Table 3.
Consumer declarations on consumption after the expiry date (%).
| Demographic Variable | Chi-Squared Test | Category | Yes, Regardless of the Type of Food | Yes But Only Durable Products, e.g. Barley/Groats or Pasta | Yes But Only Short-Lived Products, e.g. Yoghurt | No, I Never Consume Products After the Expiry Date | I don’t Know because I don’t Check the Dates | It’s Hard to Say |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | - | - | 7.0 | 19.5 | 8.5 | 48.9 | 11.2 | 4.9 |
| Gender | 0.000 | Woman | 7.0 | 21.2 | 8.8 | 52.9 | 7.1 | 3.0 |
| Man | 6.9 | 17.7 | 8.2 | 44.8 | 15.4 | 6.9 | ||
| Age | Ns | |||||||
| Education | 0.002 | primary school | 9.1 | 19.5 | 10.6 | 35.1 | 22.7 | 3.1 |
| basic vocational school | 7.8 | 21.7 | 7.7 | 45.5 | 13.1 | 4.3 | ||
| secondary school | 6.4 | 17.8 | 9.3 | 51.2 | 8.3 | 7.0 | ||
| university/college | 5.9 | 19.6 | 7.0 | 55.8 | 9.5 | 2.2 | ||
| Place of Residence | 0.000 | countryside | 8.3 | 21.1 | 7.5 | 44.3 | 13.2 | 5.5 |
| city with up to 50,000 residents | 9.5 | 13.9 | 12.6 | 48.0 | 13.2 | 2.7 | ||
| city with 50,001–100,000 residents | 3.8 | 37.2 | 6.6 | 42.3 | 8.0 | 2.3 | ||
| city with 100,001–200,000 residents | 6.4 | 11.1 | 13.5 | 56.4 | 5.0 | 7.7 | ||
| city with 200,001–500,000 residents | 5.3 | 26.5 | 0.7 | 50.4 | 11.2 | 6.0 | ||
| city with over 500,001 residents | 0.8 | 14.3 | 6.4 | 64.9 | 6.6 | 6.9 | ||
| Assessment of one’s Financial Situation | 0.000 | very good | 9.6 | 4.7 | 14.3 | 55.2 | 6.5 | 9.7 |
| rather good | 4.2 | 17.5 | 7.4 | 53.9 | 12.1 | 4.9 | ||
| average | 7.9 | 22.3 | 9.5 | 46.1 | 9.4 | 4.8 | ||
| rather poor | 14.6 | 14.5 | 2.2 | 31.5 | 32.8 | 4.4 | ||
| Poor | 39.6 | 11.2 | 0.0 | 49.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
ns–not significant.