Table 1 Comparison of variables between Seattle and Paris data sets

From: Food environment and socioeconomic status influence obesity rates in Seattle and in Paris

 

Seattle

Paris

Variable name

Age (years)

Age (years)

Measurements

<45

<45

 

45–<65

45–<65

 

>=65

>=65

Variable name

Gender

Gender

Measurements

Male

Male

 

Female

Female

Variable name

Living alone

Living alone

Measurements

Yes

Yes

 

No

No

Variable name

Annual household income

Rvuc (Revenu du ménage par unité de consummation: Household income per unit of consummation per euro per month)

Measurements

Tertile 1 (<50 000)

Tertile 1 (<1200)

 

Tertile 2 (50 000–<100 000)

Tertile 2 (1200 to <2200)

 

Tertile 3 (100 000)

Tertile 3 (2200)

Variable name

Highest education completed

Nivetude_cgi (Niveau d’instruction individuel: education level)

Measurements

High school or less

1: ne sait pas lire ou écrire le français et sans diplôme; (No education)

2:CAP, BEPC ou brevet des colleges (primary school and lower secondary school)

 

Some college

3: BAC, BTS ou BAC+2 (higher secondary school and lower tertiary school)

 

College graduates or higher

4: supérieur à BAC+2 (higher tertiary school)

Variable name

Store type by price

Type de supermarché:

Measurements

Low cost

hard_discount=1

 

Medium cost

hypermarche=1 OR gd_supermarche=1 OR pt_supermarche=1

 

High cost

citymarche=1 OR magasins_bio=1

Variable name

BMI

BMI

Measurements

Obese (BMI30 kg m−2)

Obese (BMI=30 kg m−2)

 

Non-obese (BMI<30 kg m−2)

Non-obese (BMI<30 kg m−2)

Variable name

Perceived health status

Santé_percue

Measurements

Fair/poor

Fair/poor: Scale 0–7 (47%)

 

Good/very good/excellent

Good/very good/excellent: Scale 8–10 (53%)

Variable name

Neighborhood assessed property value (property value within the 833 m circular buffer, measured in $).

Housingrank_500 m (neighborhood property value within the 500 m circular buffer, measured on a 1–1000 scale).

Measurements

70 381–193 106

1–301

 

193 107–248 011

302–420

 

248 012–334 445

421–536

 

334 446–1 086 587

537–1000

Variable name

Distance from home to primary supermarket

Distance_netw_surf (distance entre le supermarché et le lieu de résidence du participant par le réseau de rues: network distance between the supermarket and place of residence of the participant)

Measurements

Km

Km

Variable name

Within the city of Seattle boundary

Within the city of Paris boundary

Measurements

Yes or no

Yes or no

  1. Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index.