Appendix 2.

Correlations of total meat consumption and predictors. Calculations based on the sub-sample of participants who reported eating little or no meat (n 1596); Swiss Food Panel 2.0 (survey 2017)

	Variable	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
1	Age	–
2	Income	−0·20***	–
3	Animal welfare	NS	NS	–
4	Environmental concerns	−0·09***	NS	0·55***	–
5	Weight regulation	0·14***	−0·07**	−0·09***	−0·07**	–
6	Health/healthy diet	0·14***	NS	0·20***	0·25***	0·25***	–
7	Medical advice	0·15***	−0·08**	NS	NS	0·28***	0·10***	–
8	Disliking the taste of meat	NS	NS	0·15***	NS	NS	NS	NS	–
9	Preferring vegetarian dishes	NS	NS	0·27***	0·17***	NS	0·14***	NS	0·51***	–
10	Religious rules	NS	−0·08**	NS	NS	0·09***	NS	0·13***	0·08**	0·08**	–
11	Been brought up that way	NS	−0·07**	NS	0·09***	0·14***	0·07**	0·13***	0·07**	NS	0·20***	–
12	Social expectations	0·11***	NS	NS	0·14***	0·17***	NS	0·22***	NS	NS	0·28***	0·42***	–
13	Perceived difficulty†	NS	NS	NS	NS	0·14***	NS	0·10***	−0·20***	−0·21***	NS	NS	0·14***	–
14	Meat substitutes consumption‡	−0·17***	NS	0·20***	0·15***	NS	NS	NS	NS	0·15***	NS	NS	NS	−0·10***	–
15	Soya products consumption	−0·11***	NS	0·12***	0·10***	NS	0·09***	NS	NS	0·08***	NS	NS	NS	NS	0·52***	–
16	Legumes consumption	−0·10***	NS	0·12***	0·11***	0·06**	0·10***	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	0·29***	0·21***	–
17	Total meat consumption	0·06**	NS	−0·26***	−0·16***	0·16***	NS	0·12***	−0·15***	−0·24***	NS	NS	0·09***	0·26***	NS	NS	NS

n vary due to missing values.

**P < 0·01 (two-tailed), ***P ≤ 0·001 (two-tailed).

^†Perceived difficulty of practising a diet with little or no meat.

^‡Including meat substitutes such as tofu, Quorn, seitan, and vegetarian cold cuts (in portions per week).