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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 2 OCTOBER 2016 17 News All Men Women 18-34 35-54 55+ AB C1 C2 DE Daily 2.8% 3.8% 1.7% 0 4.2% 3.8% 0 3.2% 6.4% 11.1% Daily to once a week 5.7% 7.1% 4.3% 5.7% 4.2% 9.5% 2.5% 6.3% 15.1% 12.4% Once a week to once a fortnight 16.2% 21.1% 11.3% 11.4% 22.8% 10.3% 10% 14.7% 19.1% 17.7% Once a fortnight to once a month 8.7% 10.4% 7% 11.4% 10.3% 15.5% 10% 9.9% 8.7% 8.1% Less than once a month 29.3% 22.9% 35.7% 32.8% 20.1% 28.3% 25% 30.1% 26.4% 23.5% Very rarely/never 37.3% 34.7% 40% 38.7% 38.4% 31% 52.5% 35.8% 24.3% 27.2% By sex By age group By socio-economic group How often do you eat pastizzi? The humble pastizz is losing fans greater health awareness and con- cern about diet among women and more educated respondents. However, the survey indicates that a large section of the popula- tion still eats pastizzi occasionally: 16% eating them between once a week and once a fortnight, 9% be- tween once a fortnight and once a month and 29% eating them less than once a month but more than once a year. Various pastizzi retailers had told MaltaToday back in August that the savoury cheesecake remains favoured at practically any time of the day. And although a number of the major franchises decided to keep their average number of sold goods a guarded secret, Jeff's Pastizzeria – which has three different stores – and Sphinx, with an impressive 20 outlets, respectively said they sold 240 and 4,800 pastizzi each day. Methodology The survey was held between Monday 22 August and Thursday 26 August. A total of 501 people were contacted. The survey was stopped when a 400 quota sample was reached. Respondents were randomly se- lected from telephone directories. The results were weighed to re- flect the age and gender balance of the population. The survey has a margin of error +/-4.9 percentage points. the young, and health-aware respondents say they eat the hallowed cheesecake LEGEND • AB Professionals and managers • C1 Technical, clerical and vocational • C2 Skilled Workers • DE Unskilled workers and unemployed