Rural sustainability and food choice: the effect of territorial characteristics on the consumers’ preferences for organic lentils

Agricultural and Food Economics

Table 2 Interviewee characteristics

	Number	Percentage		Number	Percentage
*Gender*			*Family members*
Female	144	67.6	Children (0–7 years)	48	22.5
Male	69	32.4	Youth (8–14 years)	41	19.2
*Age*			Elderly (65 or >)	38	17.8
20–30	19	8.9	*Place of residence*
31–40	48	22.5	Urban area—centre	71	33.3
41–50	58	27.2	Urban area—periphery	79	37.1
51–60	59	27.7	Rural area—village	26	12.2
> 60	29	13.6	Rural area—isolated house	37	17.4
*Educational level*			*Association membership*
Middle school certification	3	1.4	Environmental	163	76.5
High school certification	56	26.3	Cultural	123	57.7
Bachelor’s degree	47	22.1	Consumers	163	76.5
Master degree or PhD	107	50.2	Volunteering	167	78.4
			Sport	159	74.6
			No association	3	1.4
*Occupation*			*Family income*
Employed	150	70.4	< 10,000 €	13	6.1
Unemployed	16	7.5	Between 10,001 and 30,000 €	86	40.4
Retired	26	12.2	Between 30,001 and 50,000 €	58	27.2
Housewife	10	4.7	> 50,000 €	23	10.8
Student	11	5.2	Not responded	33	15.5
*Household size*
1–2	78	36.6
3–4	119	55.9
5 and over	16	7.5