Food Store Environment Modifies Intervention Effect on Fruit and Vegetable Intake among Low-Income Women in North Carolina

Table 2

Pre- and Postintervention perceptions of the food store environment (mean (SD) or percent), North Carolina, 2009.

	Intervention (𝑛=92)			Control (𝑛=64)
	Before	After	Change	Before	After	Change
Primary Store			𝑃=0.24			𝑃=0.78
Supermarket	71%	63%		79%	79%
Supercenter	29%	37%		21%	21%
Frequency of shopping			𝑃=0.14			𝑃=0.78
2 or more times per week	46%	43%		45%	53%
1 time per week	25%	30%		21%	25%
2 to 3 times per month	22%	22%		30%	19%
1 time per month	9%	4%		4%	4%
Amount spent on groceries (dollar)	196 (129)	238 (153)	𝑃=0.04	189 (126)	195 (120)	𝑃=0.79
Second store for food shopping
Dollar store	39%	33%	𝑃=0.30	49%	36%	𝑃=0.45
Grocery store	49%	53%	𝑃=0.21	38%	60%	𝑃=0.23
Supercenter	54%	42%	𝑃=0.24	60%	58%	𝑃=0.19
Farmer’s markets	20%	13%	𝑃=0.20	19%	13%	𝑃=0.74
Road side stand	8%	8%	𝑃=0.43	4%	9%	𝑃=0.05
Homegrown garden	17%	22%	𝑃=0.73	11%	23%	𝑃=0.01
Perceived neighborhood	8.5 (3.0)	9.0 (2.5)	𝑃=0.25	8.2 (3.1)	9.2 (2.6)	𝑃=0.11
Perceived in-store availability	12.7 (2.3)	13.2 (2.5)	𝑃=0.37	12.6 (2.4)	13.2 (2.5)	𝑃=0.03
Perceived affordability	9.6 (3.4)	10.6 (3.4)	𝑃=0.004	9.5 (3.4)	11 (3.6)	𝑃=0.34
𝑃≤0.05