TABLE 1.
Characteristics of the food retail environment for FoodAPS households in the United States, by household resource strata1
| Household resource strata, % | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food environment indicators | Total, % | SNAP | Non-SNAP (<100% FPL) | Non-SNAP (100 to <185% FPL) | Non-SNAP (≥185% FPL) | F-statistic | P |
| Population,2 % | 13.6 | 4.9 | 12.7 | 68.8 | |||
| Distance to nearest retailer, miles | 4.5 | <0.001 | |||||
| ≤0.5 | 25.5 | 32.5 | 35.8 | 25.7 | 23.4 | ||
| >0.5 to 1 | 29.2 | 34.5 | 31.7 | 25.3 | 28.7 | ||
| >1 to 10 | 41.3 | 28.8 | — | — | 43.9 | ||
| >10 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 32.53 | 48.93 | 4.0 | ||
| Distance to primary retailer, miles | 1.3 | 0.25 | |||||
| ≤0.5 | 10.5 | 14.2 | 12.2 | 10.9 | 9.6 | ||
| >0.5 to 1 | 17.5 | 20.7 | 19.6 | 15.2 | 17.5 | ||
| >1 to 10 | 57.1 | 50.7 | 55.7 | 59.0 | 57.8 | ||
| >10 | 14.9 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 14.9 | 15.1 | ||
| Transportation mode to primary retailer | 45.5 | <0.001 | |||||
| Own auto | 87.8 | 65.8 | 62.0 | 83.9 | 94.7 | ||
| Another auto | 6.5 | 21.2 | 18.9 | 9.1 | 2.2 | ||
| Other mode | 5.7 | 13.0 | 19.2 | 7.1 | 3.1 | ||
| Reason for choosing primary retailer | 4.8 | <0.001 | |||||
| Neither | 17.3 | 14.6 | 18.9 | 19.1 | 17.4 | ||
| Low prices | 30.0 | 38.5 | 41.0 | 34.9 | 26.6 | ||
| Close | 30.1 | 25.1 | 23.6 | 24.6 | 32.5 | ||
| Both | 22.7 | 21.8 | 16.5 | 21.4 | 23.6 | ||
1
Values are population-weighted percentages unless otherwise indicated; n = 4824 households. FoodAPS, Food Acquisition and Purchasing Survey; FPL, federal poverty level; SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
2
Values are row percentages.
3
The 1 to ≤10– and >10-mile estimates were combined for nondisclosure purposes.