Journal of Population Sciences
Table 1 Sardinia before the Nutrition Transition
(a) % Male population active in agriculture | |||||||||
Authors | Â | Â | 1881 | 1901 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | 1951 | 1961 |
Censuses – rural population (%) |  |  | 62.3 | 67.8 | 63.8 | 64.9 | 63.5 | 55.7 | 37.5 |
(b) Surveys on Sardinian nutrition during the 1930s | |||||||||
Authors and year of investigation | Occupation | District | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Lipids | Calorie | |||
g | cal. % | g | cal. % | g | cal. % | kcal | |||
Niceforo and Galeotti (1934) | Farmhands | Sassari | 89.0 | 13.7 | 444.0 | 68.5 | 52.0 | 17.8 | 2656.0 |
Niceforo and Galeotti (1934) | Agricultural worker (small Landowner) | Sassari | 103 | 13.5 | 477 | 64.9 | 71 | 21.3 | 3024.1 |
Cao-Pinna (1935) | Craftsman | Cagliari | 79.0 | 14.5 | 359.9 | 66.3 | 46.9 | 19.2 | 2225.9 |
Costanzo (1937) | Labourer | Cagliari | – | 14.3 | – | 71.0 | – | 13.2 | 2887.0 |
Peretti (1939) | Agricultural worker | Nuoro (Desulo, Atzara, Sorgono) | 116.0 | 17.3 | 460.0 | 68.6 | 43.0 | 14.2 | 2752.5 |
Peretti (1939) | Shepherd | Nuoro (Desulo, Atzara, Sorgono) | 119.0 | 18.6 | 406.5 | 62.8 | 54.0 | 18.7 | 2645.5 |