Table 3. Shopping locations and strategies used among low-income families from two urban Rhode Island communities (N=164).
|
| ||
|---|---|---|
| Past week typical shopping locations | n (%) shopping at each locationa | Mean times per week (SD) |
| Supermarket | 144 (88) | 2.14 (1.67) |
| Warehouse/discount | 50 (31) | 0.44 (0.81) |
| Corner store/market | 24 (15) | 0.38 (1.37) |
| Specialty shop | 19 (12) | 0.22 (0.76) |
| Convenience store | 16 (10) | 0.22 (0.84) |
| Total shopping frequency in any store in past week | 3.40 (2.39) | |
| Amount spent on food in past week ($) | 121.12 (102) | |
|
| ||
| Past month shopping strategies | Sometimes/often n (%) | |
| Lower cost food | 136 (83) | |
| Sales | 121 (74) | |
| Less junk food | 119 (73) | |
| Multiple stores | 106 (65) | |
| Bulk | 104 (63) | |
| Shopping list | 98 (60) | |
| Coupons | 67 (41) | |
| Fewer fruits/vegetables | 51 (31) | |
a
Percentages exceed 100 since respondents reported shopping at more than one location