Table 2.
Featuring census tracts’ population based on their classification as food deserts and food swamps
| Census tract features | FOOD DESERT | FOOD SWAMPS | Food deserts and food swamps at the same timea (n = 487; 12.74%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes(n = 1444; 37.80%) | No(n = 2386; 62.2%) | Yes(n = 2240; 58.50%) | No(n = 1590; 41.50%) | ||
| Mean ± SD/ % | Mean ± SD/ % | Mean ± SD/ % | Mean ± SD/ % | Mean ± SD/ % | |
| Income per capita (R$)b*+ | 631.44 ± 714.10 | 816.93 ± 857.64 | 787.85 ± 783.27 | 689.44 ± 846.43 | 595.32 ± 655.3≠ |
| Total Populationb*+ | 511.88 ± 310.10 | 683.76 ± 290.95 | 682.43 ± 294.08 | 529.54 ± 309.15 | 590.47 ± 296.74 |
| Number of householdsb*+ | 162.53 ± 99.57 | 220.84 ± 89.47 | 220.28 ± 90.73 | 168.68 ± 98.92 | 186.65 ± 93.90≠ |
| Number literate individualsb*+ | 457.97 ± 277.18 | 625.14 ± 261.04 | 623.97 ± 264.51 | 474.97 ± 276.21 | 530.99 ± 265.99 |
| Racec | |||||
| White*+ | 43.16 | 48.38 | 47.89 | 44.69 | 42.18≠ |
| Mixed*+ | 55.52 | 50.45 | 50.93 | 54.05 | 56.55≠ |
| Asian descendant/Indigenous*+ | 1.30 | 1.16 | 1.18 | 1.27 | 1.27≠ |
| Health Vulnerability Indexd | |||||
| Low*+ | 27.70 | 39.00 | 37.10 | 31.30 | 24.40≠ |
| Medium*+ | 31.60 | 42.10 | 42.80 | 31.50 | 38.60 |
| High*+ | 40.70 | 18.90 | 20.10 | 37.20 | 37.00≠ |
Note: * Statistical difference between food deserts and no- food deserts; + Statistical difference between food swamps and no- food swamps; ≠ Statistical difference; a Comparison as the sectors that are neither deserts nor swamps (S1); b p-value calculated by the t-test, c Result expressed in percentage of individuals and p-value calculated by the chi-square; d Result expressed in percentage of census tract and p-value calculated by the chi-square; p-value < 0,05