Table 1 Survey data—frequency of using food labels according to socio-demographic and other characteristics (N = 513)
Entire sample | Food labels affect buying decisions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
% | Rarely/ Never (N = 117) | Sometimes (N = 92) | Often/ Always (N = 304) | |
Gender | ||||
Women | 49.1% | 18.3% | 19.0% | 62.7%* |
Men | 50.9% | 27.2% | 16.9% | 55.9% |
Age | ||||
21–40 | 40.6% | 24.6% | 17.7% | 57.6% |
41–60 | 34.6% | 21.4% | 19.7% | 59.0% |
> 61 | 24.8% | 22.6% | 16.9% | 60.5% |
Religion | ||||
Jewish | 78.6% | 23.8% | 21.1% | 55.1%*** |
Arab | 21.4% | 19.1% | 6.4% | 74.5% |
Marital status | ||||
Married | 72.0% | 19.1% | 6.4% | 74.5%* |
Not married | 28.0% | 28.0% | 20.3% | 51.7% |
Education | ||||
Up to 12 years | 39.4% | 28.9% | 18.4% | 52.7%** |
More than 12 years | 60.6% | 18.9% | 17.6% | 63.5%** |
Residential region | ||||
Tel Aviv and the center | 48.3% | 20.5% | 23.4% | 56.1%** |
Other | 51.7% | 24.9% | 13.4% | 61.7% |
Number of persons in household | ||||
2 or less | 36.3% | 20.5% | 20.0% | 59.5% |
3 and more | 63.7% | 24.4% | 16.4% | 59.3% |
Maintaining a normal body weighta | ||||
Not at all/ small/medium extent | 35.7% | 32.4% | 18.1% | 49.5%*** |
Large/very large extent | 64.3% | 17.7% | 17.7% | 64.6% |
Responsible for shopping | ||||
No | 29.7% | 27.6% | 20.4% | 52.0%* |
Yes | 70.3% | 20.8% | 16.9% | 62.2% |
Showing interest in healthy food intake | ||||
Slightly/ Moderately | 30.8% | 45.9% | 23.6% | 30.6%*** |
Very much | 69.2% | 12.7% | 15.3% | 72.0% |
Chronic illness | ||||
No | 77.8% | 22.5% | 17.4% | 60.1% |
Yes | 22.2% | 24.8% | 20.4% | 54.9% |
Eat salty products | ||||
Rarely/never/ sometimes | 79.6% | 19.9% | 19.2% | 60.9%*** |
Often/always | 20.4% | 34.6% | 13.5% | 51.9% |
Frequency of eating sweets | ||||
Rarely/never/ sometimes | 68.0% | 19.8% | 17.2% | 62.9%** |
Often/always | 32.0% | 29.3% | 19.5% | 51.2% |
Frequency of eating processed foods | ||||
Rarely/never/ sometimes | 90.6% | 20.7% | 18.1% | 61.2%*** |
Often/always | 9.4% | 43.8% | 16.7% | 39.6% |
Maintains a balanced and healthy diet | ||||
Rarely/never/ sometimes | 30.1% | 46.1% | 19.5% | 34.4%*** |
Often/always | 69.9% | 12.9% | 17.4% | 69.7% |