Table II Comparison between willingness...

Table II

Comparison between willingness to eat (on a scale from 1 – very unlikely, to 5 – very likely) specific insects between participants with and without experience in eating insects

	Experience (n=56)	No Experience (n=67)	Comparison between experienced and non-experienced eaters
	Mean (95% CI)	Mean (95% CI)	Mean difference	Significance	Partial η²
Wasp	1.95 (1.68, 2.21)^a	1.49 (1.25, 1.74)^a	0.45	0.014	0.05
Cockroach	2.04 (1.74, 2.33)^ab	1.52 (1.25, 1.79)^ab	0.51	0.013	0.05
Bee	2.13 (1.82, 2.43)^abc	1.61 (1.33, 1.89)^abc	0.51	0.015	0.05
Moth	2.32 (2.00, 2.64)^abcd	1.75 (1.45, 2.04)^abc	0.58	0.010	0.05
Butterfly	2.57 (2.24, 2.90)^bcde	1.78 (1.47, 2.08)^abc	0.80	0.001	0.09
Dragonfly	2.66 (2.33, 2.99)^cde	1.87 (1.56, 2.17)^abc	0.80	<0.001	0.20
Slantface	2.82 (2.53, 3.12)^e	1.72 (1.45, 1.99)^abc	1.11	0.001	0.09
Eggs	2.75 (2.41, 3.09)^de	1.82 (1.51, 2.13)^abc	0.93	<0.001	0.12
Water bugs	2.79 (2.48, 3.09)^de	1.82 (1.54, 2.10)^abc	0.96	<0.001	0.15
Worms	2.80 (2.47, 3.14)^de	1.85 (1.55, 2.15)^abc	0.95	<0.001	0.15
Termites	2.86 (2.52, 3.19)^e	1.81 (1.50, 2.11)^abc	1.05	<0.001	0.13
Ants	3.05 (2.72, 3.39)^e	1.84 (1.53, 2.15)^abc	1.22	<0.001	0.19
Caterpillars	2.93 (2.57, 3.28)^e	2.10 (1.78, 2.43)^cd	0.82	<0.001	0.09
Beetles	3.09 (2.73, 3.44)^e	2.00 (1.67, 2.33)^bcd	1.09	<0.001	0.14
Mealworms (+)	3.84 (3.48, 4.19)^f	2.19 (1.87, 2.52)^cde	1.65	<0.001	0.28
Crickets (+)	3.66 (3.27, 4.05)^f	2.42 (2.06, 2.77)^de	1.24	<0.001	0.15
Grasshoppers (+)	3.96 (3.58, 4.35)^f	2.58 (2.23, 2.94)^e	1.38	<0.001	0.18
Average across all insects	2.84 (2.57, 3.10)	1.89 (1.65, 2.13)	0.95	<0.001	0.18

	Experience (n=56)	No Experience (n=67)	Comparison between experienced and non-experienced eaters
	Mean (95% CI)	Mean (95% CI)	Mean difference	Significance	Partial η²
Wasp	1.95 (1.68, 2.21)^a	1.49 (1.25, 1.74)^a	0.45	0.014	0.05
Cockroach	2.04 (1.74, 2.33)^ab	1.52 (1.25, 1.79)^ab	0.51	0.013	0.05
Bee	2.13 (1.82, 2.43)^abc	1.61 (1.33, 1.89)^abc	0.51	0.015	0.05
Moth	2.32 (2.00, 2.64)^abcd	1.75 (1.45, 2.04)^abc	0.58	0.010	0.05
Butterfly	2.57 (2.24, 2.90)^bcde	1.78 (1.47, 2.08)^abc	0.80	0.001	0.09
Dragonfly	2.66 (2.33, 2.99)^cde	1.87 (1.56, 2.17)^abc	0.80	<0.001	0.20
Slantface	2.82 (2.53, 3.12)^e	1.72 (1.45, 1.99)^abc	1.11	0.001	0.09
Eggs	2.75 (2.41, 3.09)^de	1.82 (1.51, 2.13)^abc	0.93	<0.001	0.12
Water bugs	2.79 (2.48, 3.09)^de	1.82 (1.54, 2.10)^abc	0.96	<0.001	0.15
Worms	2.80 (2.47, 3.14)^de	1.85 (1.55, 2.15)^abc	0.95	<0.001	0.15
Termites	2.86 (2.52, 3.19)^e	1.81 (1.50, 2.11)^abc	1.05	<0.001	0.13
Ants	3.05 (2.72, 3.39)^e	1.84 (1.53, 2.15)^abc	1.22	<0.001	0.19
Caterpillars	2.93 (2.57, 3.28)^e	2.10 (1.78, 2.43)^cd	0.82	<0.001	0.09
Beetles	3.09 (2.73, 3.44)^e	2.00 (1.67, 2.33)^bcd	1.09	<0.001	0.14
Mealworms (+)	3.84 (3.48, 4.19)^f	2.19 (1.87, 2.52)^cde	1.65	<0.001	0.28
Crickets (+)	3.66 (3.27, 4.05)^f	2.42 (2.06, 2.77)^de	1.24	<0.001	0.15
Grasshoppers (+)	3.96 (3.58, 4.35)^f	2.58 (2.23, 2.94)^e	1.38	<0.001	0.18
Average across all insects	2.84 (2.57, 3.10)	1.89 (1.65, 2.13)	0.95	<0.001	0.18

Notes: Cells within the same column sharing a superscript character are not significantly different at p=0.05 (Bonferroni correction). Insects names marked (+) were available for human consumption in the Netherlands at the time of data collection

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