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. 2020 Jul 19;12(7):2150. doi: 10.3390/nu12072150

Table 1.

Summary statistics related to product and consumer characteristics (982 observations).

Variables Description Mean
(St. Dev.) a
Product variables
Dependent Variable
Price EVOO price €/l 6.088
(1.7139)
Explanatory Variable
Organic 1 = EVOO made from organic agricultural practices 0.024
GIs 1 = EVOO sold with Geographical Indications (DOP/PGI) 0.038
Italian Origin 1 = Italian EVOO 0.430
Non-European Origin 1 = Product from Non-European EVOOs 0.321
European Origin 1 = Product from European EVOOs 0.249
Filtered 1 = Filtered Product 0.989
Unfiltered 1 = Unfiltered Product 0.011
Product in Promotion 1 = Product sold in promotion 0.563
Glass Packaging 1 = Product sold in glass packages 0.986
Other Packaging Material 1 = Product sold in other packages (e.g., plastic) 0.014
1 L 1 = Package Size 1liter 0.891
0.75 L 1 = Package Size 0.75 L 0.078
0.5 L 1 = Package Size 0.5 L 0.031
Consumer variables
Gender 1=Female consumer 0.529
Household size 1–6 = Number of household members 3.089
(1.1311)
Child below 18 years old 1 = Household with child below 18 years old 0.671
Education 1–3 = 1 Middle school education, 2 High school education, 3 University education 2.227
(0.6935)
Income 1–3 = 1 Individual monthly income below 1000€, 2.258
2 between 1001€–2000€, 3 above 2001€ (0.6860)
Shopping EVOO on offer 1 = Purchase an EVOO on promotion 0.562
Interest in label information 1–5 = “I am interested in labeling”, where 1 stands for “strongly disagree” and 5 for “strongly agree” 4.220
(0.7075)
Interest in product origin 1–5 = “I am interested in product origins”,
where 1 stands for “strongly disagree” and 5 for “strongly agree”
3.910
(0.9470)
Interest in branded products 1–5 = “I am interested in branded products”,
where 1 stands for “strongly disagree” and 5 for “strongly agree”
3.899
(0.9662)

a For all binary variables the mean represents the percentage of observations, the value of the standard deviation is omitted.