Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of participants; household shoppers (n 705) from a predominantly rural, eight-county region of South Carolina, USA, 2010
| Demographic characteristics | |
| Age (years), mean | 57·8 |
| sd | 15·1 |
| Sex (%) | |
| Male | 22·3 |
| Female | 77·7 |
| Race/ethnicity (%) | |
| Minority (non-Hispanic black, Hispanic or other) | 34·5 |
| Non-Hispanic white | 65·5 |
| Education (%) | |
| Not a high-school graduate | 11·4 |
| High-school graduate | 35·6 |
| Some college or higher | 53·0 |
| Employment (%) | |
| Not employed | 22·6 |
| Retired | 31·5 |
| Employed | 45·9 |
| Household income per year (%) | |
| <$US 20 000 | 28·9 |
| ≥$US 20 000–<40 000 | 27·2 |
| ≥$US 40 000–<60 000 | 17·3 |
| ≥$US 60 000 | 26·5 |
| SNAP recipient (%) | |
| Yes | 9·9 |
| No | 90·1 |
| Spouse or partner (%) | |
| Yes | 64·1 |
| No | 35·9 |
| Number of household members, mean | 2·5 |
| sd | 1·4 |
| Urbanicity (%) | |
| Urban | 20·9 |
| Non-urban | 79·1 |
| Transportation for primary shopping (%) | |
| Personal car/vehicle | 93·9 |
| Ride with family/friends | 4·7 |
| Public transportation | 0·4 |
| Walk, bike or taxi | 1·0 |
| Perceived availability of healthy foods | |
| Availability of healthy foods*, mean | 6·2 |
| sd | 3·6 |
| Geographic retail food outlet measures | |
| Presence of supermarkets† | |
| Presence of a supermarket (%) | 11·4 |
| Presence of other food outlets† | |
| Presence of a convenience store (%) | 28·5 |
| Presence of a drug and pharmacy store (%) | 13·9 |
| Presence of a dollar and variety store (%) | 14·8 |
| Presence of a fast-food restaurant (%) | 16·0 |
| Presence of supermarkets‡ | |
| Presence of a supermarket (%) | 48·5 |
| Presence of other food outlets‡ | |
| Presence of a convenience store (%) | 81·4 |
| Presence of a drug and pharmacy store (%) | 40·4 |
| Presence of a dollar and variety store (%) | 55·5 |
| Presence of a fast-food restaurant (%) | 48·5 |
| Distance to supermarkets (km/miles) | |
| Distance to nearest supermarket, mean | 9·50/5·9 |
| sd | 7·24/4·5 |
| Distance to other food outlets (km/miles) | |
| Distance to nearest convenience store, mean | 4·67/2·9 |
| sd | 4·18/2·6 |
| Distance to nearest drug and pharmacy store, mean | 12·07/7·8 |
| sd | 9·50/5·9 |
| Distance to nearest dollar and variety store, mean | 8·21/5·1 |
| sd | 3·38/4·1 |
| Distance to nearest fast-food restaurant, mean | 9·82/6·1 |
| sd | 8·21/5·1 |
SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
*
Scoring range: 0–12.
†
Within a 1·61 km (1-mile) buffer.
‡
Within an 8·05 km (5-mile) buffer.