Food Access and Perceptions of the Community and Household Food Environment as Correlates of Fruit and Vegetable Intake among Rural Seniors

Table 5 Association of sample characteristics, community and household food resources, and network distance to food stores with vegetable intake among 582 rural seniors, using multivariable linear regression models

	Model 1: Supermarket		Model 2: Fresh Vegetables		Model 3: Fresh and Processed Vegetables
	Coef (SE)^a	P	Coef (SE)^a	P	Coef (SE)^a	P
*Individual characteristics*
Live alone	-0.373 (0.086)	0.000	-0.362 (0.086)	0.000	-0.370 (0.086)	0.000
Female	0.206 (0.082)	0.013	0.217 (0.082)	0.008	0.210 (0.082)	0.011
Age, y	0.017 (0.005)	0.003	0.016 (0.005)	0.003	0.017 (0.005)	0.002
*Food Resources*
Food not last	-0.495 (0.112)	0.000)	-0.486 (0.113)	0.000	-0.485 (0.113)	0.000
Few grocery stores	-0.226 (0.077)	0.004	-0.242 (0.077)	0.002	-0.240 (0.077)	0.002
Fruit/vegetable variety	0.128 (0.119)	0.281	-0.134 (0.119)	0.261	0.133 (0.119)	0.262
*Distance to nearest food store*
Supermarket^b	-0.008 (0.004)	0.033
Fresh vegetables^c			-0.007 (0.006)	0.267
Fresh and processed vegetables^d					-0.015 (0.009)	0.116
R²	0.125		0.119		0.121
P	<0.0001		<0.0001		<0.0001

^a SE = White-corrected standard errors
^b Network distance in miles from participant's residence to nearest supermarket
^c Network distance in miles from participant's residence to nearest food store with a good selection of fresh vegetables
^d Network distance in miles from participant's residence to nearest food store with a good selection of fresh and processed (canned, frozen, and 100% juice) vegetables

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