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. 2020 Jul 23;9(8):977. doi: 10.3390/foods9080977

Table 3.

Information about edible flowers (EF), according to country.

Question Total (1) Costa
Rica
Portugal CST (2) CC (3)
χ2 p V
Have you heard about EF? Yes (%) 86.9 76.3 96.7 26.530 <0.0005 (5) 0.302
No (%) 13.1 23.7 3.3
Do you think there is enough information about EF? Yes (%) 3.8 3.6 4.0 0.028 0.557 (5) -
No (%) 96.2 96.4 96.0
Do you think there are risks associated with consumption of EF? Yes (%) 35.2 27.4 42.4 7.342 0.025 0.159
No (%) 31.0 33.8 28.5
M (4) (%) 33.8 38.8 29.1
Do you think toxicity is a risk? Yes (%) 83.8 71.2 93.5 12.237 0.001 (5) 0.300
No (%) 16.2 28.8 6.5
Do you think pesticides are a risk? Yes (%) 80.9 68.3 91.8 12.105 <0.0005 (5) 0.298
No (%) 19.1 31.7 8.2
Do you think there are other risks? Yes (%) 50.5 39.6 58.7 3.995 0.035 0.190
No (%) 49.5 60.4 41.3

(1) Combined results of Portugal and Costa Rica. (2) CST: chi-square test (level of significance of 5%: p < 0.05) for country differences. (3) CC: Cramer’s coefficient, only indicated if there were significant differences. (4) This option accounts for Maybe/I do not know. (5) Fisher’s exact test.