Women Consumers Consciousness in Buying Cooking Oil

Q1.Which cooking oil(s) you are currently using? (Circle number whichever you are using)

Groundnut-1, Sunflower-2, Safflower-3, Olive-4, Til-5 Mustard-5

Coconut-6, Ricebran-7, Soya-8 Blend-9

Q2.While buying oil do you read the following information on the oil-pack?

Information Always Mostly Sometimes Rarely Never

1 Name of Oil
2 Brand
3 Name of Manufacturer
4 Place of Manufacturing
5 Name & Address of Distributor
6 Weight / Volume
7 Price
8 Ingredients with their weights/volumes
9 Total fat (saturated fat, cholesterol)
10 Vitamins & Minerals
11 Date of Manufacture
12 Best before date indication (Expiry)
13 Certification (Ag-mark etc)
14 Special storage conditions

Q3. Food Habit: Vegetarian=1, Non-vegetarian=2

Q4. Age-group: 18-30 years=1, 31-40=2, 41-60=3, Above 60=4

Q5. Education: Up to HSC=1, Graduate=2, Post-graduate=3

Q6. Occupation: Housewife=1, Working=2, Retired=3

Q7. Monthly Family Income: Up to Rs. 25,000=1, 25,001-50,000=2, 50,001-100,000=3,

Above 100,000=4

Q8.What is your monthly consumption of oil? ________ kg/per person/per month

Q9.Is anyone in your family suffering from Diabetes-1, High B.P.-2, Obesity-3

Q10.To what extent you believe that the information given on pack is reliable?

Completely-1, To great extent-2, To some extent-3, Not at all-4

Q11. Do you want any other information about the oil to be printed on the pack? If yes, specify

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