Going outside the neighborhood: The shopping patterns and adaptations of disadvantaged consumers living in the lower eastside neighborhoods of Detroit, Michigan

This research employs household survey data and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to explore the core assumption underlying much of the food desert discourse that socially and economically disadvantaged residents shop in their immediate neighborhood food environment. Findings indicate that disadv...

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Published in:	Health & place 2013-01, Vol.19, p.1-14
Main Authors:	LeDoux, Timothy F., Vojnovic, Igor
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	African Americans - statistics & numerical data Analysis of Variance Biological and medical sciences Consumer behaviour Consumers Consumption Cross-Sectional Studies Data Collection Detroit Detroit, Michigan Disadvantaged consumer Discourse Environment. Living conditions Environmental aspects Food Food desert Food environment Food Industry - classification Food Industry - economics Food Industry - statistics & numerical data Food supply Geographic Information Systems Geographical information systems Health technology assessment Human geography Humans Medical sciences Michigan Mobility Neighborhoods Neighbourhoods Poverty Areas Public health Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Residence Characteristics - classification Residence Characteristics - statistics & numerical data Shopping Shopping patterns Shops Social disadvantage Socioeconomic status Spatial analysis Suburbs Supermarkets Survey data Travel - economics Travel - trends U.S.A Urban areas
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Summary:	This research employs household survey data and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to explore the core assumption underlying much of the food desert discourse that socially and economically disadvantaged residents shop in their immediate neighborhood food environment. Findings indicate that disadvantaged consumers living on the lower eastside of Detroit, Michigan bypass their neighborhood food environments, which are disproportionately composed of convenience and party stores, to shop at independent, discount and regional supermarkets located in other parts of the city and in the suburbs. These trends hold despite various economic and physical constraints to their mobility. These findings complicate past assumptions that socially and economically disadvantaged residents living in a food desert shop within their neighborhood environment.
ISSN:	1353-8292 1873-2054