Consumers' Attitudes towards Edible Wild Plants: A Case Study of Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan

Table 3

Profile of respondents.

	Total		Noto Peninsula (group I)		Ishikawa Prefecture except Noto (group II)		Outside Ishikawa Prefecture (group III)
Gender	Number	Frequency	Number	Frequency	Number	Frequency	Number	Frequency
Male	93	44.7%	32	42.1%	47	43.5%	14	58.3%
Female	115	55.3%	44	57.9%	61	56.5%	10	41.7%
Total	208	100.0%	76	100.0%	108	100.0%	24	100.0%
Age
～19	1	0.5%	0	0.0%	1	0.9%	0	0.0%
20～29	32	15.4%	6	7.9%	22	20.4%	4	16.7%
30～39	37	17.8%	5	6.6%	24	22.2%	8	33.3%
40～49	36	17.3%	10	13.2%	22	20.4%	4	16.7%
50～59	42	20.2%	18	23.7%	19	17.6%	5	20.8%
60～69	43	20.7%	24	31.6%	16	14.8%	3	12.5%
70～79	15	7.2%	12	15.8%	3	2.8%	0	0.0%
80～	2	1.0%	1	1.3%	1	0.9%	0	0.0%
Total	208	100.0%	76	100.0%	108	100.0%	24	100.0%
Education
Basic	20	9.6%	12	15.8%	8	7.4%	0	0.0%
High school	74	35.6%	30	39.5%	38	35.2%	6	25.0%
College	49	23.6%	15	19.7%	27	25.0%	7	29.2%
University	61	29.3%	18	23.7%	34	31.5%	9	37.5%
Others	4	1.9%	1	1.3%	1	0.9%	2	8.3%
Total	208	100.0%	76	100.0%	108	100.0%	24	100.0%