Table 3 Proportion of Grocery Store Dollars Spent on Food and Beverage Categories by Income-to-Poverty Ratio
From: Nutrition quality of food purchases varies by household income: the SHoPPER study
Income-to-Poverty Ratioa | Unadjusted p | Adjusted p | High v. Low | Medium v. Low | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low 0- < 1.3 | Medium 1.3 - < 3.5 | High 3.5+ | |||||
N = 202 | 49 | 78 | 75 | ||||
Total Grocery Dollars Spent/Week | 102.9 (84.0) | 141.8 (91.5) | 162.4 (108.4) | .005 | |||
Proportion of Grocery Dollars Spent/Week | |||||||
Fruit | 0.05 (0.07) | 0.07 (0.07) | 0.10 (0.09) | .003 | .27 | .24 | .98 |
Vegetables | 0.08 (0.07) | 0.09 (0.07) | 0.13 (0.08) | .001 | .06 | .19 | .60 |
Sugar Sweetened Beverages | 0.06 (0.06) | 0.05 (0.07) | 0.02 (0.06) | .004 | .95 | .95 | .85 |
Sugar Sweetened Beverages/Total Beverages | 0.56 (0.34) | 0.40 (0.36) | 0.22 (0.34) | .0001 | .68 | .38 | .59 |
Packaged Snacks | 0.07 (0.09) | 0.05 (0.07) | 0.05 (0.06) | .16 | .26 | .11 | .17 |
Sweet Baked Items | 0.03 (0.04) | 0.05 (0.09) | 0.04 (0.12) | .51 | .39 | .47 | .18 |
Other Dessert | 0.00 (0.01) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.00 (0.00) | .29 | .15 | .06 | .09 |
Frozen Dessert | 0.03 (0.07) | 0.01 (0.03) | 0.01 (0.02) | .01 | .02 | .01 | .01 |
Candy | 0.05 (0.07) | 0.03 (0.06) | 0.02 (0.07) | .14 | .32 | .17 | .17 |