Association between retailer characteristics and in-store breaches*
| OR for having one or more breaches (vs zero breaches) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | One or more breaches* n (%) | Zero breaches* n (%) | Crude OR | Adjusted OR† |
| All | 392 (22.5) | 1347 (77.5) | ||
| Listing with Retailer Notification Scheme | ||||
| Listed | 328 (21.0) | 1237 (79.0) | Ref. | Ref. |
| Unlisted | 64 (36.8) | 110 (63.2) | 2.24 (1.53 to 3.28) | 2.42 (1.62 to 3.61) |
| p Value | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
| Retailer type | ||||
| Supermarket | 29 (17.5) | 137 (82.5) | Ref. | Ref. |
| General grocery store | 15 (32.6) | 31 (67.4) | 2.30 (1.02 to 5.18) | 1.98 (0.86 to 4.58) |
| Convenience store | 95 (27.6) | 249 (72.4) | 1.91 (1.22 to 3.01) | 2.12 (1.31 to 3.43) |
| Petrol/service station | 39 (15.5) | 213 (84.5) | 0.84 (0.51 to 1.39) | 0.92 (0.55 to 1.53) |
| Newsagent | 40 (23.4) | 131 (76.6) | 1.53 (0.93 to 2.54) | 1.68 (1.00 to 2.84) |
| Alcohol-licensed premises | 110 (18.5) | 484 (81.5) | 1.14 (0.72 to 1.80) | 1.20 (0.75 to 1.93) |
| Tobacconist | 32 (39.5) | 49 (60.5) | 2.90 (1.41 to 5.96) | 3.12 (1.50 to 6.50) |
| Other/not specified | 32 (37.6) | 53 (62.4) | 2.88 (1.73 to 4.81) | 3.06 (1.76 to 5.32) |
| p Value | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
| Remoteness of postal area | ||||
| Major cities of Australia | 283 (21.9) | 1011 (78.1) | Ref. | Ref. |
| Inner regional Australia | 84 (26.3) | 236 (73.8) | 1.03 (0.62 to 1.71) | 1.33 (0.81 to 2.18) |
| Outer regional and remote Australia | 25 (20.0) | 100 (80.0) | 0.87 (0.49 to 1.56) | 1.01 (0.56 to 1.85) |
| p Value | 0.890 | 0.514 | ||
| SES of postal area | ||||
| Lowest SES | 67 (28.4) | 169 (71.6) | Ref. | Ref. |
| 2 | 84 (26.7) | 231 (73.3) | 0.83 (0.46 to 1.50) | 1.26 (0.68 to 2.33) |
| 3 | 72 (21.6) | 262 (78.4) | 0.73 (0.40 to 1.35) | 0.88 (0.47 to 1.65) |
| 4 | 105 (19.2) | 442 (80.8) | 0.55 (0.35 to 0.88) | 0.61 (0.35 to 1.06) |
| Highest SES | 64 (20.8) | 243 (79.2) | 0.68 (0.41 to 1.16) | 0.63 (0.35 to 1.13) |
| p Value | 0.084 | 0.040 | ||
| p-Trend | 0.043 | 0.020 | ||
| Percentage of postal area population <18 years | ||||
| 0 to <16 | 85 (24.1) | 268 (75.9) | Ref. | Ref. |
| 16 to <22 | 112 (19.0) | 479 (81.0) | 0.76 (0.49 to 1.17) | 0.73 (0.51 to 1.03) |
| 22 to <25 | 105 (26.9) | 286 (73.1) | 1.03 (0.65 to 1.65) | 1.48 (0.94 to 2.33) |
| 25+ | 90 (22.3) | 314 (77.7) | 1.01 (0.65 to 1.58) | 1.13 (0.72 to 1.79) |
| p Value | 0.437 | 0.013 | ||
| p-Trend | 0.396 | 0.084 | ||
| Percentage of postal area population born in Australia | ||||
| 0 to <60 | 143 (24.0) | 454 (76.0) | Ref. | Ref. |
| 60 to <70 | 64 (25.4) | 188 (74.6) | 1.08 (0.69 to 1.71) | 1.06 (0.69 to 1.63) |
| 70 to <90 | 125 (20.7) | 480 (79.3) | 0.66 (0.44 to 1.00) | 0.56 (0.36 to 0.88) |
| 90+ | 60 (21.1) | 225 (78.9) | 0.92 (0.54 to 1.58) | 0.46 (0.26 to 0.83) |
| p Value | 0.107 | 0.013 | ||
| p-Trend | 0.228 | 0.006 | ||
*Includes breaches of POS display ban and other in-store requirements such as those relating to warning signs and price boards.
†Adjusted for retailer type, remoteness of postal area, SES of postal area, % of postal area population less than 18 years, % of postal area population born in Australia and listed/unlisted status.
SES, socioeconomic status.