Table 3 Chi-Square (X2) values for comparison of perceived environmental benefit between demographic groups
From: A cross-sectional survey of the readiness of consumers to adopt an environmentally sustainable diet
Perceived importance | Education | Children at home | Age | Gender | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
High (%) | Low (%) | X2(1) | P(2) | No (%) | Yes (%) | X2 | p | U35 (%) | 35 + (%) | X2 | p | F (%) | M (%) | X2 | p | ||
Packaging | Low (%) | 9 | 6 | 4.5 | 0.10 | 9 | 9 | 1.3 | 0.53 | 9 | 8 | 5.1 | 0.36 | 8 | 10 | 3.7 | 0.45 |
Med (%) | 27 | 17 | 27 | 23 | 28 | 22 | 23 | 30 | |||||||||
High (%) | 64 | 77 | 65 | 69 | 63 | 70 | 68 | 60 | |||||||||
Local | Low (%) | 4 | 8 | 5.8 | 0.06 | 5 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.63 | 5 | 4 | 12.6 | 0.40 | 4 | 4 | 8.3 | 0.08 |
Med (%) | 19 | 11 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 24 | |||||||||
High (%) | 77 | 82 | 77 | 82 | 75 | 81 | 81 | 71 | |||||||||
Seasonal | Low (%) | 3 | 11 | 12.1 | < 0.001 | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.60 | 4 | 4 | 10.1 | 0.88 | 3 | 6 | 9.7 | 0.05 |
Med (%) | 24 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 22 | 31 | |||||||||
High (%) | 73 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 71 | 75 | 64 | |||||||||
Red Meat | Low (%) | 9 | 20 | 10.9 | < 0.001 | 11 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.61 | 8 | 14 | 15.4 | 0.01 | 10 | 13 | 2.1 | 0.72 |
Med (%) | 22 | 29 | 22 | 25 | 20 | 27 | 22 | 25 | |||||||||
High (%) | 69 | 51 | 67 | 65 | 72 | 58 | 68 | 62 | |||||||||
Plant Protein | Low (%) | 20 | 35 | 8.5 | 0.01 | 22 | 23 | 3.2 | 0.20 | 23 | 23 | 11.5 | 0.04 | 19 | 29 | 7.3 | 0.12 |
Med (%) | 35 | 35 | 33 | 42 | 30 | 42 | 35 | 36 | |||||||||
High (%) | 45 | 29 | 45 | 35 | 47 | 36 | 46 | 35 | |||||||||
Air Freighted | Low (%) | 3 | 5 | 3.0 | 0.22 | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.98 | 4 | 3 | 8.0 | 0.30 | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.91 |
Med (%) | 16 | 23 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 20 | |||||||||
High (%) | 80 | 72 | 79 | 80 | 77 | 82 | 80 | 77 | |||||||||
Sust. Fish | Low (%) | 10 | 12 | 0.5 | 0.79 | 11 | 10 | 0.3 | 0.85 | 12 | 8 | 12.3 | 0.11 | 8 | 17 | 11.5 | 0.02 |
Med (%) | 26 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 22 | 25 | 27 | |||||||||
High (%) | 64 | 66 | 64 | 65 | 60 | 70 | 68 | 57 | |||||||||
Food Waste | Low (%) | 5 | 6 | 4.0 | 0.13 | 6 | 5 | 0.2 | 0.90 | 7 | 3 | 11.8 | 0.03 | 3 | 10 | 13.1 | 0.01 |
Med (%) | 21 | 11 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 15 | 19 | 20 | |||||||||
High (%) | 74 | 83 | 75 | 75 | 71 | 81 | 78 | 70 | |||||||||
Organic | Low (%) | 36 | 37 | 0.1 | 0.95 | 37 | 35 | 4.2 | 0.12 | 40 | 31 | 11.7 | 0.15 | 30 | 49 | 16.4 | < 0.001 |
Med (%) | 37 | 37 | 34 | 43 | 35 | 39 | 39 | 31 | |||||||||
High (%) | 27 | 26 | 29 | 22 | 25 | 30 | 31 | 20 | |||||||||