Table 1.
Descriptive statistics for analytic samples
| mRFEI analysis | Marketing strategy analyses | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 576) | Soft drinks (n = 465) | Vegetables (n = 257) | |
| Age (mean(SD)) | 9.1 (1.7) | 9.1 (1.7) | 9.0 (1.6) |
| Gender (n(%) boys) | 284 (49.3%) | 217 (46.7%) | 109 (42.2%) |
| Household Income (n(%)) | |||
| < 45 K | 111 (19.3%) | 96 (20.6%) | 48 (18.6%) |
| 45–65 K | 114 (19.8%) | 94 (20.2%) | 45 (17.4%) |
| > 65 K | 351 (60.9%) | 275 (59.1%) | 165 (64.0%) |
| Language survey conducted (n (%) French) | 320 (55.6%) | 256 (55.1%) | 149 (57.7%) |
| Healthful eating score (mean (SD)) | 8.6 (3.6) | 8.7 (3.6) | 8.7 (3.6) |
| Unhealthful food score (mean (SD)) | 1.6 (1.2) | 1.6 (1.2) | 1.6 (1.3) |
| External eating score (Range: 10–30; mean (SD)) | 21 (4) | 21 (4) | 21 (4) |
| mRFEI (mean (SD)) | 23.3 (11.7) | 22.4 (10.5) | 22.4 (10.7) |
| Soft drinks discount frequency (mean (SD)) | 0.41 (0.19)a | 0.50 (0.15) a | |
| Soft drinks display (mean (SD)) | 0.26 (0.22) a | 0.38 (0.17) a | |
| Soft drinks regular price per serving (mean (SD)) | 0.37 (0.12) a | 0.30 (0.04) a | |
| Soft drinks variety (mean (SD)) | 128.2 (60.3) a | 171.8 (44.7) a | |
| Vegetable discount frequency (mean (SD)) | 0.47 (0.13) | ||
| Vegetable display (mean (SD)) | 0.05 (0.04) | ||
| Vegetable regular price per serving (mean (SD)) | 0.31 (0.08) | ||
| Vegetable variety (mean (SD)) | 410.5 (116.7) | ||
mRFEI modified Retail Food Environment Index (proportion of food retailers classified as healthful), SD Standard Deviation
a mean difference statistically significant (p < 0.05)