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

Table 5 Association between neighborhood characteristics and the price of individual fresh fruit items¹

	Fruit
	apples	avocados	bananas	berries	grapes
Median family income²	0.50 (0.45)	3.78*** (1.37)	-0.16 (0.10)	0.21 (1.04)	0.54 (0.60)
Proportion African American	0.005 (0.006)	0.066*** (0.019)	-0.001 (0.002)	-0.009 (0.015)	0.007 (0.008)
Proportion Hispanic	-0.001 (0.007)	0.032* (0.018)	-0.004 (0.003)	-0.003 (0.014)	0.007 (0.016)
Observations	21	21	21	21	21
R-squared	0.09	0.48	0.17	0.11	0.04
	Melons	Oranges	Peaches	Pears
Median family income²	0.09 (0.38)	-0.03 (0.40)	-0.30 (0.49)	-0.06 (0.55)
Proportion African American	0.001 (0.005)	-0.004 (0.007)	0.002 (0.007)	0.002 (0.007)
Proportion Hispanic	0.000 (0.005)	0.001 (0.010)	-0.002 (0.011)	0.005 (0.016)
Observations	21	21	21	21
R-squared	0.01	0.02	0.08	0.02

¹Coefficient estimates from multivariate linear regression. Robust standard errors clustered at CBG level in parentheses below coefficient estimates. *P < 0.1 **P < 0.05 ***P < 0.01
² Taken in natural logarithm.

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