Frequency of Serving Canned Fish or Shellfish 



Some facts about the frequency with which canned fish 

 is served are illustrated by figure 1. For the country as a 

 whole, about one household in three served canned fish about 

 once a week, i.e., they served it three or four times during a 

 period of h weeks. About a half served it less often, that is, 

 two times or less. Of these, about 2 in 5 did not serve canned 

 fish at all in the U weeks preceding the interview. About one in 

 six served it more often than once a week. 



The following tabulation summarizes how the use of canned 

 fish or shellfish is distributed among American households. 



Percent of all servings 

 Percentage of of canned fish or shellfish 

 households of in past k weeks accounted 

 Type this type for by this type 



Households that : 



Did not serve canned fish or shellfish 



in the past year 9 



Served it in the past year but not 



in the past h weeks 18 



Served it once or twice in the past 



k weeks 28 17 



Served it 3 or U times in the past 



U weeks 30 U2 



Served it $ or more times in the 



past U weeks 1$ III 



It is apparent from this tabulation that the great bulk of 

 canned fishery products use (83%) was concentrated among the h$% who 

 are "regular" servers , i.e., those who served it three times or more 

 in the four-week period. 



There were significant variations by household characteristics: 



GEOGRAPHY: Northeast and West on the one hand and North Central 

 and South on the other, showed a common pattern in relation to 

 most aspects of the consumption of canned fish . The Northeast 

 and the West showed about 18% serving more often than once a 

 week a s compared with ll\% in the North Central and Southern 

 Regions . 



