Table 2.

Survey results^a (selected) on the impact of COVID-19 lockdown on consumers' awareness, behavior, and attitudes toward food wastage (n = 284)

%Respondents	All	Sex		Age (years old)				Number of persons in the household				Education
		Women	Men	18–25	26–40	41–59	60 and more	1	2	3	4 and more	Primary/high school	University
Reported awareness
Yes	89	90	87	83*	87*	92*	100*	81	90	87	90	90*	89*
No	7	6	8	8*	8*	6*	0*	13	8	6	6	0*	7*
No opinion	4	4	5	8*	5*	2*	0*	6	2	6	4	10*	4*
Efforts to control food wastage
Yes	93	94	91	78*	94*	95*	100*	88*	98*	94*	92*	70*	94*
No	2	2	1	3*	1*	2*	0*	0*	2*	2*	2*	0*	2*
No opinion	5	4	8	19*	4*	2*	0*	13*	0*	5*	6*	30*	4*
Changes in shopping habits
Yes	80	79	80	72	80	83	76	81	76	81	80	80	79
No	20	21	20	28	20	17	29	13	24	19	21	20	21
Reported intentions of avoiding discarding bought items
Yes	85	85	87	67*	87*	90*	88*	81	92	87	83	70*	86*
No	5	5	3	11*	4*	3*	0*	6	4	3	5	0*	5*
Do not think about the issue	10	10	10	22*	8*	7*	18*	13	4	10	12	30*	9*
Current final use of uneaten food
Eating the next day	54	55*	52*	44*	58*	52*	50*	56*	52*	56*	55*	50*	55*
Feed domestic animals	18	16*	24*	28*	15*	22*	6*	0*	18*	11*	23*	10*	19*
Freezing	13	15*	8*	11*	9*	14*	39*	25*	12*	17*	10*	20*	12*
Donating	3	4*	0*	3*	3*	3*	0*	6*	4*	3*	2*	0*	3*
Recycling	1	2*	0*	0*	1*	2*	6*	6*	0*	3*	1*	0*	1*
Discarding	10	8*	16*	14*	13*	7*	0*	6*	14*	10*	10*	20*	10*

^*p < 0.05: for each Chi-square test, the percentages shown represent column proportions

^aThe results are expressed as the percentage of respondents