Disentangling purchasing motives from socio-demographic differences: the case of organic milk
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Disentangling purchasing motives from socio-demographic differences : the case of organic milk. / Andersen, Laura Mørch.
Institute of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, 2010.Research output: Working paper › Research
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TY - UNPB
T1 - Disentangling purchasing motives from socio-demographic differences
T2 - the case of organic milk
AU - Andersen, Laura Mørch
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Using a unique data set where an unbalanced panel of more than 1,000 households have reported their purchases of groceries in great detail over a period of six months it is shown that consumption of organic milk increases significantly with level of education, urbanisation and income. Age and presence of children in the household have no significant effects. Combining the purchase data with a questionnaire about attitudes towards organic production issued to the same panel shows that 51 per cent believes that organic production has a positive effect on the environment and 41 per cent believes in a positive effect on their own health. The level of trust in organic products generally increases with level of education, urbanisation and income. Including perception of organic goods in the estimation therefore reduces the effects of these socio-demographics, and thereby demonstrates the strength of this type of data combination.
AB - Using a unique data set where an unbalanced panel of more than 1,000 households have reported their purchases of groceries in great detail over a period of six months it is shown that consumption of organic milk increases significantly with level of education, urbanisation and income. Age and presence of children in the household have no significant effects. Combining the purchase data with a questionnaire about attitudes towards organic production issued to the same panel shows that 51 per cent believes that organic production has a positive effect on the environment and 41 per cent believes in a positive effect on their own health. The level of trust in organic products generally increases with level of education, urbanisation and income. Including perception of organic goods in the estimation therefore reduces the effects of these socio-demographics, and thereby demonstrates the strength of this type of data combination.
M3 - Working paper
T3 - FOI Working Paper
BT - Disentangling purchasing motives from socio-demographic differences
PB - Institute of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen
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