Table A3.
Sociodemographic characteristics of the sample who responded ‘I don’t know’ (DK) versus the sample who responded in the ordered scale (R) (very unacceptable (=1) to very acceptable (=5)) when asked to what extent they eat foods containing a sustainable protein source 1.
| Sociodemographic Characteristic | Plant | Insect | Single Cell | In Vitro | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DK | R | p-value 2 | DK | R | p-value 2 | DK | R | p-value 2 | DK | R | p-value 2 | |
| n = | 84 | 1741 | 126 | 1699 | 195 | 1630 | 199 | 1626 | ||||
| Gender | ||||||||||||
| Male | 46.4 | 50.6 | 0.455 | 49.2 | 50.2 | 0.779 | 46.2 | 50.9 | 0.208 | 50.3 | 50.4 | 0.962 |
| Female | 53.6 | 49.4 | 50.8 | 49.5 | 53.8 | 49.1 | 49.7 | 49.6 | ||||
| Age (y) | ||||||||||||
| Below 70 | 48.8 | 56.3 | 0.177 | 47.6 | 56.6 | 0.051 | 49.7 | 56.7 | 0.065 | 53.3 | 56.3 | 0.420 |
| 70+ | 51.2 | 43.7 | 52.4 | 43.4 | 50.3 | 43.3 | 46.7 | 43.7 | ||||
| Country | 0.009 | 0.052 | 0.013 | 0.192 | ||||||||
| United Kingdom | 27.4 | 19.6 | 23.0 | 19.8 | 19.5 | 20.1 | 19.6 | 20.0 | ||||
| The Netherlands | 13.1 | 20.4 | 11.1 | 20.7 | 16.4 | 20.5 | 17.1 | 20.4 | ||||
| Poland | 8.3 | 20.5 | 19.8 | 20.0 | 14.9 | 20.6 | 16.1 | 20.4 | ||||
| Spain | 23.8 | 19.8 | 19.0 | 20.1 | 20.5 | 19.9 | 22.1 | 19.7 | ||||
| Finland | 27.4 | 19.6 | 27.0 | 19.5 | 28.7 | 19.0 | 25.1 | 19.4 | ||||
| Educational attainment | ||||||||||||
| Below tertiary level | 78.6 | 58.7 | <0.001 | 67.5 | 59.0 | 0.063 | 68.2 | 41.4 | 0.010 | 65.3 | 58.9 | 0.082 |
| Tertiary level or above | 21.4 | 41.3 | 32.5 | 41.0 | 31.8 | 58.6 | 34.7 | 41/1 | ||||
| Perceived financial situation | (n = 78) | (n = 1713) | 0.320 | (n = 122) | (n = 1669) | 0.059 | (n = 190) | (n = 1601) | 0.818 | (n = 191) | (n = 1600) | 0.595 |
| Have some or severe difficulties | 12.8 | 16.6 | 13.1 | 16.7 | 17.9 | 16.2 | 14.1 | 16.7 | ||||
| Get by alright | 46.2 | 37.9 | 48.4 | 37.6 | 36.8 | 38.5 | 40.8 | 38.0 | ||||
| Manage quite or very well | 41.0 | 45.5 | 38.5 | 45.8 | 45.3 | 45.3 | 45.0 | 45.3 | ||||
| Living condition | ||||||||||||
| Lives alone | 27.4 | 30.8 | 0.508 | 30.2 | 30.7 | 0.905 | 27.8 | 31.0 | 0.346 | 26.6 | 31.1 | 0.295 |
| Lives with others | 72.6 | 69.2 | 69.8 | 69.3 | 72.3 | 69.0 | 73.4 | 68.9 | ||||
| Responsibility for food purchases | 0.740 | 0.729 | 0.477 | 0.983 | ||||||||
| Does most of food shopping | 66.7 | 70.5 | 67.5 | 70.5 | 66.7 | 70.7 | 69.8 | 70.4 | ||||
| Shared responsibility | 21.4 | 19.5 | 22.2 | 19.4 | 22.6 | 19.3 | 20.1 | 19.6 | ||||
| Does not shop for food | 11.9 | 10.0 | 10.3 | 10.1 | 10.8 | 10.0 | 10.1 | 10.1 | ||||
| Number of health Problems 3, mean ± sd | (n = 76) | (n = 1672) | 0.585 | (n = 116) | (n = 1632) | 0.575 | (n = 183) | (n = 1565) | 0.452 | (n =1 88) | (n = 1560) | 0.632 |
| 2.4 ± 2.2 | 2.5 ± 2.1 | 2.4 ± 2.1 | 2.5 ± 2.1 | 2.4 ± 2.1 | 2.5 ± 2.1 | 2.5 ± 2.1 | 2.5 ± 2.1 | |||||
| Dietary regime 4 | ||||||||||||
| Follows meat-limiting diet | 15.5 | 13.0 | 0.518 | 12.7 | 13.2 | 0.876 | 17.4 | 12.6 | 0.061 | 16.1 | 12.8 | 0.195 |
| Does not Follow Meat-Limiting Diet | 84.5 | 87.0 | 87.3 | 86.8 | 82.6 | 87.4 | 83.9 | 87.2 | ||||
1 Presented as percent of total unless otherwise indicated. 2 Result from a test for significant difference between the two groups, using chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables or a t-test for continuous variables. 3 Sum of number of reported health problems out of 17 asked health problems. 4 Meat-limiting diet includes those who reported to follow a vegetarian or vegan diet or reported to eat meat one time per week or less in the past four weeks.