Table 2 Descriptive and summary statistics of the variables (n = 324)
Variables | Categories | Sample | Italy (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Demographic variables | |||
Gender (%) | Female | 52.78 | 51.30 |
Male | 47.22 | 48.70 | |
Age (years) (%) | 18–29 | 37.04 | 17.1 |
30–49 | 24.69 | 30.9 | |
50–64 | 31.17 | 27.4 | |
64 + | 7.10 | 24.6 | |
Education (%) | High school or lower | 42.59 | |
High education level | 46.60 | ||
Income (%) | Low (< 500–1499) | 55.25 | |
Medium (1500–2499) | 33.95 | ||
High (> 2500) | 10.80 | ||
Work (%) | Freelance | 14.51 | |
Employee (public/private) | 52.47 | ||
Retired | 9.26 | ||
Household/wife | 5.25 | ||
Unemployed | 2.16 | ||
Student | 16.36 | ||
HHsize (%) | 1 | 7.72 | |
2 | 21.60 | ||
3 | 24.69 | ||
4 | 35.49 | ||
5 or more | 10.50 | ||
Children (0–12 years old) (%) | 0 | 85.19 | |
1 | 10.11 | ||
2 | 3.7 | ||
3 | 0.62 | ||
4 or more | 0.93 | ||
Attitudinal variables | |||
Purchasing habits1 | Healthiness | 3.78 | |
Convenience | 3.30 | ||
Provenience | 3.57 | ||
Price | 3.39 | ||
Certification presence | 3.03 | ||
Frequency of F&V consumption | Once a month or less | 1.54 | |
Once every 2 weeks | 6.79 | ||
Once a week | 52.47 | ||
Several times a week | 39.20 | ||
Person purchasing F&V | Interviewee | 32.41 | |
Interviewee + another family member | 47.22 | ||
Other family member | 20.37 | ||
Purchasing place | Market | 12.96 | |
Fruit seller | 29.54 | ||
Supermarket | 51.85 | ||
Directly on the farm | 4.32 | ||
Other | 0.93 | ||
UWC—How widespread do you think the problem of undeclared work in agriculture is?1 | 4.09 | ||