Neighborhood disadvantage and the sales of unhealthy products: alcohol, tobacco and unhealthy snack food

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Relationship between Area Deprivation Index and Neighborhood^a Characteristics and the Number of Tobacco Units Sold on Average by Store per Week

Neighborhood Socio-Demographic Characteristics	Coefficient	p-value	95% Confidence Level
ADI national percentile^b	11.48	0.02	4.37	18.52
Percent of population that is Non-Hispanic African-American	−6.16	0.01	−9.35	−2.98
Percent population ages 0–17	22.00	0.05	4.35	39.64
Walk score^c	−6.18	0.03	−10.78	−1.59
Conditional R-squared = 0.85

^a Neighborhood is defined as the US Census Block Group for household income, percent of Non-Hispanic African-American households; US Census Tract for percent of households with no vehicle access and percent of households participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, a federal program that provides nutrition benefits to low income individuals and families (SNAP); and store address determined neighborhood Walk Score (www.walkscore.com)
^b ADI is the Area Deprivation Index, measured as a percentile of Census Block Groups throughout the US, where the 99th percentile is the highest level of neighborhood disadvantage
^c Walk Score ranged from 0 to 100, with 100 being the most walkable
Note: analyses were controlled for sales week (1–85) and population size; coefficients are not standardized

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