Table 2.
Characteristics of Audited Stores in Food Deserts in Pittsburgh by Store Type, 2011
| Store type | Number of stores audited | Food that dominates the view from store’s main entrance (%) | Average number of types of food available M(SD) | Average number of displays that promote type of food M(SD) | |||
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| FVa,b | Unhealthy Foodc | FVa,d,d | Unhealthy foode | Healthy foodf | Unhealthy foodg | ||
| Unhealthy | |||||||
| Convenience store | 4 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 7.5(1.3) | 0 | 6.0(3.7) |
| Neighborhood store | 18 | 0 | 94.4 | 0.22(0.65) | 7.5(1.4) | 0 | 5.8(6.7) |
| Dollar storeh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 9.0 |
| Moderate | |||||||
| Discount grocery store | 2 | 50 | 50 | 15.0(0) | 6.0(1.4) | 5.0(2.8) | 13.0(12.7) |
| Supercenter | 2 | 0 | 100 | 20.0(0) | 9.0(0) | 10.0(2.8) | 90.0(1.4) |
| Wholesale clubh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 12.0 |
| Healthy | |||||||
| Full-service supermarket | 8 | 63 | 37 | 20.8(1.3) | 8.3(0.71) | 16.1(9.7) | 42.3(7.2) |
| Specialty grocery storeh | 1 | 0 | 100 | 20.0 | 6.0 | 21.0 | 16.0 |
| Fruit and vegetable store/farm standh | 1 | 100 | 0 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FV = fruits and vegetables.
This column contains the percentage of stores of each type in which FV dominated the view from the main entrance. The denominator for these percentages varies by store type and is the number of stores shown for the store type in the column “Number of stores audited”.
This column contains the percentage of stores of each type in which unhealthy food dominated the view from the main entrance. The denominator for these percentages varies by store type and is the number of stores shown for the store type in the column “Number of stores audited”.
This column contains the average (mean) numbers and standard deviations of types of FV available in stores of each type. Possible scores on this indicator ranged from 0 to 22.
This column contains the average (mean) numbers and standard deviations of types of unhealthy food available in stores of each type. Possible scores on this indicator ranged from 0 to 9.
Healthy food, as defined with respect to the types of food promoted in different displays, includes products with at least 50% whole grains in addition to fruits and vegetables. This column contains the average (mean) numbers and standard deviations of displays that promoted healthy food.
This column contains the average (mean) numbers and standard deviations of displays that promoted unhealthy food.
Because there was only one store of this type, no standard deviation could be computed for the average numbers of types of fruits and vegetables and unhealthy food or for the average numbers of displays that promote healthy food and unhealthy food.