Table 1 Participants’ (n = 100) sociodemographic characteristics and food shopping behaviors
From: There’s more to food store choice than proximity: a questionnaire development study
Characteristic | Mean (SD) | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
Gender (% female) | 93 | ||
Age (years) | 50.6 (12.9) | ||
Race | |||
African American | 64 | ||
Caucasian | 35 | ||
Asian | 1 | ||
Ethnicity (% Hispanic) | 0 | ||
Education (% completed) | |||
Less than high school | 4 | ||
High school/GED | 14 | ||
Some college | 36 | ||
College | 23 | ||
Graduate degree | 23 | ||
Employment | |||
Full-time | 58 | ||
Part-time | 10 | ||
Retired | 15 | ||
Homemaker | 6 | ||
Unemployed | 5 | ||
Student | 3 | ||
Marital status | |||
Married | 48 | ||
Divorced/separated | 29 | ||
Widowed | 6 | ||
Never married | 17 | ||
Rurality of residence (% non-metropolitan ZIP codes) | 35 | ||
BMI | 33.4 (8.2) | ||
Number of stores visited on a typical shopping trip | |||
One | 33 | ||
Two | 44 | ||
Three | 16 | ||
Four or more | 7 | ||
Location from which one departs for the food store | |||
Home | 92 | ||
Work | 8 | ||
Transportation to store | |||
Public transportation | 1 | ||
Drive self | 92 | ||
Ride with other | 5 | ||
Walk | 2 | ||
Participate in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program | 19 | ||
Participate in Women, Infants, and Children program | 4 | ||
Decision maker for food store choice | |||
Self | 93 | ||
Family member | 7 | ||
Satisfaction with food store | |||
Very dissatisfied | 2 | ||
Somewhat dissatisfied | 4 | ||
Somewhat satisfied | 31 | ||
Mostly satisfied | 36 | ||
Very satisfied | 27 |