Adaption of the meat attachment scale (MEAS) to Germany: interplay with food neophobia, preference for organic foods, social trust and trust in food technology innovations

Agricultural and Food Economics

Table 1 Sociodemographics of the sample (n = 896) versus sociodemographics of German population in per cent

Attribute	Characteristics	% Sample	% German population
Gender	Female	50.2	49.5
	Male	49.8	50.5
Age groups	18–29 years	19.3	19.8
	30–39 years	17.9	19.4
	40–49 years	18.0	18.0
	50–59 years	25.2	23.8
	60–69 years	19.6	19.1
Education level	Low	23.1	36.4
	Middle	34.9	30.1
	High	42.0	33.5
Federal state	Schleswig-Holstein	3.6	3.4
	Hamburg	2.5	2.3
	Niedersachsen	9.9	9.5
	Bremen	0.8	0.8
	Nordrhein-Westfalen	22.0	21.6
	Hessen	6.0	7.6
	Rheinland-Pfalz	5.5	4.9
	Baden-Württemberg	14.2	13.5
	Bayern	14.6	16.0
	Saarland	1.1	1.2
	Berlin	4.0	4.5
	Brandenburg	3.5	3.0
	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	2.0	1.9
	Sachsen	5.1	4.7
	Sachsen-Anhalt	2.2	2.5
	Thüringen	3.0	2.5

Sources Own survey and www-genesis.destatis.de
The German population per cent shares for gender, age and Federal state are calculated based on the German population between 18 and 69 years in 2020. For the parameter education data was available only for 2019 and the age range from 20 to 65 years