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. 2021 Oct 26;10(11):2588. doi: 10.3390/foods10112588

Table 2.

Pairwise comparisons between significant demographic groups for willingness to try (WTT) “cell-based meat”.

<                Age                > <                     Area of Work                     >
18–30 31–50 >51 Meat S 1 Meat W 2 Other S 3 Others 4
Gender
Female 4.01 a 3.73 b 3.49 c 3.72 ab 3.39 bc 4.03 a 3.85 a
Male 3.80 b 3.27 d 3.07 d 3.27 c 2.83 d 3.90 a 3.63 b
Income 5
<1.5 k 1.5–3 k 3–7.5 k 7.5–10 k 10–15 k >15 k
Gender
Female 3.93 a 3.92 a 3.77 a 3.93 a 3.76 ab 3.54 abc
Male 3.87 a 3.82 a 3.37 c 3.38 bc 3.26 c 2.95 d
<                      Area of Work                      > <                             Meat Consumption                             >
Meat S 2 Meat W 3 Other S 4 Others 5 Never Rarely Regularly Daily
Age
18–30 3.63 bc 3.40 c 4.16 a 4.09 a 3.66 bc 4.40 a 4.13 a 3.81 b
31–50 3.57 c 2.94 d 3.98 ab 3.63 c 3.72 bc 3.89 ab 3.66 bc 3.26 c
>51 3.09 cd 2.56 d 3.54 c 3.46 c 2.79 d 3.60 bc 3.43 c 2.87 d
Meat Consumption
Never Rarely Regularly Daily
Area of work
Meat S 4.83 a 4.29 ab 3.59 ab 3.44 ab
Meat W 3.46 ab 4.00 ab 3.16 ab 2.86 b
Other S 3.44 ab 4.12 ab 4.14 ab 3.89 ab
Others 3.58 ab 3.88 ab 3.84 ab 3.69 ab
Income
<1.5 k 1.5–3 k 3–7.5 k 7.5–10 k 10–15 k >15 k
Area of work
Meat S 3.89 abc 3.84 abc 3.09 cde 3.51 abcde 3.50 bcde 3.26 cde
Meat W 3.53 abcd 3.50 bcde 3.03 de 2.99 de 2.75 e 2.69 e
Other S 4.0 ab 4.10 a 4.0 ab 3.97 ab 4.05 ab 3.62 abc
Others 3.98 ab 3.93 ab 3.78 abc 3.82 abc 3.63 abc 3.31 cde
Meat Consumption
Income Never Rarely Regularly Daily
<1.5 k 3.35 b 4.23 a 4.10 a 2.90 b
1.5–3 k 3.51 ab 4.02 ab 3.94 ab 3.87 ab
3–7.5 k 3.85 ab 3.81 ab 3.76 ab 3.37 b
7.5–10 k 4.09 ab 4.06 ab 3.83 ab 3.35 b
10–15 k 3.38 ab 3.83 ab 3.72 ab 3.23 b
>15 k 3.13 b 4.03 ab 3.28 b 3.86 ab

1 Meat S: meat scientist; 2 Meat W: meat worker; 3 Other S: scientist working outside the meat sector; 4 Others: not scientist and outside the meat sector; 5 k: 1000, e.g., 1.5 k = 1500; a–e: different letters in the same section indicate means with significant statistical differences at the 0.05 level. Scale: 1 to 5 (from “Definitely not” = 1 to “Definitely yes” = 5).