Table 1.
Socio-demographic information of respondents.
Question | Response Option | n a | % b |
---|---|---|---|
Gender | Female | 2303 | 51.5 |
Male | 2156 | 48.2 | |
Does not wish to answer | 12 | 0.3 | |
Age | 18–30 years of age | 1643 | 36.7 |
31–50 years of age | 1825 | 40.8 | |
>51 years of age | 1003 | 22.5 | |
Education | Primary and middle school | 265 | 6.0 |
Graduate | 1957 | 43.7 | |
Postgraduate degree | 2130 | 47.6 | |
Other (PhD, Master, Technician, etc.) | 92 | 2.1 | |
Does not wish to answer | 27 | 0.6 | |
Area of work | Meat scientist | 327 | 7.3 |
Other scientist | 782 | 17.5 | |
Meat worker | 1104 | 24.7 | |
Others | 2258 | 50.5 | |
Net monthly income | <1500 BRL c | 524 | 11.7 |
1500–3000 BRL | 696 | 15.6 | |
3000–7500 BRL | 1004 | 22.5 | |
7500–10,000 BRL | 460 | 10.3 | |
10,000–15,000 BRL | 559 | 12.5 | |
>15,000 BRL | 759 | 17.0 | |
Does not wish to answer | 469 | 10.4 | |
Meat consumption | Never: vegetarian or vegan diet | 299 | 6.7 |
Rarely: weekly or less | 331 | 7.4 | |
Regularly: several times a week | 1739 | 38.9 | |
Daily or at each meal | 2102 | 47.0 | |
Familiarity d | Yes | 3282 | 73.4 |
No | 1189 | 26.6 |
an: number of responses; b %: percentage of responses (total = 4471); c BRL: Brazilian Real, 1 BRL = 0.18 USD or 0.15 Euro; d familiarity: Have you ever heard of artificial meat?