Table 2 Characteristics of Federal Register commenters
Variable | Total commenters | Health professionals | Non-health professionals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Location | ||||||
United States | 3779 | 46.9 | 106 | 55.5 | 3673 | 46.7 |
Dairy State | 776 | 20.5 | 10 | 9.4 | 766 | 20.9 |
Other State | 2623 | 69.4 | 83 | 78.3 | 2540 | 69.1 |
Did not specify | 380 | 10.1 | 13 | 12.3 | 367 | 10 |
Other country | 150 | 1.9 | 1 | 0.5 | 149 | 1.9 |
Did not specify | 4123 | 51.2 | 84 | 44.0 | 4039 | 51.4 |
Product preference | ||||||
Prefer dairy products | 599 | 7.4 | 21 | 11.0 | 578 | 7.3 |
Prefer PB products | 4000 | 49.7 | 81 | 42.4 | 3919 | 49.9 |
Unclear or neutral preference | 3453 | 42.9 | 89 | 46.6 | 3364 | 42.8 |
Position on labeling | ||||||
Support use of dairy terms in PB labeling | 5674 | 70.4 | 124 | 64.9 | 5550 | 70.6 |
Oppose use of dairy terms in PB labeling | 1021 | 12.7 | 47 | 24.6 | 974 | 12.4 |
Unclear or neutral position on PB labeling | 1357 | 16.9 | 20 | 10.5 | 1337 | 17.0 |