Table 2B.
Individual/household level factors—demographic.
| Sub-level | Factor | Consumer behavior | Evidence* (References) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consumption | Purchase | What | How | When | Positive association | Negative association | Significant difference | No association/no significant difference | ||
| Demographic | Residence (urban vs. rural) | F | x | (31, 64) | (46) | (31, 32, 64, 67, 73) | ||||
| F | x | x | (76) | |||||||
| F | x | (73) | ||||||||
| V | x | (64, 67, 73) | (46) | (31, 32, 64) | ||||||
| V | x | (73) | (56) | |||||||
| FV | x | (67) | (42, 46, 60, 80) | |||||||
| Education | F | x | (31, 64, 67, 73) | (32) | (40) | |||||
| F | x | x | (76) | |||||||
| F | x | (30, 43, 54, 73, 79) | (79) | |||||||
| V | x | (31, 40) | (64) | (32) | (31, 40, 64, 67, 73) | |||||
| V | x | (30, 53, 73) | (56) | (54, 73) | ||||||
| V | x | (62) | (29) | |||||||
| FV | x | (50, 54, 80) | (35) | (35, 40, 42, 52, 67, 80) | ||||||
| Employment/occupation | F | x | (31, 43, 73) | (73) | (31, 32, 73) | |||||
| F | x | (54, 73, 79) | (73, 79) | (54, 73) | ||||||
| F | x | (28, 57) | ||||||||
| V | x | (31, 73) | (73) | (31, 32, 73) | ||||||
| V | x | (73) | (53, 73) | (54) | (54, 56, 73) | |||||
| V | x | (28) | (28) | |||||||
| FV | x | (39, 50, 54) | (54) | (42, 54, 80) | ||||||
| Ethnicity | F | x | (31, 67, 73) | (31, 73) | (32, 46) | (31, 73) | ||||
| F | x | (54, 73) | (73) | (54, 73) | ||||||
| V | x | (31, 67, 73) | (31, 73) | (32, 46) | (31, 67) | |||||
| V | x | (54, 73) | (73) | (54) | ||||||
| FV | x | (54, 67) | (46) | (54, 67) | ||||||
| Food insecurity | F | x | (43) | (32) | ||||||
| F | x | x | (76) | (76) | ||||||
| F | x | (49) | ||||||||
| F | x | (59) | ||||||||
| V | x | (32) | ||||||||
| V | x | x | (76) | |||||||
| V | x | (49) | ||||||||
| V | x | (59) | ||||||||
| Socio-economic status | F | x | (46, 77) | |||||||
| F | x | (34) | ||||||||
| V | x | (46, 68) | ||||||||
| V | x | (34) | (34) | |||||||
| FV | x | (46) | ||||||||
| Wealth status (high vs. low) | F | x | (31, 43, 67, 73) | (31, 40) | ||||||
| F | x | (73) | ||||||||
| V | x | (73) | (31) | (31, 40, 67) | ||||||
| FV | x | (44, 80) | (40, 67) | |||||||
| Income (family income, household income, parents income, having money) | F | x | (64, 73) | (32) | (64) | |||||
| F | x | (30, 73, 79) | (79) | |||||||
| F | x | (57) | ||||||||
| V | x | (73) | (64) | (32) | (64) | |||||
| V | x | (30, 73) | (56) | |||||||
| V | x | (29, 62) | ||||||||
| FV | x | (39) | (37, 60) | |||||||
| FV | x | (52) | ||||||||
| FV | x | (48) | ||||||||
*
Evidence: Positive or negative association: Relationship for positive or negative association qualified as statistically significant at the 5% level, based on correlation and regression analysis. Significant differences: tested e.g.„ via t-tests; ANOVA; No association, no significant difference: not statistically significant, or no association. F, Fruit; FV, Fruit and vegetables combined; V, Vegetables; What: Quantities consumed, amount spent for purchasing FV; % of people consuming F, V or FV; How: Represents the frequency of consumption or purchase; When: in reference 76 is referring to season (dry vs. rainy).