According to a survey conducted as of 2019, 78 percent of the students in Italy having lunch at their place of study tended to have cooked food brought from home. Similarly, 65 percent of the employees having lunch break at their workplace declared that they preferred eating meals prepared at home. By contrast, it emerged that 21 percent of the employees and 13 percent of the students taking part in the survey had take-away food when dining out at lunchtime.
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What food do you eat when you are having lunch at work, at your place of study or when you are out?
Students and employees having lunch out at least twice/three times a week
Supplementary notes
This question was phrased by the source as follows: "In particolare, quando mangia in ufficio/sul luogo dove studia o in giro per la città , consuma soprattutto...?"
The source does not provide any information regarding the methodology utilized for the interviews.
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