Evaluation of the first U.S. staple foods ordinance: impact on nutritional quality of food store offerings, customer purchases and home food environments

Table 6 Descriptive characteristics of participants during their initial STORE Study home visit (either time 1 or time 2), recruited from Minneapolis and St. Paul stores via customer intercept interviews, 2014–2015 (n = 88)

	Recruited from a store in:
	Minneapolis (n = 46)	St. Paul (n = 42)
	Mean (sd)	Mean (sd)
Age (years)	42 (15)	46 (12)
People living in household
Adults	1.9 (1.0)	2.0 (1.1)
Children	1.7 (1.1)	1.8 (1.1)
	Percent	Percent
Sex: male	43	33
Race/ethnicity
Hispanic	7	5
Non-Hispanic
White	37	37
Black	43	49
American Indian/Alaskan Native	7	5
Asian	0	0
Other race	0	2
Multi-race	7	2
Education
High school diploma or less	46	55
Some college	37	31
Bachelor’s degree or higher	17	14
Employment
Employed	61	56
Unemployed	26	44
Retired	13	0
Frequency of purchasing food/drinks at store (during past 30 days)
At least once a day	17	14
1–6 times a week	50	45
Less than once a week	33	40
Weight status
Normal (BMI ≥18.5, < 25 kg/m²)	16	29
Overweight (BMI ≥ 25, < 30 kg/m²)	41	36
Obese (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m²)	43	36

Note: Bold text indicates significant chi-square test (p < .05) between cities
Note: 56 participants had their first home visit at Time 1 and 32 had their first home visit at Time 2
Note: Number of missing values (if any) for each variable: age = 2; race/ethnicity = 1; employment = 1; weight status = 2

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