Table 3.
Participant characteristics for Healthy Food Small Retailer Program (HFSRP) and comparison store customers (n = 1261) surveyed 2017–2020a
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | P-value for year effect | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | HFSRP | Comparison | HFSRP | Comparison | HFSRP | Comparison | HFSRP | Comparison | HFSRP | Comparison |
| n | 161 | 318 | 109 | 114 | 130 | 184 | 99 | 146 | ||
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |||
| Age (Years) | 43.0 (15.1) | 43.4 (15.1) | 44.9 (13.9) | 42.5 (14.8) | 47.3 (15.2)b | 41.2 (15.7) | 47.2 (15.3) | 41.5 (15.5) | 0.053 | 0.377 |
| Body Mass Index, BMI, kg/m2 | 30.4 (6.74) | 29.8 (8.37) | 30.1 (6.33) | 27.7 (6.36) | 29.5 (6.91) | 29.6 (7.1) | 27.8 (8.08) | 28.4 (6.74) | 0.036 | 0.039 |
| Skin carotenoid score | 236.6 (76.5) | 232.9 (91.0) | 236.8 (81.1) | 248.5 (78.0) | 243.3 (81.8) | 235.4 (72.7) | 242.2 (82.5) | 227.3 (82.9) | 0.868 | 0.234 |
| 2-item Screener of self-reported fruit and vegetable intake, servings/day | 3.80 (2.61) | 3.96 (3.79) | 3.43 (2.29) | 3.26 (2.87) | 4.06 (3.56) | 3.65 (3.41) | 5.10 (5.83) | 3.58 (2.74) | 0.008 | 0.277 |
| National Cancer Institute Fruit and Vegetable Screener, servings/day | 3.61 (3.1) | 3.82 (3.19) | 3.42 (3.02) | 3.53 (3.49) | 3.40 (2.91) | 3.87 (3.66) | 3.20 (3.41) | 4.48 (4.71) | 0.787 | 0.192 |
| Sugary beverages, servings/day | 1.69 (1.94) | 2.32 (2.49) | 1.56 (2.02) | 2.17 (2.3) | 1.55 (2.22) | 1.79 (2.32) | 1.4 (1.89) | 1.76 (2.15) | 0.728 | 0.033 |
| Frequency (%) | Frequency (Percentage) | Frequency (Percentage) | Frequency (Percentage) | Frequency (Percentage) | Frequency (Percentage) | Frequency (Percentage) | Frequency (Percentage) | |||
| Sex (% female) | 69 (42.9) | 127 (40.3) | 33 (30.3) | 45 (40.2) | 59 (46.8) | 100 (54.9) | 46 (46.5) | 72 (50.7) | 0.042 | 0.005 |
| Race (%) | ||||||||||
| Black | 74 (46.3) | 235 (74.6) | 54 (49.5) | 93 (82.3) | 64 (51.6) | 118 (64.8) | 50 (51.0) | 87 (62.1) | 0.336 | <.001 |
| White | 76 (47.5) | 50 (15.9) | 48 (44) | 13 (11.5) | 46 (37.1) | 22 (12.1) | 44 (44.9) | 21 (15) | ||
| Other | 10 (6.3) | 30 (9.5) | 7 (6.4) | 7 (6.2) | 14 (11.3) | 42 (23.1) | 4 (4.1) | 32 (22.9) | ||
| Income (%) | ||||||||||
| < $25,000 | 44 (27.3) | 132 (41.5) | 29 (26.6) | 44 (38.6) | 52 (40) | 86 (46.7) | 26 (26.3) | 56 (38.4) | 0.139 | 0.479 |
| > = $25,000 | 92 (57.1) | 144 (45.3) | 66 (60.6) | 58 (50.9) | 61 (46.9) | 73 (39.7) | 54 (54.5) | 66 (45.2) | ||
| Income (missing) | 25 (15.5) | 42 (13.2) | 14 (12.8) | 12 (10.5) | 17 (13.1) | 25 (13.6) | 19 (19.2) | 24 (16.4) | ||
| Education (% some college) | 76 (47.2) | 96 (30.4) | 47 (43.5) | 37 (33) | 63 (48.5) | 76 (41.8) | 60 (60.6) | 53 (37.1) | 0.078 | 0.069 |
| Employed (% yes) | 111 (69.4) | 180 (57.0) | 79 (74.5) | 58 (52.3) | 72 (56.3) | 106 (57.9) | 64 (65.3) | 90 (63.4) | 0.021 | 0.347 |
| Previously purchased fruits or vegetables at the store (% yes) | 36 (22.5) | 68 (21.7) | 25 (24.5) | 22 (19.8) | 55 (45.1) | 60 (34.5) | 45 (48.4) | 59 (41.8) | <.001 | <.001 |
| Shopping frequency at the store (%) | ||||||||||
| 1-2x/week or less | 79 (53.7) | 81 (25.7) | 64 (59.3) | 21 (18.6) | 53 (42.4) | 61 (34.9) | 56 (58.3) | 43 (30.1) | 0.127 | <.001 |
| 3-6x/week | 29 (19.7) | 71 (22.5) | 24 (22.2) | 38 (33.6) | 34 (27.2) | 62 (35.4) | 20 (20.8) | 49 (34.3) | ||
| 1x/day or more | 39 (26.5) | 163 (51.7) | 20 (18.5) | 54 (47.8) | 38 (30.4) | 52 (29.7) | 20 (20.8) | 51 (35.7) | ||
aHFSRP Healthy Food Small Retailer Program Stores
bBold faced numbers mean a statistically significant difference between HFSRP and comparison stores within a year