A Study On Effect Of Occupational Status On Women Food Buying and Cooking

Behavior With Special Reference To Coimbatore City

1. Name: ________________________

2. Age –

(a) Below 20 years (b) 21 years - 30 years

(c) 31 years - 40 years (d) Above 40 years

3. Marital Status? 

(a) Married (b) Unmarried

4. Area of Residence

(a) Rural (b) Urban

5. How many Members are there in your Family?  

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) More than 4 

 

6. Occupational Status

(a) Student (b) Job (c) Professional (d) None  

7. Income per Annum

(a) Up to Rs. 2,50,000 (b) Rs. 2,50,001-Rs.5,00,000

(c) Rs. 5,00,001-Rs.10,00,000 (d) Above Rs.10,00,000

 8. What is your approximate work duration? 

(a) part time (b) full time (c) self employed (d) none 

9. How often do you cook food?  

(a) once in a day (b) twice a day

(c) never (d) depends on work schedule

10. How much time do you generally spend cooking?

(a) less than 1 hour (b) between 1-2 hour (c) more than 2 hour

11. What is preferable  

(a) Take away food (b) cooking 

12. Have you hired any cook or maid?

a. Yes (b) No 

13. Who does the grocery shopping?  

(a) Yourself (b) maid/servant

(c) others (specify)

 
14. Give your ranking of preference for following product while buying (1-5)

PRODUCT RANK

street food

Frozen food packets

snacks/fast

executive meal 

15. Which places do you generally prefer for buying grocery items? 

(a) shopping malls (b) local grocery stores 

(c)Home delivery (order through phone/online)

16. How often do you buy food?

(a) Daily (b) Weekly one (c) According to situation

17. How satisfied are you with the following factors in your Buying Food?

HS-Highly Satisfied S-Satisfied N-Neutral

DS-Dis-Satisfied HDS-Highly Dis-Satisfied

particulars HS S N DS HDS

For a change

No time to
cook

Occasionall
y

Don’t know
to cook

18. How you buy food?

(a) In person (b) Online (c) Mobile App

19. Which food do you like?

(a) Cooking Food (b) Buying Food 

20. Which type of food you cook often?

(a) South Indian (b) Chinese (c) Continental

21. As per your opinion which food you prefer/like the most?

(a) Cooking of your own (b) Buying outside

 22. Health issues you faced while buying food outside 

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23. While travelling, you prefer

(a) Homemade cooking (b) Buying outside

24. Which food is Affordable?

(a) Homemade cooking (b)Buying food

26. What is your opinion to other ______________________________

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