1\begin{table}[htbp]\centering\footnotesize2\caption{H2 --- Regional assortment diversity and regional scale}\label{tab:h2}3\begin{adjustbox}{max width=\textwidth}4\begin{tabular}{lrrrr}\toprule5Outcome $\sim$ covariate & $n$ & Spearman $\rho$ & 95\% CI & OLS slope (HC3 SE) \\\midrule6H\_rarefied15 ~ log\_population & 16 & -0.20 & [-0.62; 0.34] & -0.005 (0.006) \\7H\_rarefied15 ~ log\_business\_locations & 16 & -0.24 & [-0.66; 0.30] & -0.005 (0.007) \\8H\_rarefied15 ~ disposable\_income & 16 & 0.39 & [-0.18; 0.75] & 0.000 (0.000) \\9H\_rarefied15 ~ log\_density & 16 & -0.37 & [-0.69; 0.16] & -0.002 (0.002) \\10H\_norm\_M ~ log\_population & 17 & 0.41 & [-0.13; 0.79] & 0.029 (0.022) \\11H\_norm\_M ~ log\_business\_locations & 17 & 0.44 & [-0.09; 0.81] & 0.032 (0.023) \\12H\_norm\_M ~ disposable\_income & 17 & 0.56 & [0.02; 0.85] & 0.000 (0.000) \\13H\_norm\_M ~ log\_density & 17 & 0.18 & [-0.42; 0.67] & 0.009 (0.009) \\14eff\_cat\_M ~ log\_population & 17 & 0.41 & [-0.14; 0.79] & 0.873 (0.611) \\15eff\_cat\_M ~ log\_business\_locations & 17 & 0.44 & [-0.11; 0.82] & 0.945 (0.630) \\16eff\_cat\_M ~ disposable\_income & 17 & 0.56 & [0.03; 0.85] & 0.001 (0.000) \\17eff\_cat\_M ~ log\_density & 17 & 0.18 & [-0.44; 0.67] & 0.260 (0.270) \\18log\_stores\_per\_100k ~ log\_population & 17 & -0.19 & [-0.60; 0.30] & -- \\19log\_stores\_per\_100k ~ log\_density & 17 & -0.22 & [-0.71; 0.36] & -- \\20log\_stores\_per\_100k ~ disposable\_income & 17 & -0.02 & [-0.49; 0.46] & -- \\21\bottomrule\end{tabular}22\end{adjustbox}23\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}24\end{table}25