Delta Food Outlets Study
The Delta Food Outlets Study was an observational study designed to assess the nutritional environments of 5 towns located in the Lower Mississippi Delta region of Mississippi. It was an ancillary study to the Delta Healthy Sprouts Project and therefore included towns in which Delta Healthy Sprouts participants resided and that contained at least one convenience (corner) store, grocery store, or gas station. Data were collected via electronic surveys between March 2016 and September 2018 using the Nutrition Environment Measures Survey (NEMS) tools. Survey scores for the NEMS Corner Store, NEMS Grocery Store, and NEMS Restaurant were computed using modified scoring algorithms provided for these tools via SAS software programming. Because the towns were not randomly selected and the sample sizes are relatively small, the data may not be generalizable to all rural towns in the Lower Mississippi Delta region of Mississippi.
Dataset one (NEMS-C) contains data collected with the NEMS Corner (convenience) Store tool. Dataset two (NEMS-G) contains data collected with the NEMS Grocery Store tool. Dataset three (NEMS-R) contains data collected with the NEMS Restaurant tool.
Resources in this dataset:
Resource Title: Delta Food Outlets Data Dictionary.
File Name: DFO_DataDictionary_Public.csv
Resource Description: This file contains the data dictionary for all 3 datasets that are part of the Delta Food Outlets Study.
Resource Software Recommended: Microsoft Excel,url: https://products.office.com/en-us/excel
Resource Title: Dataset One NEMS-C.
File Name: NEMS-C Data.csv
Resource Description: This file contains data collected with the Nutrition Environment Measures Survey (NEMS) tool for convenience stores.
Resource Software Recommended: Microsoft Excel,url: https://products.office.com/en-us/excel
Resource Title: Dataset Two NEMS-G.
File Name: NEMS-G Data.csv
Resource Description: This file contains data collected with the Nutrition Environment Measures Survey (NEMS) tool for grocery stores.
Resource Software Recommended: Microsoft Excel,url: https://products.office.com/en-us/excel
Resource Title: Dataset Three NEMS-R.
File Name: NEMS-R Data.csv
Resource Description: This file contains data collected with the Nutrition Environment Measures Survey (NEMS) tool for restaurants.
Resource Software Recommended: Microsoft Excel,url: https://products.office.com/en-us/excel
Funding
Agricultural Research Service, 6401-51000-001-00D
History
Data contact name
Thomson, JessicaData contact email
jessica.thomson@usda.govPublisher
Ag Data CommonsIntended use
These are survey data collected using the Nutrition Environment Measures Survey tools. They can be used to describe and compare nutrition environment scores for convenience stores, grocery stores, and restaurants located in 5 towns in the rural Lower Mississippi Delta region of Mississippi.Use limitations
These data were collected on 5 specific towns in the rural Lower Mississippi Delta region of Mississippi. Because the towns were not selected randomly and the sample sizes are relatively small, generalizability of the data is limited.Temporal Extent Start Date
2016-03-01Temporal Extent End Date
2018-09-01Theme
- Not specified
Geographic Coverage
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Bolivar and Humphreys counties, Lower Mississippi Delta region, MississippiISO Topic Category
- environment
- health
- location
National Agricultural Library Thesaurus terms
observational studies; towns; Mississippi Delta region; Mississippi; grocery stores; surveys; nutrition; restaurants; algorithms; computer software; data collectionOMB Bureau Code
- 005:18 - Agricultural Research Service
OMB Program Code
- 005:040 - National Research
ARS National Program Number
- 107
Primary article PubAg Handle
Pending citation
- No
Public Access Level
- Public
