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Table 4 In-depth survey: purchases of promoted products

From: In-store marketing of inexpensive foods with good nutritional quality in disadvantaged neighborhoods: increased awareness, understanding, and purchasing

 

Sample

Contribution of promoted products to total food spending

P

(n = 116)

Mean (SD)

Total

116

13.6 (8.2)

 

Sex

0.632

 Female

91

13.4 (8.1)

 Male

25

14.3 (8.7)

Age

0.527

 20–40 years

29

14.5 (10.4)

 40–60 years

51

12.6 (7.3)

 More than 60 years

36

14.3 (7.5)

 

Adults at home

0.591

 One

26

12.8 (11.1)

 Two or more

90

13.8 (7.2)

Children at home

0.089

 No child

45

12.3 (8.2)

 One or two

47

13.3 (9.2)

 Three or more

24

16.8 (4.9)

Food insecurity

0.002

 Yes

19

18.8 (9.8)

 No

97

12.6 (7.5)

Occupational status

0.156

 Unemployed, disabled, student

42

15.4 (9.1)

 Lower socio-professional category

30

11.2 (7.2)

 Upper socio-professional category

12

12.0 (7.6)

 Retired

32

14.1 (7.7)

Frequency of shopping at the store

0.036

 Less than once

19

9.2 (7.8)

 Two to four times

66

14.6 (7.9)

 More than four times

31

14.1 (8.5)

Average spending in the store / month

0.044

 Less than 20€

28

11.8 (9.2)

 Between 20€ and 50€

37

16.7 (10.1)

 Between 50€ and 100€

22

12.7 (4.9)

 More than 100€

29

12.0 (5.2)

Average spending in the store / visit

0.059

 Less than 10€

21

16.1 (11.8)

 Between 10€ and 20€

46

14.6 (7.9)

 More than 20€

49

11.6 (6.0)

Awareness of the program

0.405

 Spontaneous

22

15.4 (6.0)

 Aided

29

12.2 (9.6)

 No

65

13.6 (8.1)

Perceived usefulness of the program

0.375

 Yes

107

13.4 (7.9)

 No

4

19.2 (14.7)

 I don’t know

5

14.4 (9.6)

  1. Average contribution (%) of promoted products to the total spending on food of member-customers. Differences in purchases of promoted products were analyzed based on socio-demographic characteristics, shopping profiles, and based on awareness and perceived usefulness of the program using one-way ANOVAs