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Table 1 Descriptive statistics for 183 participants

From: Reds are more important than greens: how UK supermarket shoppers use the different information on a traffic light nutrition label in a choice experiment

 

Number (%)

 

Number (%)

Gender

 

Age when finished education

 

 Female

102 (61.8)

 Not yet finished

0 (0.0)

 Male

63 (38.2)

 Never went to school

0 (0.0)

 Missing

18

 14 or under

3 (1.8)

Age

 

 16 years

44 (26.8)

 18 to 25

3 (1.8)

 18 years

29 (17.7)

 26 to 35

8 (4.9)

 19 years or over

88 (53.7)

 36 to 45

21 (12.7)

 Missing

19

 46 to 55

38 (23.0)

Highest qualification

 

 56 to 65

57 (34.6)

 Degree or equivalent

88 (53.7)

 66 to 75

31 (18.8)

 A level

15 (9.2)

 76+

7 (4.2)

 O level/GCSE

19 (11.6)

 Missing

18

 School certificate

9 (5.5)

Ethnicity

 

 NVQ

6 (3.7)

 White/white British

158 (97.5)

 Trade apprenticeship

6 (3.7)

 Asian/Asian British

2 (1.2)

 Clerical/commercial qual

3 (1.8)

 Black/African/Black British

0 (0.0)

 Other

18 (11.0)

 Mixed/multiple groups

0 (0.0)

 Missing

19

 Other ethnic group

2 (1.2)

Employment

 

 Missing

21

 Full time student

1 (0.6)

  

 Employed

79 (47.9)

  

 Employment training

0 (0.0)

  

 Unemployed

6 (3.6)

  

 Unable to work

2 (1.2)

  

 Retired

60 (36.4)

  

 Permanent carer

10 (6.1)

  

 Other

7 (4.2)

  

 Missing

18