Segmentation variables based on geographic, demographic, sociocultural and behavioural characteristics of the study sample (n = 576 respondents)
| Description of the area where the respondent lives in urban Punjab and/or the Islamabad capital territory (ICT) | Metropolitan city | 472 |
| Suburb of metropolitan city | 60 | |
| Small town | 44 | |
| Usage rate, i.e. household’s average mutton consumption per week in kilograms (kg) | Less than 1 kg | 188 |
| 1–2 kg | 231 | |
| 2–3 kg | 110 | |
| More than 3 kg | 47 | |
| Place of purchase of mutton/goat meat | Traditional butcher shop | 398 |
| Speciality meat retail store | 77 | |
| High-end supermarket | 101 | |
| Gender of household member who purchases meat | Male | 437 |
| Female | 139 | |
| Age bracket of the respondent in years | Under 30 | 382 |
| 30–39 | 71 | |
| 40–49 | 87 | |
| 50–59 | 29 | |
| 60 plus | 7 | |
| Level of education of household member who purchases meat | Matric* and under | 67 |
| Intermediate and diploma | 110 | |
| BA/BSc** and above | 399 | |
| Total net household income per month (PKR)*** | Less than 50,000 | 100 |
| 50,001 to 100,000 | 170 | |
| 100,001 to 150,000 | 123 | |
| 150,001 to 200,000 | 80 | |
| More than 200,000 | 103 | |
| Household size | 4 or less | 172 |
| 5 to 6 | 287 | |
| 7 or more | 117 |
| Description of the area where the respondent lives in urban Punjab and/or the Islamabad capital territory (ICT) | Metropolitan city | 472 |
| Suburb of metropolitan city | 60 | |
| Small town | 44 | |
| Usage rate, i.e. household’s average mutton consumption per week in kilograms (kg) | Less than 1 kg | 188 |
| 1–2 kg | 231 | |
| 2–3 kg | 110 | |
| More than 3 kg | 47 | |
| Place of purchase of mutton/goat meat | Traditional butcher shop | 398 |
| Speciality meat retail store | 77 | |
| High-end supermarket | 101 | |
| Gender of household member who purchases meat | Male | 437 |
| Female | 139 | |
| Age bracket of the respondent in years | Under 30 | 382 |
| 30–39 | 71 | |
| 40–49 | 87 | |
| 50–59 | 29 | |
| 60 plus | 7 | |
| Level of education of household member who purchases meat | Matric* and under | 67 |
| Intermediate and diploma | 110 | |
| BA/BSc** and above | 399 | |
| Total net household income per month (PKR)*** | Less than 50,000 | 100 |
| 50,001 to 100,000 | 170 | |
| 100,001 to 150,000 | 123 | |
| 150,001 to 200,000 | 80 | |
| More than 200,000 | 103 | |
| Household size | 4 or less | 172 |
| 5 to 6 | 287 | |
| 7 or more | 117 |
Note(s): *Matriculation, referred to as matric, is the term referring to ten years of schooling in Pakistan
**Undergraduate degree, referred to as BA/BSc offered in college and universities in Pakistan
*** 1USD = 175.2 PKR, Official exchange rate from State Bank of Pakistan on 19 November 2021 when the survey was launched online (State Bank of Pakistan, 2021)
Source(s): Authors’ own work
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