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Table 1 Correlation between Level of Neighbourhood Distress and Supermarket Access

From: Mapping the evolution of 'food deserts' in a Canadian city: Supermarket accessibility in London, Ontario, 1961–2005

  

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

(g)

(h)

(i)

(a)

Lone-parent families (%)

1

        

(b)

Incidence of low income (%)

0.802**

1

       

(c)

Low educational attainment (%)

0.626**

0.587**

1

      

(d)

Unemployment rate (%)

0.464**

0.522**

0.541**

1

     

(e)

Distress level

0.787**

0.724**

0.759**

0.689**

1

    

(f)

Nearest supermarket (m)

0.071

0.153

0.051

-0.003

0.045

1

   

(g)

Number of supermarkets within 1000 m

0.061

0.009

0.020

-0.030

-0.063

-0.685**

1

  

(h)

% Population with access 1000 m network

-0.079

-0.201

-0.014

-0.054

-0.101

-0.828**

0.746**

1

 

(i)

% Population with bus access

0.238*

0.034

-0.003

0.090

0.104

-0.450**

0.278*

0.420**

1

  1. ** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).
  2. * Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).