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Table 1 English local government area descriptive statistics, stratified by planning policy status for takeaway food outlet regulation, as of October 2018

From: Correlates of English local government use of the planning system to regulate hot food takeaway outlets: a cross-sectional analysis

  

Planning Policy Status

 

N

No, or Non-Specific

Specific Non-health

Specific Health

All

Takeaway Food Outlet Metrics, Q4 a

 Number, count (252–1279)

135

8 (12.1)

9 (21.9)

16 (57.1)

33 (24.4)

 Number, count/1000 population (1.14–2.68) b

135

6 (9.1)

12(29.3)

15 (53.5)

33 (24.4)

 Proportion (%) (28.6–37.3) c

135

7 (10.6)

16 (39.0)

10 (35.7)

33 (24.4)

Excess Weight proportions, Q4 a

 Children 4–5 years (%) (24.1–31.5)

259

25 (20.2)

17 (20.2)

22 (43.1)

64 (24.7)

 Children 10–11 years (%) (35.2–43.9)

259

16 (12.9)

19 (22.6)

27 (52.9)

62 (23.9)

 Adult (%) (68.4–76.2)

156

17 (22.9)

10 (21.7)

12 (33.3)

39 (25.0)

Relative Deprivation Score

 Quarter 4, most deprived (25.24–41.99) a, d

325

15 (9.3)

32 (29.6)

34 (60.7)

81 (24.9)

Political Party Majority

 No Overall Control e

325

35 (21.7)

20 (18.5)

7 (12.5)

62 (19.1)

 Labour

325

21 (13.0)

34 (31.5)

37 (66.1)

92 (28.3)

 Conservative

325

93 (57.8)

41 (38.0)

11 (19.6)

145 (44.6)

 Liberal Democrats

325

8 (5.0)

13 (18.5)

1 (1.8)

22 (6.8)

 Independent and Other

325

4 (2.5)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

4 (1.2)

Rural/urban Status f

 Predominantly rural

325

68 (42.2)

17 (15.7)

6 (10.7)

91 (28.0)

 Urban with significant rural

325

44 (27.3)

9 (8.3)

1 (1.8)

54 (16.6)

 Predominantly urban

325

49 (30.4)

82 (75.9)

49 (87.5)

180 (55.4)

Proportion of Statistical Comparators by Policy Status g, h (% (SD))

 No, or Non-Specific (%)

325

60.5 (20.7)

44.8 (24.1)

27.0 (23.1)

49.5 (25.5)

 Specific Non-health (%)

325

28.5 (13.9)

35.8 (13.7)

36.9 (13.5)

32.4 (14.3)

 Specific Health (%)

325

10.4 (13.5)

19.4 (19.9)

36.1 (19.5)

17.8 (19.3)

Proportion of Geographical Neighbours by Policy Status g, i (% (SD))

 No, or Non-Specific (%)

325

64.4 (28.7)

47.5 (30.4)

25.6 (23.2)

52.1 (31.7)

 Specific Non-health (%)

325

25.8 (23.4)

36.8 (25.8)

31.3 (23.1)

30.4 (24.6)

 Specific Health (%)

325

8.5 (17.4)

15.7 (22.9)

43.2 (27.2)

16.9 (24.5)

  1. Data are local government area number (%) unless stated. a Quarter (Q) 4 = highest. Other quarters not shown. b Number of takeaway food outlets per 1000 local government area population. c Proportion of all food retail outlets that are takeaway food outlets. d Relative Deprivation Score = measure of local deprivation. e No Overall Control = a political party did not emerge as an outright winner during local elections. f Predominantly rural = ≥50% of the population live in rural areas. Urban with significant rural = mostly urban areas with 26 to 49% of the population living in rural areas. Predominantly urban = ≥74% of the population live in urban areas. g Data = mean % (SD). h For each local government area, CIPFA (Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy) provide 15 statistical comparators based on a range of metrics. i Geographical neighbours = local government areas that share a part of their boundary. g and h should be interpreted, for example, as; among those with a Specific Health planning policy, on average, 43.2% (SD 27.2) of geographical neighbours also had a Specific Health planning policy
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