Characteristics and Influential factors of food deserts
By: Paula Dutko ; Michele Ver Ploeg ; Tracey Farrigan
Contributors: Ver Ploeg, Michele; Farrigan, Tracey L.; United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service
Series: Economic research report -- no. 140; Economic research report (United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service) -- no. 140.
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 30
Subjects: Food security; Measurement; Statistics; Low-income consumers; Social conditions; Poor; Regression analysis
Other titles: Food deserts
Notes: Title from title screen (viewed Sept. 12, 2012).

"A report from the Economic Research Service."

"August 2012."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 29-30).

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Table of contents: title: Summary; title: Introd.; title: Literature; title: Method for defining and measuring food deserts; title: Descriptive analyses; title: Results: comparing food desert tracts with all other tracts; title: Changes in food desert tract characteristics over time; title: Regression analysis: methodology; title: Conclusion; title: References.