Table 2.

The influence of selected variables on the food neophobia level.

Variable	Category		Food Neophobia Level 1						p-Value
			Low		Medium		High
			n	%	n	%	n	%
Sex	Total		76	16.7	294	64.8	84	18.5	0.0024 *
	woman		38	12.9	192	65.3	64	21.8
	man		38	23.8	102	63.8	20	12.5
Place of residence	village		21	15.8	79	59.4	33	24.8	0.8031
	city up to 20,000 inhabitants		4	7.7	37	71.2	11	21.2
	city from 20,000 to 100,000 inhabitants		17	19.1	59	66.3	13	14.6
	city from 100,000 to 500,000 inhabitants		6	15.0	25	62.5	9	22.5
	city of more than 500,000 inhabitants		28	17.4	94	58.4	39	24.2
Income2	500.00–1000.00 PL		12	11.7	77	74.8	14	13.6	0.2791
	1000.01–1500.00 PL		22	14.4	96	62.7	35	22.9
	1500.01–2000.00 PL		15	17.0	56	63.6	17	19.3
	>2000.00 PL		27	21.3	65	51.2	35	27.6
Travel destination	Asia	no	61	15.0	267	65.6	79	19.4	0.0090 *
		yes	15	31.9	27	57.4	5	10.6
	Africa	no	60	15.7	249	65.2	73	19.1	0.3526
		yes	16	22.2	45	62.5	11	15.3
	North and South America	no	67	15.6	283	65.8	80	18.6	0.0185 *
		yes	9	37.5	11	45.8	4	16.7
Protein source in the diet	beef	no	49	14.3	225	65.8	68	19.9	0.0392 *
		yes	27	24.1	69	61.6	16	14.3
	chicken, turkey	no	5	12.8	26	66.7	8	20.5	0.7753
		yes	71	17.1	268	64.6	76	18.3
	pork	no	45	14.7	193	62.9	69	22.5	0.0040 *
		yes	31	21.1	101	68.7	15	10.2
	fish	no	42	16.4	164	64.1	50	19.5	0.8111
		yes	34	17.2	130	65.7	34	17.2
	sea food	no	62	15.0	271	65.5	81	19.6	0.0025 *

¹The resultant Food Neophobia Scale (FNS) ranged from 10.0 to 50.0 points. The obtained scores were analyzed in categories (of low, medium, or high level of food neophobia). In order to divide the respondents into FNS categories, their results were grouped as: low food neophobia level (FNS from 10.0 to 18.0 points); medium food neophobia level (FNS from 18.1 to 30.0 points); or high food neophobia level (FNS from 30.1 to 50.0 points). ² Income: Monthly household income per person; p-values where values marked with (*) differ significantly.