Table 2.
Geographic measures of supermarket and fast food chain access by location: established versus urban-growth local government area.
| Location | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Established Area (n = 1648) |
Growth Area (n = 1493) |
p-Value * | ||||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| Supermarket Density (Pedestrian Road Network) |
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| ≤800 m | 0.30 | 0.67 | 0.32 | 0.69 | 0.27 | 0.64 | 0.022 |
| ≤1000 m | 0.49 | 0.86 | 0.52 | 0.86 | 0.47 | 0.86 | 0.128 |
| ≤1600 m | 1.39 | 1.44 | 1.49 | 1.43 | 1.27 | 1.44 | <0.001 |
| Supermarket Density (Car Road Network) |
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| ≤2000 m | 2.11 | 1.79 | 2.30 | 1.84 | 1.89 | 1.72 | <0.001 |
| ≤3000 m | 4.57 | 2.91 | 5.13 | 3.20 | 3.96 | 2.42 | <0.001 |
| Fast Food Chain Density (Pedestrian Road Network) |
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| ≤800 m | 0.24 | 0.68 | 0.29 | 0.74 | 0.19 | 0.60 | <0.001 |
| ≤1000 m | 0.43 | 0.94 | 0.50 | 1.01 | 0.35 | 0.86 | <0.001 |
| ≤1600 m | 1.29 | 1.67 | 1.45 | 1.68 | 1.12 | 1.63 | <0.001 |
| Fast Food Chain Density (Car Road Network) |
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| ≤2000 m | 2.00 | 2.03 | 2.24 | 2.06 | 1.74 | 1.97 | <0.001 |
| ≤3000 m | 4.49 | 2.82 | 5.00 | 2.81 | 3.93 | 2.73 | <0.001 |
| Median | IQR | Median | IQR | Median | IQR | ||
| Distance to Closest Supermarket (Pedestrian Road Network) (km) |
1.30 | 0.88–1.80 | 1.24 | 0.85–1.69 | 1.37 | 0.91–1.92 | <0.001 |
| Distance to Closest Fast Food Chain (Pedestrian Road Network) (km) |
1.55 | 1.03–2.19 | 1.40 | 0.96–1.98 | 1.69 | 1.16–2.46 | <0.001 |
* p-values determined by Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) for food outlet density and Kruskal–Wallis test for food outlet proximity. IQR: interquartile range; SD: standard deviation.