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Table 3 Relationship between Area Deprivation Index and Neighborhood Characteristics and the Number of Alcohol Units Sold on Average by Store per Weeka

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

Neighborhood Socio-Demographic Characteristics

Coefficient

p-value

95% Confidence Interval

ADI national percentileb

−11.34

0.35

−38.60

15.91

Percent of population that is Non-Hispanic African-American

−5.13

0.17

−12.13

1.88

Percent population ages 0–17

21.00

0.26

−18.87

60.79

Walk scorec

0.49

0.91

−11.01

11.98

Conditional R-squared = 0.87

  1. a Neighborhood is defined as the US Census Block Group for household income, percent of African-American households; US Census Track 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)
  2. 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
  3. c Walk Score ranged from 0 to 100, with 100 being the most walkable
  4. Note: analyses controlled for sales week (1–85) and population size; coefficients are not standardized