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Table 2 Store and manager baseline characteristics, overall and by study conditiona

From: The El Valor de Nuestra Salud clustered randomized controlled trial store-based intervention to promote fruit and vegetable purchasing and consumption

 

Overall

Intervention

Control

 

Mean (SD), Median (Range) or % (n)

p-value

Stores

 Years store in operationb

23 (19)

16 (16)

30 (19)

0.13

Sq. footage of sales floor

 Manager/owner reportb

 Measured

5,799 (5,283)

4,083 (3,694)

6,757 (6,473)

3,900 (3,188)

4,840 (4,052)

4,267 (4,360)

0.52

0.85

Number of stock keeping unitsb

5,000 (500-120,000)

4,000 (500-120,000)

7,000 (575-100,000)

0.56

Weekly sales in $b

39,250 (27,954)

39,125 (30,053)

39,500 (27,526)

0.98

Weekly produce sales $b

7,190 (5,522)

6,971 (6,247)

7,700 (4,424)

0.86

Cash registers

3 (1-5)

3 (1-5)

3 (1-5)

0.75

Aisles

4 (2-9)

4 (3-9)

4 (2-7)

0.79

Avg. customers/weekdayb

550 (150-1,450)

600 (250-1,450)

450 (150-1,250)

0.53

WIC authorizedb

69% (11)

63% (5)

75% (6)

0.59

SNAP retailerb

88% (14)

100% (8)

75% (6)

0.13

Produce distributorsb

5.5 (2-15)

5.5 (3-8)

5.5 (2-15)

0.79

Prepared food dept.

38% (6)

38% (3)

38% (3)

1.00

Bakery/Tortilleria

25% (4)

25% (2)

25% (2)

1.00

Number of employees

 Part-time

 Full-time

3 (0-20)

6 (2-40)

3 (0-8)

5 (3-40)

4 (2-20)

8 (2-30)

0.24

0.75

Store circular available

56% (9)

63% (5)

50% (4)

0.61

Managers

 Male

88% (14)

100% (8)

75% (6)

0.13

 Latino/Hispanic ethnicity

47% (7)

50% (4)

38% (3)

0.78

 Manager was also owner

50% (8)

38% (3)

63% (5)

0.32

 High school graduate

88% (14)

88% (7)

88% (7)

1.00

 Years managed store

7 (7)

7 (8)

8 (7)

0.67

 Training in retail mgmt.

63% (10)

50% (4)

75% (6)

0.30

% of customer contact

   

0.33

 ¼ of shift

 ½ of shift

 ¾ of shift

 All day

31% (5)

31% (5)

25% (4)

13% (2)

25% (2)

38% (3)

13% (1)

25% (2)

38% (3)

25% (2)

38% (3)

0% (0)

 
  1. aT-tests were used to examine differences between conditions on continuous variables. Chi-square tests were used to examine differences between conditions on categorical variables
  2. bBased on manager/owner report versus store audit involving observed and measured data