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Table 1 Proportionate food purchasing reported by participants in the SHELf RCT at baseline, post-intervention and 6-months post-intervention

From: The impact of financial incentives on participants’ food purchasing patterns in a supermarket-based randomized controlled trial

 

Baseline (%) n = 642

Post-intervention (%) n = 619

6-months post-intervention (%) n = 606

Survey questions

Control n = 161

Price reduction n = 161

Skill-building n = 160

Combined n = 160

Control n = 157

Price reduction n = 158

Skill-building n = 151

Combined n = 153

Control n = 154

Price reduction n = 154

Skill-building n = 148

Combined n = 150

How much of your total food and groceries are bought from Coles supermarkets?

All

4.4

5.0

6.9

5.6

5.1

3.8

6.6

7.9

2.6

7.1

7.4

8.0

75-99%

41.0

36.7

40.6

37.5

41.4

39.0

39.7

37.5

43.5

31.2

36.5

35.3

50-75%

33.5

32.9

35.0

40.6

27.4

35.9

28.5

32.9

26.0

27.9

27.0

31.3

25-50%

19.9

19.9

15.0

12.5

24.2

18.9

20.5

19.1

22.7

26.6

24.3

18.7

< 25%

1.2

5.6

2.5

3.8

1.9

2.5

4.6

2.6

5.2

7.1

4.7

6.7

How much of your fruit and vegetables are bought from Coles supermarkets?

All

2.5

5.0

5.6

3.1

3.8

6.9

8.0

5.9

2.0

9.1

7.4

8.0

75-99%

27.3

18.0

21.3

19.4

22.9

22.0

21.9

19.7

24.0

15.6

17.6

14.7

50-75%

16.2

19.3

23.1

25.6

21.7

23.3

17.9

20.4

22.7

16.9

24.3

19.3

25-50%

29.2

26.1

25.0

20.6

24.8

25.8

23.8

25.0

23.4

27.3

21.6

24.0

< 25%

24.8

31.7

25.0

31.3

26.8

22.0

28.5

29.0

27.9

31.2

29.0

34.0

  1. Fisher’s exact tests and χ2 tests assessed differences in survey responses among intervention groups at each time point. No differences were found