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. 2019 Oct 30;111(2):247–256. doi: 10.17269/s41997-019-00260-x

Table 3.

Correlation matrix comparing availability of regular and healthy items, in stores of different business ownership, rural Avalon, NL, 2015

Difference in availability, of YX, with p values
X axis
Y axis Healthy items available in independent stores Regular items available in independent stores Healthy items available in nationalchain stores Regular items available in nationalchain stores Healthy items available in provincialchain stores
Proportion of regular items available in independent stores

11.1%

2.9 E−09*

Proportion of healthy items available in national chain stores

7.0%

0.007*

− 4.1%

0.52

Proportion of regular items available in national chain stores

18.3%

7.3 E−10*

7.2%

0.14

11.3%

0.004*

Proportion of healthy items available in provincial chain stores

7.2%

0.19

− 3.9%

~ 1.0

0.2%

~ 1.0

− 11.1%

0.050

Proportion of regular items available in provincial chain stores

13.5%

0.036*

2.4%

~ 1.0

6.5%

~ 1.0

− 4.1%

~ 1.0

6.3%

~ 1.0

*p value at < 0.05, no overlapping confidence intervals, associations in the expected direction