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Grocery Store Closures and Household Nutritional Choices
Sylvia Hristakeva, Julia Levine. Not indexed, 2022
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
We analyze the impact of a temporary shock to food supply on households’ dietary choices. We use hurricane-induced closures of grocery stores, focusing on temporary closures. Results show that store closures influence households’ purchasing patterns even after the grocery store has reopened. We find a decrease in the nutritional value of purchase baskets of treated households for the nine-month period after the store has reopened, despite no change in total expenditures. Our findings support the hypothesis that supply factors play a substantive role in shaping household diets.
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APA 7th
Hristakeva, S., & Levine, J. (2022). Grocery Store Closures and Household Nutritional Choices. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4166255
Vancouver
Hristakeva S, Levine J. Grocery Store Closures and Household Nutritional Choices. 2022. doi:10.2139/ssrn.4166255.
BibTeX
@article{hristakeva2022-f6900bf1,
author = {Hristakeva, Sylvia and Levine, Julia},
title = {{Grocery Store Closures and Household Nutritional Choices}},
year = {2022},
doi = {10.2139/ssrn.4166255},
url = {https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4166255}
}
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Key findings
- Results show that store closures influence households’ purchasing patterns even after the grocery store has reopened.
- Our findings support the hypothesis that supply factors play a substantive role in shaping household diets.
Why it matters
This study found that hurricane-induced grocery store closures were linked to a decrease in the nutritional value of household purchase baskets for nine months after stores reopened. It has no relevance to treating, curing, or preventing Alzheimer's disease.
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Study details
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 16/100
Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed. It scored 16 on the same rubric, which is below the 16 cap we apply to non-peer-reviewed sources. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on impact for its field and year and senior author's track record, so those were left out: it earned 14 of the 90 points we could judge it on, which is 16 out of 100.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 2 / 10 | Tier 4 — not a peer-reviewed journal (Not indexed) |
| Journal's citation record | 0 / 4 | Not a journal article, so the journal's record does not count |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 4 / 10 | Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed. Hosted on a preprint server. |
| How recent | 3 / 5 | 2022 — within 6 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | 1 / 7 | Cited 3 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10) |
| Citations per year | 0 / 5 | 0.5 citations a year over 6 year(s) since 2022 |
| Impact for its field and year | — / 6 | No field-weighted citation impact (OpenAlex has none yet) — left out of this score |
| Cited by studies here | 0 / 6 | No other study in this library cites it |
| Still being cited | 0 / 4 | Cited 2 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex) |
| Senior author's track record | — / 4 | OpenAlex's profile for last-listed author Julia Levine holds only 5 work(s), too few to judge a track record — left out of this score |
| Institution's track record | 2 / 3 | University of California, Los Angeles: institution h-index 1,923 (OpenAlex) |
| Multi-centre collaboration | 0 / 3 | OpenAlex lists 1 institution(s) in 1 country — scores zero (affiliation lists can be incomplete) |
| Indexed in PubMed | 1 / 2 | Not in PubMed, but has a DOI |
| Free to read | 0 / 2 | Behind a paywall — scores zero |
| Points | 14 / 90 | Scored on 18 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 14 of the 90 points we could judge it on is 16 out of 100. |
| Total | 16 / 100 | — |
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