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Grocery shopping in California and COVID-19: Transportation, environmental justice, and policy implications.
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Transportation Research Part D: Transport & Environment . Dec2022, Vol. 113, pN.PAG-N.PAG. 1p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- • We surveyed California members of KnowledgePanel®, a probability-based panel. • We estimated ordered and generalized structural equation models. • We analyzed the association between environmental justice and grocery shopping. • Higher levels of environmental injustice are associated with less in-store shopping. • There is no association between environmental justice, e-grocery, & click-and-pick. To understand how COVID-19 changed grocery shopping and explore implications for transportation and environmental justice, we surveyed in May 2021 California members of KnowledgePanel®, the largest and oldest U.S. probability-based panel. We asked how frequently Californians grocery shopped before and during the pandemic, and how they may grocery shop afterward in-store, online with home delivery ("e-grocery"), or online with store/curbside pick-up ("click-and-pick"). We found that most Californians continued to grocery shop in-person during the pandemic, although less frequently than before. Many relied more on e-grocery (+8.9 %) and click-and-pick (+13.3 %), although older generations remained attached to in-store shopping. African American households grocery shopped in-store less than Whites pre-pandemic; post-pandemic, they may compensate with more e-grocery and click-and-pick. While higher levels of environmental injustice (based on CalEnviroScreen) were associated with less in-store shopping, we found no association with e-grocery or click-and-pick. Our results have implications for travel, food logistics, and parking management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13619209
- Volume :
- 113
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Transportation Research Part D: Transport & Environment
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 160506365
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2022.103537