Table 2.
Participant characteristics.
| n | ||
| Sex (n = 59) | ||
| - Male | 30 | |
| - Female | 29 | |
| Ethnicity (n = 59) | ||
| - Native Dutch (4 focus groups) | 27 | |
| - Turkish immigrant (2 focus groups) | 21 | |
| - Moroccan immigrant (1 focus group) | 11 | |
| mean | range | |
| Age (n = 47) | 46.2 | 19 - 73 |
| Expenditures on groceries per week (n = 34) | € 91.30 | € 10 - 150 |
| Household size (n = 44) | 3.2 | 1 - 6 |
| n | ||
| Education level (n = 48) | ||
| - No education | 1 | |
| - Primary school | 11 | |
| - Lower general secondary education | 10 | |
| - Higher secondary education/pre-university education | 11 | |
| - Intermediate vocational education | 2 | |
| - Higher vocational education/University | 13 | |
| Net annual income (n = 41) a, b | ||
| - Less than € 10.000 | 5 | |
| - € 10.000-15.000 | 10 | |
| - € 15.000-20.000 | 11 | |
| - € 20.000-30.000 | 3 | |
| - € 30.000-40.000 | 7 | |
| - € 40.000+ | 5 | |
| Work status (n = 41) | ||
| - Employed | 16 | |
| - (partially) Unfit for work | 6 | |
| - Unemployed/social security | 12 | |
| - Retired | 5 | |
| - Other | 2 | |