TABLE 3.
Consumer concerns about grocery shopping during COVID‐19 lockdown
| Male | Female | Total | Mann–Whitney U | Z | p value a | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||||
| Fear of nonavailability of grocery stocks | 2.05 | 1.279 | 3.00 | 1.289 | 2.37 | 1.355 | 3,073.500 | −4.840 | .000 |
| Fear of getting infected from grocery storekeepers | 2.25 | 1.000 | 3.22 | 1.345 | 2.58 | 1.219 | 2,976.00 | −.5.046 | .000 |
| Fear of getting infected from other shoppers | 3.24 | 1.291 | 3.72 | 1.116 | 3.40 | 1.252 | 4,014.00 | −2.500 | .012 |
| Safety of the foods that I am purchasing | 3.27 | 1.291 | 2.15 | 1.479 | 2.89 | 1.454 | 2,891.00 | −5.217 | .000 |
| Nonavailability of fresh food products | 4.16 | 1.049 | 2.87 | 1.393 | 3.72 | 1.324 | 2,530.00 | −6.213 | .000 |
Note: Most important concern = 1, least important concern = 5.
Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.
a
Mann‐Whitney U test for homogeneity of proportion between male and female.