialty grocery store | 25 | 1·8 | ||||
| Full-service supermarket | 1029 | 75·5 | ||||
| Meat/seafood market | 42 | 3·1 | ||||
| Mode of transportation | Drive | 529 | 38·6 | |||
| Jitney | 343 | 25·0 | ||||
| Public transport | 239 | 17·4 | ||||
| Get a ride | 234 | 17·1 | ||||
| Other | 26 | 1·9 | ||||
| Shopping frequency | Never | 26 | 1·9 | |||
| 1 time/month | 442 | 32·3 | ||||
| 2–4 times/month | 648 | 47·4 | ||||
| 5–8 times/month | 191 | 14·0 | ||||
| >8 times/month | 60 | 4·0 | ||||
| Shopping trip begins from home | 1256 | 92·0 |