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Table 3 Food deserts and food swamps in the neighborhood of schools in Rio de Janeiro

From: Ecological study of the association between socioeconomic inequality and food deserts and swamps around schools in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

 

Food Deserts

Food Swamps

Food Deserts and Swamps

n

%

p-value*

n

%

p-value*

n

%

p-value*

Type of School

Public

1737

295

17.0

0.001

1666

95.9

 < 0.001

224

12.9

0.098

Private

1422

179

12.6

1398

98.3

156

11.0

Per capita Income

Lowest tercile

753

260

34.5

 < 0.001

675

89.6

0.016

182

24.2

 < 0.001

Middle tercile

1135

104

9.2

1130

99.6

99

8.7

Highest tercile

1271

110

8.7

1259

99.1

99

7.8

Deprivation Index

High

538

176

32.7

 < 0.001

499

92.8

0.231

138

25.7

 < 0.001

Medium

2025

234

11.6

1973

97.4

182

9.0

Low

596

64

10.7

592

99.3

60

10.1

Segregation Index

High

390

133

34.1

 < 0.001

352

90.3

0.079

95

24.4

 < 0.001

Medium

1412

178

12.6

1371

97.1

137

9.7

Low

1357

163

12.0

1341

98.8

148

10.9

Total

3159

474

15.0

 

3064

97.0

380

12.0

  1. *P-values were retrieved from the comparison of relative frequencies using chi-square tests