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Table 46. — Replies to the question: When you purchase meat, are you influenced 
by price ? 
Group 
Total 
number 
of 
replies 
Percentage replying— 
No 
Yes 
Partly 
American white: 
742 
772 
784 
577 
40.7 
53.4 
61.9 
77.3 
47.2 
22.4 
21.5 
11.1 
12.1 
24.2 
Well-to-do class 
16.6 
11.6 
2,875 
57.2 
26.3 
16.5 
Colored: 
203 
197 
96 
45 
50 
172 
256 
108 
190 
50 
149 
33.5 
54.3 
43.8 
57.8 
47.3 
31.0 
14.6 
33.3 
19.2 
14.7 
Foreign: 
English _.. 
41.6 
8.9 
76.0 16.0 
54. 1 22 1 
8.0 
23.8 
50.8 
65.8 
58.9 
56.0 
30.2 
37.1 
25.9 
23.2 
36.0 
42.9 
12.1 
8.3 
Polish ... 
17.9 
8.0 
26 9 
i Replies from 13 cities; Baltimore, Jacksonville, and New Haven not included. 
Table 47. — Replies by cities to the question: When you purchase meat, are you influ- 
enced by price f 
[Middle class and well-to-do class American white replies combined] 
City 
Baltimore 
Binghamton ... 
Birmingham- 
Denver 
Fargo - 
Grand Forks- 
Jacksonville 
Lincoln.. 
Minneapolis ... 
New Haven 
New Orleans- 
Oklahoma City 
Philadelphia — 
Pittsburgh 
San Francisco- 
Washington 
All cities . 
Total 
number 
of 
replies 
87 
100 
97 
92 
101 
99 
100 
100 
103 
100 
100 
92 
93 
100 
1,556 
Percentage replying— 
No 
66.7 
55.2 
64.0 
59.8 
31.5 
46.5 
68.7 
55.0 
62.0 
67.9 
71,0 
58.0 
46.7 
47.3 
67.0 
51.5 
57. 
Yes 
26.9 
23.0 
15.0 
16.5 
33.7 
20.8 
19.2 
22.0 
25.0 
7.8 
15.0 
27.0 
19.6 
19.4 
15.0 
46.5 
21.9 
Partly 
6.4 
21.8 
21.0 
23.7 
34.8 
32.7 
12.1 
23.0 
13.0 
24.3 
14.0 
15.0 
33.7 
33.3 
18.0 
2.0 
20.5 
