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BULLETIN 1443, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Table 14. — Replies to the question: Why do you serve meat in preference to other 
foods? 
Total 
number 
of re- 
plies 
Percentage replying— 
Group 
Paya- 
bility 
Food 
value 
Habit 
or 
custom 
Main 
dish 
of 
meal 
Bal- 
anced 
meal 
Easy 
prepa- 
ration 
Variety 
Protein 
content 
American white: » 
532 
554 
559 
538 
58.8 
50.5 
47.8 
47.3 
28.0 
29.6 
30.4 
30.1 
5.1 
12.5 
11.1 
9.9 
4.9 
3.8 
5.9 
5.8 
0.8 
.9 
2.2 
3.0 
1.5 
1.6 
1.3 
1.5 
0.9 
.9 
.9 
2.0 
0.2 
4 
Wealthy class 
.4 
Total American white. 
2,183 
51.1 
29.5 
9.7 
5.1 
1.7 
1.5 
1.2 
.2 
Colored: 2 
146 
148 
80 
45 
40 
160 
84 
88 
71 
44 
138 
74.5 
64.2 
55.0 
35.6 
45.0 
35.6 
34.5 
42.0 
83.1 
36.4 
50.7 
16.5 
25.0 
27.5 
33.3 
15.0 
28.1 
46.4 
44.4 
12.7 
40.9 
26.8 
2.7 
6.7 
10.0 
17.8 
27.5 
30.0 
10.7 
9.1 
2.8 
9.1 
13.0 
2.7 
1.2 
4.5 
10.0 
.6 
2.4 
2.3 
2.2 
.T 
1.4 
2.7 
2.2 
.7 
6.3 
4.4 
Foreign: 
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l.~l" 
2.2 
2.5 
~"~2.T 
1.1 
2.2 
3.8 
3.6 
2.3 
Italian 3 
Polish « - 
11.3 
2.2 
5.1 
1 Replies from 12 cities: Birmingham, Denver, Fargo, Grand Forks, Lincoln, Minneapolis, New 
Orleans, Oklahoma City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, and Washington. 
2 Replies from Birmingham, New Orleans, and Washington. 
' Replies from Denver, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco. 
* Replies from Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. 
Table 15. — Replies to the question: When you do not serve meat for dinner, what 
is your first choice of a food to take its place? 
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American white: 
Poor class 
622 
658 
684 
505 
22.2 
27.7 
32.0 
40.7 
31.1 
23.0 
17.4 
11.6 
18.8 
23.2 
22.2 
15.8 
4.8 
. 6.4 
9.5 
8.2 
6.6 
6.4 
5.4 
5.7 
1.8 
4.1 
6.7 
12.7 
4.2 
3.0 
1.8 
.8 
2.9 
2.1 
1.3 
1.7 
3.7 
2.1 
1.2 
.4 
3.4 
.9 
.6 
1.0 
0.5 
1.1 
Well-to-do class 
Wealthy class 1 
1.9 
1.4 
Total American 
2,469 
30.2 
21.2 
20.3 
7.2 
6.0 
6.0 
2.5 
2.0 
1.9 
1.5 
1.2 
Colored: 
128 
133 
89 
44 
40 
153 
37.5 
45.9 
36.0 
43.2 
65.0 
37.9 
14.0 
33.0 
25.7 
19.1 
43.0 
37.5 
30.1 
30.3 
15.9 
12.5 
13.1 
19.7 
18.9 
14.7 
21.2 
4.9 
6.2 
3.0 
19.1 
18.1 
7.5 
31.4 
7.6 
13.2 
17.8 
23.8 
27.5 
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1.1 
11.3 
4" 7 
9.8 
3.4 
2.3 
.8 
2.2 
5.6 
2.3 
7.5 
3.3 
3.0 
16.0 
.5 
4.2 
2.3 
4.7 
3.0 
5.5 
1.5 
2.3 
2.3 
.8 
.8 
1.1 
Middle class 
22 
Foreign: 
English 
1.1 
2.3 
2.5 
1.3 
10.6 
2.3 
5.0 
2.6 
German 
3.3 
42.0 
1.9 
3.7 
6.3 
2.1 
1.9 
1.5 
14.2 
9.4 
8.5 
9.9 
1.9 
3.3 
264 
106 
191 
47 
142 
.8 
.8 
1.9 
11.5 
4.2 
4.2 
.9 
Polish 
4.7 
6.4 
2.1 
1.0 
4.2 
2.1 
11.0 
2.1 
3.5 
.7 
Replies from 13 cities; Baltimore, Jacksonville, and New Haven not included. 
