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. 2017 Sep 6;16:33. doi: 10.1186/s12942-017-0106-8

Table 4.

Home-based supermarket exposure by groups of educational attainment and equivalised income

Euclidean buffer counts (no. of outlets) Network buffer counts (no. of outlets) Proximity to nearest (km)
800 m 1 km 1 mile 800 m 1 km 1 mile Mean
Educational attainment a (n = 10,276)
Low 0.4 (0.4, 0.5) 0.7 (0.6, 0.7) 1.4 (1.4, 1.5) 0.2 (0.2, 0.2) 0.3 (0.2, 0.4) 1.7 (1.6, 1.8) 3.73 (3.59, 3.88)
Medium 0.5 (0.5, 0.5) 0.7 (0.7, 0.7) 1.5 (1.4, 1.5) 0.2 (0.2, 0.2) 0.3 (0.3, 0.4) 1.7 (1.6, 1.8) 3.90 (3.80, 3.99)
High 1.1 (1.0, 1.1) 1.6 (1.5, 1.6) 3.3 (3.2, 3.4) 0.5 (0.4, 0.5) 0.7 (0.7, 0.8) 3.8 (3.7, 4.0) 2.87 (2.76, 2.98)
p (Highest to lowest) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
% Differencec 1175 129 136 150 133 124 -23
Equivalised income b (n = 9617)
<£23,000 0.6 (0.5, 0.6) 0.8 (0.8, 0.9) 1.9 (1.8, 2.0) 0.3 (0.2, 0.3) 0.4 (0.4, 0.4) 2.2 (2.0, 2.3) 3.67 (3.54, 3.81)
£23,000–£42,999 0.6 (0.6, 0.7) 0.9 (0.9, 1.0) 2.0 (1.9, 2.1) 0.3 (0.3, 0.3) 0.5 (0.5, 0.5) 2.3 (2.2, 2.4) 3.60 (3.49, 3.71)
≥£43,000 0.8 (0.8, 0.9) 1.2 (1.1, 1.3) 2.6 (2.4, 2.7) 0.4 (0.3, 0.4) 0.6 (0.5, 0.6) 2.9 (2.8, 3.1) 3.34 (3.22, 3.46)
p (Highest to lowest) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
% Differencec 33 50 37 33 50 32 -9

Mean values (95% confidence intervals), and statistical and percent difference between the lowest and highest socioeconomic groups

aEducational attainment: ‘Low’ indicates compulsory school education and corresponding qualifications; ‘Medium’ indicates further education academic or vocational qualifications; ‘High’ represents degree or higher qualifications

bTotal household income equivalised using a version of the OECD’s modified equivalence scale

cPercent difference computed as 100*((Higher SES-Lower SES)/lower SES)