Table 1.
Characteristics, by racial segregation and corporate status, of surveyed stores (n 139) in Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN, USA, July–November 2014
| Racial segregation | Corporate status | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White dominant | Racially mixed | POC dominant | Corporate/franchise | Independently owned | ||||||
| % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | |
| Total | 33·1 | 46 | 48·2 | 67 | 18·7 | 26 | 51·1 | 71 | 48·9 | 68 |
| Store type | ||||||||||
| Corner/small grocer | 34·8 | 16 | 41·8 | 28 | 38·5 | 10 | 0·0 | 0 | 79·4 | 54 |
| Gas-mart | 39·1 | 18 | 35·8 | 24 | 30·8 | 8 | 54·9 | 39 | 16·2 | 11 |
| Dollar store | 4·4 | 2 | 7·5 | 5 | 23·1 | 6 | 15·5 | 11 | 2·9 | 2 |
| Pharmacy | 21·7 | 10 | 14·9 | 10 | 7·7 | 2 | 29·6 | 21 | 1·5 | 1 |
| SNAP benefits | ||||||||||
| Accepts | 93·5 | 43 | 94·0 | 63 | 100·0 | 26 | 95·8 | 68 | 94·1 | 64 |
| Does not accept | 6·5 | 3 | 6·0 | 4 | 0·0 | 0 | 4·2 | 3 | 5·9 | 4 |
| Corporate status | ||||||||||
| Corporate/franchise | 58·7 | 27 | 52·2 | 35 | 34·6 | 9 | – | – | ||
| Independently owned | 41·3 | 19 | 47·8 | 32 | 65·4 | 17 | – | – | ||
| Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | |
| Percentage of families ≤130 % US federal poverty level in store neighbourhood | 19·3 | 20·4 | 39·3 | 14·0 | 60·3 | 15·2 | 32·6 | 21·3 | 40·8 | 21·9 |
| Median household income ($US/year) for families in store neighbourhood | 61 721·2 | 26 643·5 | 41 597·5 | 12 846·0 | 30 554·2 | 9501·4 | 48 443·2 | 21 826·0 | 43 840·5 | 21 116·6 |
POC, people of colour; SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.