TABIE - 3il.— PURCHASE OF FROZEN PACKAGED FISH, BY RELIGIOUS GROUPS, 



PACIFIC COAST STATES, 1956 



Religious 

 preference 



Muiuber of households 



Total Total 



studied ^"^J^ 

 fish 



Buying 



frozen 



packaged 



fish 



Households buying 

 frozen packaged fish 

 as percent of 



Total 

 studied 



Those 



buying 



fish 



Protestant 



Catholic 



Jewish 



No preference 



Other 



All grocqps 



1,370 



U85 



60 



95 



2,06k 



998 



36it 



52 



ko 



1,513 



659 



261 



18 



51 



20 



1,009 



li8.1 

 53.8 

 30.0 

 53.7 

 37.0 



ii8.9 



66.0 

 71.7 

 31^.6 

 86.li 

 50.0 



66.7 



TABIE - 35. —REASONS FOR NOT PURCHASING FROZEN PACKAGED FISH, 



PACIFIC COAST STATES, 1956 



Number of answers 



Percent of answers 



Reasons 



Calif. Oreg, Wash. Total 



Three 

 Calif. Oreg. Wash, states 



No special reason 32 



Prefer fresh fish 221; 



No flavor 33 

 Not accustomed to 



eating 2li 

 Catch own fresh 



fish 8 



Price too hi^h 12 

 Quality not 



uniformly good 10 



Other 37 



li 



15 



8 



2 

 2 



5 

 8 



21 



63 



8 



10 

 6 



li 

 18 



57 

 302 



k9 



33 



20 

 20 



19 

 63 



8.U 



58.9 



8.7 



6.3 



2.2 

 3.2 



2.6 

 9.7 



8.8 

 32.6 



17. li 



k.3 

 li.3 



10.9 

 17.1i 



15.3 



U6.0 



5.8 



U.3 5.1 



7.3 

 h.k 



3.0 

 13.1 



10.0 



53.6 



8.7 



5.9 



3.6 

 3.6 



3.k 

 11.2 



Total 



380 



U6 



137 563 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 



Note: 50li households purchasing frozen packaged fish. Some households 

 gave more than one answer. 



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