1\begin{table}[htbp]\centering\footnotesize2\caption{H2 --- Regional assortment diversity and regional scale}\label{tab:h2}3\begin{tabular}{lrrrr}\toprule4Outcome $\sim$ covariate & $n$ & Spearman $\rho$ & 95\% CI & OLS slope (HC3 SE) \\\midrule5H\_rarefied15 ~ log\_population & 16 & 0.00 & [-0.63; 0.60] & -0.004 (0.017) \\6H\_rarefied15 ~ log\_business\_locations & 16 & 0.00 & [-0.64; 0.62] & -0.005 (0.018) \\7H\_rarefied15 ~ disposable\_income & 16 & -0.02 & [-0.53; 0.51] & 0.000 (0.000) \\8H\_rarefied15 ~ log\_density & 16 & -0.20 & [-0.79; 0.45] & -0.004 (0.006) \\9H\_norm\_M ~ log\_population & 17 & 0.49 & [-0.10; 0.89] & 0.038 (0.023) \\10H\_norm\_M ~ log\_business\_locations & 17 & 0.52 & [-0.09; 0.89] & 0.039 (0.023) \\11H\_norm\_M ~ disposable\_income & 17 & 0.50 & [-0.03; 0.83] & 0.000 (0.000) \\12H\_norm\_M ~ log\_density & 17 & 0.23 & [-0.42; 0.75] & 0.010 (0.011) \\13eff\_cat\_M ~ log\_population & 17 & 0.49 & [-0.10; 0.88] & 1.168 (0.710) \\14eff\_cat\_M ~ log\_business\_locations & 17 & 0.52 & [-0.08; 0.89] & 1.193 (0.710) \\15eff\_cat\_M ~ disposable\_income & 17 & 0.50 & [-0.02; 0.83] & 0.000 (0.000) \\16eff\_cat\_M ~ log\_density & 17 & 0.23 & [-0.42; 0.72] & 0.282 (0.362) \\17log\_stores\_per\_100k ~ log\_population & 17 & -0.19 & [-0.61; 0.30] & -- \\18log\_stores\_per\_100k ~ log\_density & 17 & -0.22 & [-0.71; 0.36] & -- \\19log\_stores\_per\_100k ~ disposable\_income & 17 & -0.02 & [-0.49; 0.46] & -- \\20\bottomrule\end{tabular}21\begin{minipage}{0.95\textwidth}\vspace{2pt}\footnotesize\textit{Notes:} 17 regions at most (Nord-du-Québec has no located store); rarefied diversity needs >= 15 stores. Associations only; CIs from 5 000 region-level bootstrap draws; OLS slope with HC3 SE.\end{minipage}22\end{table}23