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Table 4 Associations between reasons for primary grocery store choice and participant characteristics

From: Heterogeneity in grocery shopping patterns among low-income minority women in public housing

Participant characteristics

Reason for choice of primary grocery store

(1)

Quality of food

OR (95% CI)

(2)

Price

OR (95% CI)

(3)

Choice of items

OR (95% CI)

(4)

Convenience of Location

OR (95% CI)

Age 60 years and older

0.784

0.539*

0.984

1.672

(0.340, 1.804)

(0.260, 1.116)

(0.241, 4.019)

(0.861, 3.249)

Hispanic

0.769

2.042**

0.539

0.629*

(0.460, 1.286)

(1.292, 3.228)

(0.212, 1.372)

(0.408, 0.968)

Income $10,000 or higher

0.854

0.666*

1.853

1.726**

(0.549,1.330)

(0.447, 0.992)

(0.897, 3.831)

(1.151, 2.587)

HS/secondary or higher education

0.903

0.709

0.578

1.780**

(0.552, 1.475)

(0.463, 1.086)

(0.245, 1.366)

(1.154, 2.746)

Works for pay

0.997

1.572*

0.628

0.769

(0.617, 1.610)

(1.035, 2.388)

(0.279, 1.415)

(0.497, 1.191)

Has access to car

1.602

1.315

2.421

0.511**

(0.867, 2.958)

(0.816, 2.121)

(0.786, 7.458)

(0.321, 0.812)

Has children under 18 years old living in household

1.139

0.883

1.622

0.875

(0.667, 1.944)

(0.568, 1.371)

(0.628, 4.190)

(0.562, 1.363)

Obese

0.919

1.528*

0.933

0.685

(0.585, 1.443)

(1.016, 2.298)

(0.448, 1.944)

(0.455, 1.033)

Self-rated diet as good, very good or excellent

0.708

0.899

1.031

1.547*

(0.446, 1.125)

(0.595, 1.357)

(0.491, 2.163)

(1.005, 2.379)

Lives at Jordan Downs

1.096

1.099

0.852

0.898

(0.673, 1.786)

(0.717, 1.684)

(0.401, 1.809)

(0.586, 1.376)

N

507

507

507

507

AIC

BIC

Pseudo R2

534.7

581.2

0.0139

642.2

688.7

0.0528

270.8

317.4

0.0422

618.1

664.6

0.0682

  1. 95% Confidence Interval in parentheses
  2. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01