Table 2.

Description and summary statistics of the data.

Variables	Description	Mean/ Frequency %	Standard Deviation	Minimum	Maximum
Dependent variables
(1) Share of total meat consumption (%)	Share of total meat consumption = (total meat consumption in grams/total food consumption in grams excl. beverages) × 100	16.6	14.1	0.0	100.0
(2) Share of red meat consumption (%)	Share of red meat consumption = (red meat consumption in grams/total food consumption in grams excl. beverages) × 100	7.0	10.3	0.0	100.0
Total meat consumption (grams)		337.6	313.,3	0.0	4122.0
Red meat consumption (grams)		142.1	214.6	0.0	3303.9
Total food consumption excl. beverages (grams)		2168.4	1041.6	0.0	14,422.9
Independent variables
Gender (binary)	1 = male; 0 = female	0.5	0.5	0.0	1.0
Age (continuous)	From 0 to max. 80 years	32.4	24.6	0.0	80.0
Education household reference person (ordinal)	1 = less than 9th Grade	10.3
	2 = 9–11th+ Grade (incl. 12th+ Grade with no diploma)	15.3
	3 = High school graduate or equivalent	22.8
	4 = Some college or Associate degree	29.0
	5 = College graduate or above	22.6
Household income (ordinal)	1 = under US-Dollar (USD) 20,000	22.7
	2 = USD 20,000 to USD 44,999	30.7
	3 = USD 45,000 to USD 64,999	13.6
	4 ≥ USD 65,000	33.0
Household size (count)	From 1 person to max. 7 persons	3.8	1.7	1.0	7.0
Married household reference person (binary)	1 = married; 0 = otherwise	0.6	0.5	0.0	1.0
Share home consumption (%)	Share home consumption = (food consumption at home in grams incl. beverages/total food consumption at home and outside in grams incl. beverages) × 100	71.9	26.6	0.0	100.0
Ethnicity (nominal)	1 = Mexican American (base outcome)	18.6
	2 = Other Hispanic	10.9
	3 = Non-Hispanic White	37.8
	4 = Non-Hispanic Black	22.1
	5 = Other race (incl. multiracial)	10.6
Age class	1 = 0 to 4 years	13.6
	2 = 5 to 11 years	14.2
	3 = 12 to 20 years	14.6
	4 = 21 to 35 years	14.9
	5 = 36 to 50 years	15.1
	6 = 51 to 65 years	14.8
	7 ≥ 65 years	12.8