Choice of organic foods is related to perceived consequences for human health and to environmentally friendly behaviour
2003
Magnusson, Maria K. | Arvola, Anne | Hursti, Ulla-Kaisa Koivisto | Åberg, Lars | Sjödén, Per-Olow
We designed a questionnaire concerned with attitudes and behaviour towards organic foods, environmentally friendly behaviour (EFB), and perceived consequences of organic food choice in terms of human health, the environment and animal welfare. It was mailed in 1998 to a random nation-wide sample of 2000 Swedish citizens, ages 18-65 years, and 1154 (58%) responded. Self-reported purchase of organic foods was most strongly related to perceived benefit for human health. Performance of EFBs such as refraining from car driving was also a good predictor of purchase frequency. The results indicate that egoistic motives are better predictors of the purchase of organic foods than are altruistic motives.
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