Table 1 Characteristics of the...

Table 1

Characteristics of the respondents (%) N = 388

Elements of respondents’ characteristics		Women	Men	Total
Number of persons in the household	1	1.7	6.7	2.9
	2	12.5	7.9	11.5
	3	22.4	27.0	23.4
	4 or more	63.4	58.4	62.2
Total		100.0	100.0	100.0
The income per capita in the family	Up to 1000 PLN	17.4	18.0	17.5
	1001–2000 PLN	47.1	23.6	41.6
	2001 PLN or more	35.5	58.4	40.8
Total		100.0	100.0	100.0
Place of permanent residence	Up to 1 thousand inhabitants	37.2	39.3	37.7
	1–10 thousand	24.2	21.3	23.6
	10–50 thousand	15.7	14.6	15.4
	50–100 thousand	9.2	5.6	8.4
	Above 100 thousand	13.7	19.1	14.9
Total		100.0	100.0	100.0
Socio-economic group	Family of a worker in a labor position	44.2	38.2	42.8
	Family of a worker in a non-labor position	11.3	12.4	11.5
	Family of a farmer	19.9	29.2	22.0
	Family of a pensioner	7.5	2.2	6.3
	Family of a self-employed person	16.8	16.9	16.8
	Family living from unearned sources	0.3	1.1	0.5
Total		100.0	100.0	100.0
Who decides on food purchases	I decide on food purchases	42.7	38.6	41.7
Who decides on food purchases	Another person decides on food purchases	57.3	61.4	58.3
Total		100.0	100.0	100.0
The main place to buy food	Regular store	14.9	18.0	15.6
	Supermarket	78.3	70.8	76.6
	Other	6.8	11.2	7.8
Total		100.0	100.0	100.0

Elements of respondents’ characteristics		Women	Men	Total
Number of persons in the household	1	1.7	6.7	2.9
	2	12.5	7.9	11.5
	3	22.4	27.0	23.4
	4 or more	63.4	58.4	62.2
Total		100.0	100.0	100.0
The income per capita in the family	Up to 1000 PLN	17.4	18.0	17.5
	1001–2000 PLN	47.1	23.6	41.6
	2001 PLN or more	35.5	58.4	40.8
Total		100.0	100.0	100.0
Place of permanent residence	Up to 1 thousand inhabitants	37.2	39.3	37.7
	1–10 thousand	24.2	21.3	23.6
	10–50 thousand	15.7	14.6	15.4
	50–100 thousand	9.2	5.6	8.4
	Above 100 thousand	13.7	19.1	14.9
Total		100.0	100.0	100.0
Socio-economic group	Family of a worker in a labor position	44.2	38.2	42.8
	Family of a worker in a non-labor position	11.3	12.4	11.5
	Family of a farmer	19.9	29.2	22.0
	Family of a pensioner	7.5	2.2	6.3
	Family of a self-employed person	16.8	16.9	16.8
	Family living from unearned sources	0.3	1.1	0.5
Total		100.0	100.0	100.0
Who decides on food purchases	I decide on food purchases	42.7	38.6	41.7
Who decides on food purchases	Another person decides on food purchases	57.3	61.4	58.3
Total		100.0	100.0	100.0
The main place to buy food	Regular store	14.9	18.0	15.6
	Supermarket	78.3	70.8	76.6
	Other	6.8	11.2	7.8
Total		100.0	100.0	100.0

Source(s): Own elaboration

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