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Table 8. — Replies to the question: What kinds of meat are preferred by the individ- 
ual members of your household? 1 
Group 
Total 
number 
of re- 
plies 
Percentage replying— 
Beef 
Pork 
Lamb 
Veal 
American white: ' 
181 
206 
218 
59.7 
60.7 
57.8 
28.2 
4.4 
7.7 
19.4 12.6 
9.6 29.4 
7.3 
Well-to-do cla*s .- 
3.2 
Total American white 
605 
59.3 
18.5 16.2 
6.0 
Colored: 3 
50 
50 
99 
66 
44.0 
50.0 
41.4 
60.6 
52.0 
38.0 
19.2 
3L8 
4.0 
12.0 
1.0 
Foreign; [ 
38. 4 
Polish 
7.6 
iFor other replies indicative of preference for kinds of meat see Table 6. 
'Replies from Baltimore, Binghamton, Jacksonville, and New Haven. 
8 Replies from JacksonviMe. 
♦Replies from Baltimore and Binghamton. 
Table 9. — Replies to the question: Why do you buy steaks and chops? 
Group 
American white: J 
Poor class 
Middle class 
Well-to-do class- 
Percentage replying— 
i "3 
169 65. 1 
204 60. 3 
252 61. 
Total American white 625 62.0 
20.7 
18.6 
10.1 
11.8 
13. 5 15. 1 
3 2 
L7 
3.4 
1.6 
2.9 
3.2 
C6 
2.5 
1.6 
17. 1 12. 6 2. 2 2. 2 ! 1. 
Colored*. 
Italian J.- 
Polish*-. 
CITY 
Baltimore, white 
Binghamton, white. 
Jacksonville, white. 
New Haven, white.. 
Washington, white.. 
86 
81.4 
71 
846 
68 
80.9 
123 
70.6 
161 
64.5 
136 
72.1 
138 
6L6 
67 
19.4 
8.1 
1.2 
9.8 j 2.8 | 
13.2 2.9 ... 
2. 3 1. 2 
L2 
. 5 
2.0 
1.3 
15.5 
9.3 
7.4 
21.7 
49.3 
4. 1 2. 5 
15. 5 . 7 
11. 7 2. 2 
10. 2 5. 1 
28.3 
3.4 
1.4 
1.5 
3.3 , 
1.2 
1.5 
2.4 
2.9 
.7 
fin 3fe 
2.0 L 
1.0 
1.2 
"1.1" 
1.9 
L5 
1.4 
i Replies from Baltimore, Binghamton, Jacksonville, New Haven, and Washington. 
2 Replies from Jacksonville. 
3 Replies from Baltimore and Binghamton. 
