Table 2.
Weighted* percentage of frequency of shopping at different types of food store (n 2596), NEWPATH study, Region of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 2009/2010
| No. of participants who report shopping at each food store† | % | Never/rarely | Less than once per month | Once per month | Twice per month | Once per week | At least twice per week | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supermarket | 2526 | 99·8 | 0·1 | 0·5 | 1·0 | 7·7 | 47·8 | 42·8 |
| Supercentre | 1923 | 77·8 | 18·1 | 24·0 | 23·8 | 17·9 | 13·3 | 2·8 |
| Convenience store | 1123 | 45·9 | 54·0 | 18·0 | 9·6 | 8·0 | 6·3 | 4·1 |
| Specialty store | 1569 | 63·7 | 40·0 | 25·8 | 15·7 | 10·6 | 6·3 | 1·6 |
| Farmers’ market | 1700 | 68·6 | 34·5 | 31·7 | 14·8 | 11·7 | 6·7 | 0·7 |
| Food bank | 47 | 1·9 | 97·4 | 1·7 | 0·1 | 0·4 | 0·3 | 0·0 |
| Home delivery | 122 | 5·0 | 95·3 | 2·4 | 0·8 | 1·0 | 0·5 | 0·0 |
| Food co-op or informal buying group | 72 | 2·9 | 98·0 | 1·1 | 0·3 | 0·1 | 0·5 | 0·0 |
*
Percentages were weighted by the household inflation weights to account for sample stratification and to represent the population of the three cities according to walkability of the neighbourhood, household size and household income.
†
Percentages are among respondents who had complete data for survey items (i.e. they do not include missing values). Missing values ranged from sixty-six missing responses for supermarkets (2·5 %) to 144 missing responses (5·5 %) for food banks.