Does availability of physical activity and food outlets differ by race and income? Findings from an enumeration study in a health disparate region

Table 2 Results from MANOVA and effect sizes by block group income

Variable	F	Sig	Mean	SD	Cohen’s d
Walkability Index	2.39	.106
Low Income			1.4	2.6
Medium Income			−1.0	2.9
High Income			−1.4	3.9
Low to Medium Income					0.87
Low to High Income					0.84
Medium to High Income					0.11
PA outlet (Count)	0.57	.572
Low Income			1.7	1.8
Medium Income			2.7	4.4
High Income			1.3	2.4
Low to Medium Income					0.19
Low to High Income					0.30
Medium to High Income					0.40
Food Outlet: Stores (Count)	2.34	.111
Low Income			1.1	0.9
Medium Income			1.8	2.2
High Income			0.3	0.8
Low to Medium Income					0.88
Low to High Income					0.41
Medium to High Income					0.88
Food Outlet: Restaurants (Count)	5.33	.009*
Low Income			2.2	4.0
Medium Income			6.2	13.5
High Income			4.0	2.8
Low to Medium Income					0.52
Low to High Income					0.39
Medium to High Income					0.23

*While the MANOVA is significant for this variable, the post-hoc tests were not significant based on Levene’s test for equality of variance.

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