Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics for Store Type and Neighborhood Demographics for Analysis Samples and Total Sample: Healthy Stores for a Healthy Community, California (2013)a
| Store with cheapest pack price | Stores with single Swisher sweets Price | All HSHC stores unweighted | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 6687 | N = 3928 | N = 7392 | ||||
| Store characteristics | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| Store type | ||||||
| Convenience | 2084 | 31.1 | 1537 | 39.0 | 2171 | 29.4 |
| Pharmacy | 427 | 6.4 | 233 | 5.9 | 470 | 6.4 |
| Liquor | 1020 | 15.2 | 699 | 17.7 | 1154 | 15.6 |
| Small market | 1578 | 23.5 | 799 | 20.3 | 1775 | 24.0 |
| Supermarket | 594 | 8.9 | 98 | 2.5 | 636 | 8.6 |
| Discount store | 117 | 1.7 | 41 | 1.0 | 126 | 1.7 |
| Gas kiosk | 407 | 6.1 | 276 | 7.0 | 446 | 6.0 |
| Tobacco shop/hookah bar | 316 | 4.7 | 234 | 5.9 | 381 | 5.2 |
| Other | 168 | 2.5 | 27 | 0.7 | 233 | 3.2 |
| Distance to nearest competitor (miles) | 1.4 | 3.6 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 3.8 |
| Neighborhood traits (Census tracts) | N = 1823 | N = 1524 | N = 1874 | |||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| % African American | 5.3 | 8.0 | 5.3 | 7.8 | 5.3 | 8.0 |
| % Asian/Pacific Islander | 10.0 | 12.8 | 9.9 | 12.6 | 10.0 | 12.8 |
| % Other/multiple race | 16.0 | 11.0 | 16.6 | 11.2 | 16.0 | 11.0 |
| % Hispanic | 34.4 | 25.5 | 35.8 | 25.9 | 34.3 | 25.5 |
| Age | ||||||
| % School-age youth (ages 5–17) | 17.3 | 5.7 | 17.6 | 5.7 | 17.3 | 5.7 |
| % Young adults (ages 18–24) | 10.3 | 6.4 | 10.4 | 6.4 | 10.4 | 6.5 |
| Household median income | 59,925 | 26,928 | 58,477 | 58,477 | 59,999 | 26,955 |
| Population density | 6065 | 8303 | 9169 | 8382 | 6095 | 8305 |
| Tobacco retailers (per 1000 residents) | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
aPrices were cheapest pack of cigarettes regardless of brand and single Swisher Sweets.