Table 2. Number of Fast-Food Restaurants Within 400-m and 800-m Buffer of Each Secondary School (N = 490), by Region and District Characteristics, Hong Kong, 2020.
| Region and Characteristic | 400-m Buffer |
800-m Buffer |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean No. of Restaurants | Schools With 0 Restaurants, No. (%) | Schools With at Least 1 Restaurant, No. (%) | Schools With >1 Restaurant, No. (%) | Mean No. of Restaurants | Schools With 0 Restaurants, No. (%) | Schools With at Least 1 Restaurant, No. (%) | Schools With >1 Restaurant, No. (%) | |
| Hong Kong overall | 2.0 | 137 (28.0) | 353 (72.0) | 255 (52.0) | 6.3 | 29 (5.9) | 461 (94.1) | 435 (88.8) |
| By region | ||||||||
| Hong Kong Island | 2.0 | 31 (35.2) | 57 (64.8) | 45 (51.1) | 6.2 | 9 (10.2) | 79 (89.8) | 76 (86.4) |
| Kowloon | 2.2 | 35 (23.6) | 113 (76.4) | 80 (54.1) | 8.5 | 1 (0.7) | 147 (99.3) | 141 (95.3) |
| New Territories | 2.0 | 71 (28.0) | 183 (72.0) | 130 (51.2) | 5.2 | 19 (7.5) | 235 (92.5) | 218 (85.8) |
| By population densitya | ||||||||
| Low | 2.0 | 41 (29.9) | 96 (70.1) | 70 (51.1) | 5.1 | 17 (12.4) | 120 (87.6) | 111 (81.0) |
| Middle | 1.9 | 51 (29.8) | 120 (70.2) | 85 (49.7) | 5.5 | 11 (6.4) | 160 (93.6) | 149 (87.1) |
| High | 2.2 | 45 (24.7) | 137 (75.3) | 100 (54.9) | 8.1 | 1 (0.5) | 181 (99.5) | 175 (96.2) |
| By household incomeb | ||||||||
| Low | 1.9 | 48 (27.1) | 129 (72.9) | 86 (48.6) | 6.4 | 6 (3.4) | 171 (96.6) | 163 (92.1) |
| Middle | 2.0 | 49 (26.8) | 134 (73.2) | 98 (53.6) | 6.4 | 11 (6.0) | 172 (94.0) | 159 (86.9) |
| High | 2.3 | 40 (30.8) | 90 (69.2) | 71 (54.6) | 6.2 | 12 (9.2) | 118 (90.8) | 113 (86.9) |
a
The 3 strata of population density were classified based on the relative rankings of population density in the 18 districts of Hong Kong.
b
The 3 strata of household income were classified based on the relative rankings of median monthly household income in the 18 districts of Hong Kong.