Table 5.
Distribution of fast food restaurants around schools in major city areas by area-level disadvantage (based on Statistical Area Level 2 that school is within).
| SA2 SEIFA IRSD |
Major city |
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Primary schools n=901 |
Secondary schools n=296 |
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| n (%) | Proximity (median (IQR))a | % with FF outlet within 1 km (s.e.)b | Mean no. of outlets within 1 km (s.e.)c | n (%) | Proximity (median (IQR))a | % with FF outlet within 1 km (s.e.)b | Mean no. of outlets within 1 km (s.e.)c | |
| Decile 1 (Most disadv.) | 118 (13.1) | 1.27 (0.87–1.85) | 46.6 (4.6) | 0.58 (0.09) | 42 (14.2) | 1.00 (0.61–1.49) | 61.9 (7.5) | 0.95 (0.18) |
| Decile 2 | 65 (7.2) | 1.35 (0.75–1.84) | 38.5 (6.0) | 0.43 (0.08) | 21 (7.1) | 1.12 (0.91–1.70) | 57.1 (10.8) | 0.52 (0.13) |
| Decile 3 | 42 (4.7) | 1.18 (0.75–1.88) | 57.1 (7.6) | 0.71 (0.16) | 14 (4.7) | 1.02 (0.55–1.38) | 71.4 (12.1) | 0.93 (0.33) |
| Decile 4 | 51 (5.7) | 1.57 (0.83–2.24) | 33.3 (6.6) | 0.49 (0.12) | 20 (6.8) | 0.97 (0.53–1.43) | 60.0 (11.0) | 0.95 (0.23) |
| Decile 5 | 73 (8.1) | 1.63 (1.01–2.28)* | 27.4 (5.2)** | 0.37 (0.09) | 27 (9.1) | 1.56 (0.87–1.97)* | 40.7 (9.5) | 0.37 (0.13)** |
| Decile 6 | 93 (10.3) | 1.48 (1.00–2.21) | 26.9 (4.6)** | 0.38 (0.08) | 30 (10.1) | 0.99 (0.46–1.48) | 56.7 (9.1) | 0.83 (0.18) |
| Decile 7 | 101 (11.2) | 1.61 (0.95–2.88)* | 33.7 (4.7) | 0.41 (0.08) | 26 (8.8) | 1.01 (0.50–1.89) | 50.0 (9.8) | 1.00 (0.23) |
| Decile 8 | 109 (12.1) | 1.68 (1.06–2.78)*** | 27.5 (4.3)** | 0.32 (0.07)* | 36 (12.2) | 1.51 (0.91–2.15)* | 30.6 (7.7)** | 0.42 (0.13)* |
| Decile 9 | 130 (14.4) | 1.81 (1.17–2.61)*** | 23.8 (3.7)*** | 0.30 (0.07)* | 35 (11.8) | 1.42 (0.80–1.99)* | 40.0 (8.3) | 0.51 (0.15) |
| Decile 10 (Least disadv.) | 119 (13.2) | 2.11 (1.28–3.07)*** | 21.0 (3.7)*** | 0.19 (0.04)*** | 45 (15.2) | 1.97 (1.27–2.46)*** | 17.8 (5.7)*** | 0.22 (0.08)*** |
FF=fast food restaurant; SA2=Statistical Area Level 2; SEIFA IRSD=Socioeconomic Index for Areas (SEIFA) Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage (IRSD).
a
p value of difference compared to the most disadvantaged decile determined using the Wilcoxon–Mann–Whitney test: *<0.05; **<0.01; ***<0.001.
b
p-value of difference compared to the most disadvantaged decile determined by logistic regression: *<0.05; **<0.01; ***<0.001.
c
p-value of difference compared to the most disadvantaged decile determined by Poisson regression: *<0.05; **<0.01; ***<0.001.