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Table 3 Preferences for genetic-based personalized nutrition by psychological characteristics

From: Consumer acceptance of genetic-based personalized nutrition in Hungary

 

Particularly attractive, %

Both attractive and not attractive, %

Not attractive at all, %

χ2

N

Gender

 Male

18.9 (− 3.2)

45.6 (− 0.2)

35.5 (3.1)

14.906**

1000

 Female

27.6 (3.2)

46.1 (0.2)

26.3 (− 3.1)

Age

 18–29

24.9 (0.5)

49.7 (1.1)

25.4 (− 1.6)

42.088***

999

 30–39

24.8 (0.5)

49.1 (0.9)

26.1 (− 1.4)

 40–49

21.9 (− 0.5)

56.1 (3.2)

21.9 (− 2.9)

 50–59

27.2 (1.2)

44.4 (− 0.4)

28.5 (− 0.6)

 60–69

22.1 (− 0.4)

42.9 (− 0.8)

35.0 (1.3)

 70–

20.1 (− 1.1)

30.8 (− 4.2)

49.1 (5.5)

Education

 Primary school

14.7 (− 2.3)

42.2 (− 0.8)

43.1 (3.0)

32.408***

999

 Vocational school

19.6 (− 2.4)

48.1 (1.1)

32.3 (1.0)

 High school

25.5 (1.1)

44.5 (− 0.7)

29.9 (− 0.3)

 Higher education

36.8 (3.9)

46.6 (0.2)

16.5 (− 3.8)

Subjective income

 Can live on it very well and can also save

27.3 (0.7)

45.5 (0.0)

27.3 (− 0.7)

22.483**

979

 Can live on it but can save little

28.6 (2.9)

46.4 (0.4)

25.0 (− 3.1)

 Just enough to live on but cannot save

19.7 (− 2.7)

46.8 (0.7)

33.5 (1.7)

 Sometimes cannot make ends meet

20.3 (− 0.7)

35.1 (− 1.9)

44.6 (2.7)

 Have regular financial problems

11.1 (− 0.9)

33.3 (− 0.7)

55.6 (1.6)

  1. Source: Authors’ own compilation. Adjusted standardized residuals are in brackets. **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001