Gender and food, a study of attitudes in the USA towards organic, local, U.S. grown, and GM-free foods.
Summary of "Gender and food, a study of attitudes in the USA towards organic, local, U.S. grown, and GM-free foods."
Food choice is influenced by consumer attitudes towards food attributes. This U.S.-based study (n=601) simultaneously compares attitudes towards selected food attributes of organic, locally grown, U.S. grown, and GM-free food in relation to other food attributes. Exploratory factor analysis identifies underlying constructs that determine, together and separately, female and male food choice decisions. Gendered analysis of the value of food in life and food behaviours (cooking and shopping) support the investigation of the highlighted food attributes. Respondents generally assigned greater importance to the U.S. grown, followed by GM-free, locally grown, and organically produced food attributes in deciding what to eat. Analysis of the female and male subsamples yielded similar factor results. All four main attributes were captured in a single factor, associated with respondents in both the female and male subsamples who are older, have lower incomes, and who are religiously observant. Additionally, among females, this factor was associated with higher education; and among males, living in households with children and/or with partners. Additional studies should further explore the interaction of food attributes now becoming increasingly important and prevalent in current food products.
Affiliation
Institute for Social Sciences in Agriculture, University of Hohenheim, Schloss, Museumsfluegel, 70593 Stuttgart, Germany.
Journal Details
This article was published in the following journal.
Name: Appetite
ISSN: 1095-8304
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Links
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20851727
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2010.09.002
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Food, Organic
Food that is grown or manufactured in accordance with nationally regulated production standards that include restrictions on the use of pesticides, non-organic fertilizers, genetic engineering, growth hormones, irradiation, antibiotics, and non-organic ingredients.
Gender Identity
A person's concept of self as being male and masculine or female and feminine, or ambivalent, based in part on physical characteristics, parental responses, and psychological and social pressures. It is the internal experience of gender role.
Health Food
A non-medical term defined by the lay public as a food that has little or no preservatives, which has not undergone major processing, enrichment or refinement and which may be grown without pesticides. Health foods have been attributed with the ability to prevent the development of diseases, slow the aging process, and prolong life. (from Segen, The Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992)
Zea Mays
A plant species of the family POACEAE. It is a tall grass grown for its seed, corn, used as food and animal fodder.
Food Additives
Substances which are of little or no nutritive value, but are used in the processing or storage of foods or animal feed, especially in the developed countries; includes ANTIOXIDANTS; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; FOOD COLORING AGENTS; FLAVORING AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS (both plain and LOCAL); VEHICLES; EXCIPIENTS and other similarly used substances. Many of the same substances are PHARMACEUTIC AIDS when added to pharmaceuticals rather than to foods.
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