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Table. 1 United States Health and Environmental Warning Label Survey, Participant characteristics (n = 1,235) from June-July 2020

From: Testing front-of-package warnings to discourage red meat consumption: a randomized experiment with US meat consumers

Characteristic

n = 1, 235

Age, Mean (SD)

44 (17)

Gender, n (%)

 Male

644 (53)

 Female

575 (47)

Race, n (%)a

 White

939 (76)

 Black or African American

123 (10)

 Asian

76 (6)

 Pacific Islander

6 (1)

 Native American or Alaskan Native

19 (2)

 Mixed Race/Multiple Races

44 (4)

 Other Race Not Listed

28 (2)

Ethnicity, n (%)b

 Not Hispanic/Latinx

1,077 (87)

 Hispanic/Latinx

157 (13)

Education Level, n (%)

 High School Diploma or Less

455 (38)

 Associate or Technical Degree

249 (20)

 4-year College Degree

334 (27)

 Master’s, Graduate, or Higher

185 (15)

Household Income, annual, n (%)

 Less than $25,000

280 (23)

 $25,000 to $49,999

299 (24)

 $50,000 to $74,999

235 (19)

 $75,000 to $99,999

162 (13)

 $100,000 or more

256 (21)

Political Affiliation, n (%)

 Liberal

317 (26)

 Moderate

524 (42)

 Conservative

392 (32)

Regular 30 Day Red Meat Consumption Frequency, n (%)

 1 time per week or less

136 (27)

 2–3 times per week

509 (41)

 4 or more times per week

397 (32)

Believe that Human Activity is Main Cause of Climate Change, n (%)

 Strongly Disagree

92 (8)

 Somewhat Disagree

91 (7)

 Neither Agree nor Disagree

240 (20)

 Somewhat agree

345 (28)

 Strongly agree

462 (38)

  1. aRace had a ‘check all that apply’ response scale. Participants that checked more than one race were summed and included in the ‘Mixed Race/Multiple Races’ category
  2. bHispanic/Latinx identity was measured separate from race and had a binary yes/no response