International Journal of Health Geographics

Table 4 Scores for availability and variety of fresh and processed fruits and vegetables by food store type (n = 185)

From: Neighborhood deprivation, vehicle ownership, and potential spatial access to a variety of fruits and vegetables in a large rural area in Texas

	Traditional Food Stores			Convenience Food Stores	Non-Traditional Food Stores
	Supercenter (n = 1) %	Supermarket (n = 11) %	Grocery (n = 12) %	Convenience (n = 140) %	Dollar (n = 16) %	Mass (n = 4) %	Pharmacy (n = 1) %
*Fruits*
Fresh
0	0	0	0	85	100	100	100
1 = 1-4	0	0	25.0	14.3	0	0	0
2 = ≥5	100	100	75.0	0.7	0	0	0
Processed
Canned in natural juice
0	0	0	0	63.6	25.0	0	0
1 = 1-4	0	0	33.3	33.6	75.0	100	100
2 = ≥5	100	100	66.7	2.9	0	0	0
Canned in light syrup
0	0	0	0	65.7	6.3	50.0	0
1 = 1-4	0	0	41.7	32.1	25.0	50.0	100
2 = ≥5	100	100	58.3	2.1	68.7	0	0
Frozen
0	0	9.1	16.7	95.7	100	100	100
1 = 1-4	0	0	58.3	4.3	0	0	0
2 = ≥5	100	90.9	25.0	0	0	0	0
100% Fruit Juice
0	0	0	0	3.6	0	0	0
1 = ≥1	100	100	100	96.4	100	100	100
*Vegetables*
Fresh^¶
0	0	0	0	85.7	100	100	100
1	0	0	8.3	11.4	0	0	0
2	0	0	58.3	2.9	0	0	0
3	100	100	33.3	0	0	0	0
Processed
Canned*
0	0	0	0	25.0	6.2	0	0
1	0	0	0	26.4	0	50.0	100
2	0	0	0	20.0	0	25.0	0
3	100	100	100	28.6	93.8	25.0	0
Frozen
0	0	0	0	90.0	31.2	75.0	100
1 = 1-4	0	0	0	7.1	68.8	25.0	0
2 = ≥5	100	100	100	2.9	0	0	0
100% Vegetable Juice
0	0	0	0	24.3	25.0	0	100
1 = ≥1	100	100	100	75.70	75.0	100	0
*Summary Score* ^†
Fruit	9	8.8 ± 0.6^¶	7.1 ± 1.7	1.9 ± 1.1	3.4 ± 0.6^‡	2.5 ± 0.6	3
Vegetables	9	9 ± 0^¶	8.2 ± 0.6	2.6 ± 1.8	4.2 ± 1.0^‡	3 ± 1.4	1

^‡100% juice
*0 = none; 1 = 1-4 vegetables (none are dark green vegetables); 2 = 1-4 vegetables (one dark green) or 5-9 vegetables (none are dark green); 3 = ≥5 vegetables (one dark green).
^†Summary scores were created separately for fruit and vegetables by summing category scores for fresh and processed fruits or vegetables (reported as mean ± SD).
^‡Statistically significant from convenience stores (p < 0.001) for fruits and vegetables (p < 0.01); and statistically significant from mass merchandisers for fruit (p < 0.05).
^¶ Statistically significant from grocery stores (p < 0.001)

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