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Table 48. — Replies to the question: When you purchase meat, do you shop between 
stores t 
Group 
Total 
number 
of 
replies 
Percentage replying— 
None 
Some 
Much 
American white: 
741 
767 
777 
575 
51.4 
51.3 
57.3 
70.6 
33.3 
34.2 
31.8 
23.7 
15.3 
14.5 
10.9 
5.7 
2,860 
56.9 
31.2 
11.9 
Colored: 
203 
197 
96 
45 
50 
165 
260 
103 
188 
50 
150 
31.4 
35.5 
35.4 
68.9 
70.0 
54.5 
31.5 
53.4 
39.4 
68.0 
60.6 
48.4 
47.2 
55.2 
22.2 
26.0 
35.8 
48.5 
42.7 
45.7 
16.0 
34.7 
20.2 
17.3 
Foreign: 
English ._ 
9.4 
8.9 
French . ... 
4.0 
9.7 
20.0 
3.9 
Polish 
14.9 
16.0 
4.7 
i Replies from 13 cities; Baltimore, Jacksonville, and New Haven not included. 
Table 49. — Replies by cities to the question: When you purchase meat, do you shop 
between stores? 
[Middle class and well-to-do class American white replies combined] 
Baltimore ... 
Binghamton. 
Birmingham. 
Denver 
Fargo. 
Grand Forks 
Jacksonville 
Lincoln 
Minneapolis 
New Haven 
New Orleans ... 
Oklahoma City. 
Philadelphia ... 
Pittsburgh 
Ban Francisco .. 
Washington 
All cities. 
City 
Total 
number 
of 
replies 
94 
86 
100 
97 
91 
101 
97 
100 
99 
103 
100 
100 
93 
87 
1,544 
Percentage replying — 
None 
62.8 
60.5 
38.0 
44.4 
47.2 
76.2 
75.3 
38.0 
46.5 
64.1 
49.0 
44.0 
47.3 
37.9 
52.1 
84.7 
54.3 
Some 
21.3 
30.2 
51.0 
50.5 
46.2 
20.8 
17.5 
21.0 
36.3 
33.0 
36.0 
27.0 
43.0 
50.6 
31.6 
14.3 
33.0 
Much 
15.9 
9.3 
11.0 
5.1 
6.6 
3.0 
7.2 
41.0 
17.2 
2.9 
15.0 
29.0 
9.7 
11.5 
16.8 
1.0 
12.7 
