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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Aff (Millwood). 2017 Aug 1;36(8):1433–1442. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2017.0122

Table.

Approach for categorizing food outlets

Dichotomous (0, 1 or more) 0 and tertiles of the remaining
non-zero distribution of values
Quartiles of the distribution of
values
Chain supermarkets, 1 mi X
Non-chain supermarkets, 1 mi X
Mass merchandisers, 1 mi X
Grocery stores, 1 mi X
Chain fast food restaurants, 1 mi X
Non-chain fast food restaurants, 1 mi X
Convenience stores, 1 mi X
Relative accessibility supermarkets to fast food, 1 mi X
Chain supermarkets, 1 mi X
Non-chain supermarkets, 3 mi X
Mass merchandisers, 3 mi X
Grocery stores, 3 mi X
Chain fast food restaurants, 3 mi X
Non-chain fast food restaurants, 3 mi X
Convenience stores, 3 mi X
Relative accessibility supermarkets to fast food, 3 mi X