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Table 1 Sociodemographic and nutrition-related lifestyle characteristics of the population sample, overall and by country, N(%)

From: Objective understanding of the Nutri-score front-of-pack label by European consumers and its effect on food choices: an online experimental study

 

Belgium

Bulgaria

Denmark

France

Germany

Italy

Netherlands

Poland

Portugal

Spain

Switzerland

United Kingdom

Total

N

1007

1013

1000

1000

1000

1032

1032

1160

1059

1000

1088

1000

12,391

Gender

 Men

505 (50.15)

508 (50.15)

500 (50.00)

500 (50.00)

500 (50.00)

515 (49.90)

517 (50.10)

580 (50.00)

526 (49.67)

500 (50.00)

560 (51.47)

500 (50.00)

6211 (50.13)

 Women

502 (49.85)

505 (49.85)

500 (50.00)

500 (50.00)

500 (50.00)

517 (50.10)

515 (49.90)

580 (50.00)

533 (50.33)

500 (50.00)

528 (48.53)

500 (50.00)

6180 (49.87)

Age, years

 18–30

336 (33.37)

359 (35.44)

328 (32.80)

333 (33.30)

340 (34.00)

347 (33.62)

345 (33.43)

390 (33.62)

364 (34.37)

339 (33.90)

342 (31.43)

332 (33.20)

4155 (33.53)

 31–50

336 (33.37)

379 (37.41)

333 (33.30)

333 (33.30)

330 (33.00)

343 (33.24)

343 (33.24)

390 (33.62)

363 (34.28)

331 (33.10)

371 (34.10)

334 (33.40)

4186 (33.78)

  > 50

335 (33.27)

275 (27.15)

339 (33.90)

334 (33.40)

330 (33.00)

342 (33.14)

344 (33.33)

380 (32.76)

332 (31.35)

330 (33.00)

375 (34.47)

334 (33.40)

4050 (32.69)

Educational level

 Primary education

55 (5.46)

6 (0.59)

94 (9.40)

17 (1.70)

97 (9.70)

16 (1.55)

13 (1.26)

20 (1.72)

11 (1.04)

21 (2.10)

68 (6.25)

7 (0.70)

425 (3.43)

 Secondary education

328 (32.57)

142 (14.02)

172 (17.20)

183 (18.30)

382 (38.20)

240 (23.26)

314 (30.43)

474 (40.86)

354 (33.43)

316 (31.60)

326 (29.96)

381 (38.10)

3612 (29.15)

 Trade certificate

117 (11.62)

252 (24.88)

391 (39.10)

266 (26.60)

241 (24.10)

259 (25.10)

277 (26.84)

122 (10.52)

139 (13.13)

166 (16.60)

371 (34.10)

144 (14.40)

2745 (22.15)

 University, undergraduate degree

356 (35.35)

262 (25.86)

210 (21.00)

334 (33.40)

129 (12.90)

289 (28.00)

329 (31.88)

192 (16.55)

427 (40.32)

282 (28.20)

189 (17.37)

343 (34.30)

3342 (26.97)

 University postgraduate degree

151 (15.00)

351 (34.65)

133 (13.30)

200 (20.00)

151 (15.10)

228 (22.09)

99 (9.59)

352 (30.34)

128 (12.09)

215 (21.50)

134 (12.32)

125 (12.50)

2267 (18.30)

Level on household income

 High

338 (33.57)

370 (36.53)

320 (32.00)

334 (33.40)

327 (32.70)

342 (33.14)

342 (33.14)

387 (33.36)

355 (33.52)

330 (33.00)

367 (33.73)

335 (33.50)

4147 (33.47)

 Medium

340 (33.76)

359 (35.44)

340 (34.00)

333 (33.30)

333 (33.30)

343 (33.24)

343 (33.24)

397 (34.22)

355 (33.52)

330 (33.00)

371 (34.10)

335 (33.50)

4179 (33.73)

 Low

329 (32.67)

284 (28.04)

340 (34.00)

333 (33.30)

340 (34.00)

347 (33.62)

347 (33.62)

376 (32.41)

349 (32.96)

340 (34.00)

350 (32.17)

330 (33.00)

4065 (32.81)

Responsible for grocery shopping

 Yes

738 (73.29)

599 (59.13)

690 (69.00)

863 (86.30)

769 (76.90)

765 (74.13)

746 (72.29)

834 (71.9)

640 (60.43)

747 (74.70)

718 (65.99)

750 (75.0)

8859 (71.5)

 No

73 (7.25)

64 (6.32)

55 (5.50)

21 (2.10)

31 (3.10)

50 (4.84)

55 (5.33)

35 (3.02)

75 (7.08)

35 (3.50)

86 (7.90)

35 (3.50)

615 (4.96)

 Share job equally

196 (19.46)

350 (34.55)

255 (25.50)

116 (11.60)

200 (20.00)

217 (21.03)

231 (22.38)

291 (25.09)

344 (32.48)

218 (21.80)

284 (26.10)

215 (21.50)

2917 (23.54)

Self-estimated diet quality

 I eat a very unhealthy diet

17 (1.69)

48 (4.74)

12 (1.20)

20 (2.00)

34 (3.40)

1 (0.10)

8 (0.78)

3 (0.26)

5 (0.47)

11 (1.10)

20 (1.84)

11 (1.10)

190 (1.53)

 I eat a mostly unhealthy diet

213 (21.15)

609 (60.12)

199 (19.90)

182 (18.20)

202 (20.20)

104 (10.08)

102 (9.88)

253 (21.81)

147 (13.88)

162 (16.20)

196 (18.01)

211 (21.10)

2580 (20.82)

 I eat a mostly healthy diet

634 (62.96)

341 (33.66)

727 (72.70)

660 (66.00)

677 (67.70)

787 (76.26)

865 (83.82)

851 (73.36)

855 (80.74)

711 (71.10)

769 (70.68)

715 (71.50)

8592 (69.34)

 I eat a very healthy diet

143 (14.20)

15 (1.48)

62 (6.20)

138 (13.80)

87 (8.70)

140 (13.57)

57 (5.52)

53 (4.57)

52 (4.91)

116 (11.60)

103 (9.47)

63 (6.30)

1029 (8.30)

Nutrition knowledge

 I do not know anything about nutrition

31 (3.08)

9 (0.89)

10 (1.00)

51 (5.10)

15 (1.50)

3 (0.29)

7 (0.68)

0 (0)

6 (0.57)

26 (2.60)

22 (2.02)

17 (1.70)

197 (1.59)

 I am not very knowledgeable about nutrition

287 (28.50)

210 (20.73)

166 (16.60)

408 (40.80)

193 (19.30)

132 (12.79)

157 (15.21)

168 (14.48)

104 (9.82)

287 (28.70)

288 (26.47)

235 (23.50)

2635 (21.27)

 I am somewhat knowledgeable about nutrition

519 (51.54)

627 (61.90)

638 (63.80)

380 (38.00)

617 (61.70)

746 (72.29)

744 (72.09)

853 (73.53)

675 (63.74)

609 (60.90)

579 (53.22)

664 (66.40)

7651 (61.75)

 I am very knowledgeable about nutrition

170 (16.88)

167 (16.49)

186 (18.60)

161 (16.10)

175 (17.50)

151 (14.63)

124 (12.02)

139 (11.98)

274 (25.87)

78 (7.80)

199 (18.29)

84 (8.40)

1908 (15.40)

Did you see the FOP label during the survey?

 No

277 (27.51)

311 (30.70)

351 (35.10)

321 (32.10)

306 (30.60)

316 (30.62)

293 (28.39)

336 (28.97)

271 (25.59)

275 (27.50)

313 (28.77)

256 (25.60)

3626 (29.26)

 Unsure

110 (10.92)

139 (13.72)

75 (7.50)

75 (7.50)

140 (14.00)

68 (6.59)

133 (12.89)

228 (19.66)

132 (12.46)

150 (15.00)

105 (9.65)

90 (9.00)

1445 (11.66)

 Yes

620 (61.57)

563 (55.58)

574 (57.40)

604 (60.40)

554 (55.40)

648 (62.79)

606 (58.72)

596 (51.38)

656 (61.95)

575 (57.50)

670 (61.58)

654 (65.40)

7320 (59.08)

Participants who recalled seeing the FoPL they were exposed to

Health Star Rating system

101 (50.00)

85 (42.08)

105 (52.50)

103 (51.50)

90 (45.00)

108 (52.43)

111 (53.62)

104 (44.83)

111 (52.36)

82 (41.00)

122 (55.96)

109 (54.5)

1231 (49.66)

Multiple Traffic Lights

150 (74.63)

120 (59.11)

125 (62.50)

138 (69.00)

128 (64.00)

149 (72.33)

135 (65.53)

159 (68.53)

152 (71.70)

140 (70.00)

145 (66.82)

160 (80.00)

1701 (68.67)

Nutri-Score

155 (77.11)

152 (75.25)

131 (65.50)

130 (65.00)

136 (68.00)

130 (62.80)

147 (71.36)

108 (46.55)

145 (68.40)

107 (53.5)

164 (75.23)

138 (69.00)

1643 (66.30)

Reference Intakes label

133 (65.84)

112 (55.17)

133 (66.50)

131 (65.50)

128 (64.00)

162 (78.64)

136 (66.02)

154 (66.38)

149 (70.62)

155 (77.5)

143 (65.90)

153 (76.50)

1689 (68.19)

Warning symbols

81 (40.30)

94 (46.31)

80 (40.00)

102 (51.00)

72 (36.00)

99 (47.83)

77 (37.20)

71 (30.60)

99 (46.70)

91 (45.5)

96 (44.04)

94 (47.00)

1056 (42.58)