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Table 2 Participant characteristics.

From: Perceptions on the use of pricing strategies to stimulate healthy eating among residents of deprived neighbourhoods: a focus group study

 

n

 

Sex (n = 59)

  

   - Male

30

 

   - Female

29

 

Ethnicity (n = 59)

  

   - Native Dutch (4 focus groups)

27

 

   - Turkish immigrant (2 focus groups)

21

 

   - Moroccan immigrant (1 focus group)

11

 
 

mean

range

Age (n = 47)

46.2

19 - 73

Expenditures on groceries per week (n = 34)

€ 91.30

€ 10 - 150

Household size (n = 44)

3.2

1 - 6

 

n

 

Education level (n = 48)

  

   - No education

1

 

   - Primary school

11

 

   - Lower general secondary education

10

 

   - Higher secondary education/pre-university education

11

 

   - Intermediate vocational education

2

 

   - Higher vocational education/University

13

 

Net annual income (n = 41) a, b

  

   - Less than € 10.000

5

 

   - € 10.000-15.000

10

 

   - € 15.000-20.000

11

 

   - € 20.000-30.000

3

 

   - € 30.000-40.000

7

 

   - € 40.000+

5

 

Work status (n = 41)

  

   - Employed

16

 

   - (partially) Unfit for work

6

 

   - Unemployed/social security

12

 

   - Retired

5

 

   - Other

2

 
  1. a. The standard net annual income in the Netherlands (in 2008) was € 19.116 [47]
  2. b. National statistics reveal that (in 2007) 52.7% of the Dutch households had an income above standard [48]