CONSUMER PREFERENCES IN PURCHASE OP MEAT 
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Table 16. — Replies by cities to the question: When you do not serve meat for 
dinner, what is your first choice of a food to take its place? 
[Middle class and well-to-do class American white replies combined] 
Total 
num- 
ber of 
replies 
Percentage replying— 
City 
Fish 
Veg- 
eta- 
bles 
Eggs 
Spa- 
ghetti 
Dairy 
prod- 
ucts 
Poul- 
try 
Soup 
Baked 
beans 
Cere- 
als 
Bread 
Salads 
40 
86 
99 
85 
96 
95 
62 
98 
94 
90 
73 
81 
89 
84 
81 
89 
52.5 
25.6 
9.2 
27.1 
34.4 
21.0 
16.1 
~28.T 
36.7 
64.5 
12.4 
38.2 
28.5 
45.6 
57.4 
17.5 
25.6 
57.6 
15.3 
8.3 
10.5 
32.2 
17.3 
20.2 
17.8 
12.3 
40.7 
15.7 
11.9 
8.7 
9.0 
15.0 
25.6 
13.2 
22.4 
34.4 
40.0 
14.5 
39.8 
33.0 
18.9 
6.9 
12.4 
19.2 
25.0 
16.1 
13.5 
"IT 
5.0 
12.9 
10.5 
14.8 
13.0 
15.3 
2.1 
6.6 
1.3 
7.4 
3.4 
10.7 
8.7 
5.6 
2.5 
5.8 
5.0 
3.5 
8.3 
4.2 
6.5 
17.3 
4.3 
8.9 
4.1 
12.4 
1.1 
3.6 
2.5 
1.1 
2.5 
3.5 
5.0 
9.4 
"IT 
"IT 
"Iffr 
4.9 
12.3 
10.7 
13.6 
6.8 
5.0 
3.5 
2.0 
4.7 
2.1 
4.2 
"To" 
2.1 
3.3 
"IT 
"l.T 
1.2 
2.2 
""To" 
1.2 
1.0 
"T.T 
2.5 
1.2 
1.0 
"~~1.T 
7.2 
4.3 
3.3 
1.3 
3.7 
— ---- 
1.1 
1.2 
""2.1" 
1.0 
5.3 
1.6 
2.1 
1.1 
2.2 
1.0 
1.2 
Grand Forks-. 
3.2 
2.1 
4.6 
Oklahoma City„ 
Philadelphia 
"11" 
2.4 
1.2 
1.2 
"1.1" 
... .... 
3.1 
Pittsburgh 
3.6 
1.2 
Washington „_. 
2.2 
All cities 
1,342 
29.9 
20.1 
22.7 
7.9 
5.9 
5.4 
2.5 
1.7 
1.6 
.8 
1.5 
Table 17. — Replies to the question: Why do you use other foods instead of meat? 
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American white: 
Poor class 
1,051 
1,188 
1,141 
842 
31.1 
35.2 
38.4 
40.3 
25.1 
21.6 
20.0 
21.6 
6.1 
11.5 
13.1 
15.6 
8.4 
10.9 
12.4 
11.6 
15.5 
6.6 
• 2.5 
.5 
4.2 
5.7 
4.4 
5.3 
3.5 
3.5 
1.9 
.8 
2.0 
2.4 
2.7 
1.0 
i.i 
.8 
2.9 
2.1 
1.6 
1.0 
1.4 
.7 
1.4 
Middle class 
.8 
Well-to-do class 
Wealthy class 2 
.3 
.5 
Total American white 
4,222 
36.1 
22.1 
11.3 
10.8 
6.5 
4.9 
2.6 
2.1 
1.7 
1.2 
.7 
Colored: 
Poor class 
218 
229 
203 
59 
61 
246 
396 
154 
354 
57 
204 
37.6 
31.9 
41.4 
55.9 
29.5 
54.5 
21.7 
38.3 
34.2 
54.4 
44.1 
30.7 
32.8 
11.3 
1.7 
41.0 
3.7 
36.4 
26.0 
19.2 
6.0 
10.5 
2.5 
5.1 
3.3 
.8 
2.0 
1.9 
7.3 
13.1 
5.4 
5.1 
1.6 
9.3 
5.8 
20.8 
2.8 
7.0 
7.8 
6.9 
3.0 
11.3 
23.7 
4.9 
11.0 
14.9 
4.5 
15.8 
7.0 
4.9 
3.7 
3.5 
11.3 
"IT 
11.0 
13.6 
~24.T 
19.3 
4.1 
2.6 
1.5 
3.4 
13.1 
1.2 
1.8 
3.9 
.8 
3.5 
1.5 
3.5 
1.7 
2.8 
1.3 
7.9 
1.7 
"IT 
3.9 
"1.T 
1.6 
2.3 
.7 
.6 
.9 
Middle class 
Foreign: 
English 
Finnish 
French _..._ 
1.7 
German 
2.0 
.2 
.6 
2.0 
3.5 
4.9 
4.5 
.5 
3.3 
4 
Italian 
g 
Polish 
Russian .. 
5.8 
Scandinavian 
25.5 
8.8 
1.0 
1.0 
.5 
1 All reasons given in answer to this question have been combined. The number of replies indicated is 
therefore larger than the number of questionnaires procured in the various cities. 
2 Replies from 13 cities; Baltimore, Jacksonville, and New Haven not included. 
