Socio-economic status, racial composition and the affordability of fresh fruits and vegetables in neighborhoods of a large rural region in Texas

Table 1 Price Availability, Conditional Mean Price and Consumption Shares of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Types

	Stores with non-missing price¹	Mean price²	Min	Max	Consumption share⁴
		($)	($)	($)	(%)
*Fruits*
apples	23(92%)	1.10 ± 0.32	0.61	1.99	11.7
avocado	22(88%)	2.34 ± 1.07	0.74	5.47	9.1
bananas	22(88%)	0.52 ± 0.10	0.33	0.69	33.8
berries	15(60%)	3.00 ± 0.61	2.00	3.99	6.2
grapes	19(76%)	1.77 ± 0.54	0.89	2.79	8.9
melon	18(72%)	0.75 ± 0.24	0.33	1.12	18.2
oranges	23(92%)	0.93 ± 0.36	0.33	1.49	7.7
peaches	13(52%)	1.68 ± 0.34	1.27	2.29	2.6
Pears	11(44%)	1.11 ± 0.43	0.35	1.69	1.8
All types ³	8(32%)				100
*Vegetables*
carrots	23(72%)	1.01 ± 0.46	0.49	1.98	7.8
Corn	13(41%)	0.97 ± 0.39	0.45	1.82	5.7
cruciferous	16(50%)	0.92 ± 0.32	0.32	1.49	3.8
Green beans	10(31%)	1.52 ± 0.50	0.99	2.79	2.1
greens	15(47%)	1.00 ± 0.31	0.70	2.01	1.1
lettuce	25(78%)	0.81 ± 0.34	0.49	1.98	7.7
onions	24(75%)	0.97 ± 0.39	0.39	1.99	16.4
potatoes	24(75%)	0.62 ± 0.42	0.30	2.39	33.8
tomatoes	24(75%)	1.34 ± 0.43	0.69	2.39	4.8
squash	17(53%)	1.18 ± 0.40	0.50	1.88	17
All types ³	10(31%)				100

¹ For fruit, sample is all stores selling at least three types: n = 25. For vegetables, sample is all stores selling at least four types: n = 36. The proportion of stores with non-missing price among those selling at least three fruit types and at least 4 vegetable types in parentheses.
² Conditional means (mean price over stores with non-missing price information) are reported ± SD. For example, the mean price of apples in the 23 stores with non-missing prices is $1.10 per pound with a standard deviation of $0.32. The lowest observed price in these 23 stores is $0.61 per pound, while the highest observed price is $1.99 per pound.
³ All types summarizes the number of stores selling all types of fruits or vegetables, respectively.
⁴Consumption share of each type from Fresh Look Marketing, Inc for Dallas market.

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