Understanding the factors related to concerns over generically engineered food products: are national differences real?
International Journal of Consumer StudiesPublished 15 August 2003Open access
Jane Kolodinsky, Thomas Patrick DeSisto, JoAnne Labrecque
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Abstract Along with the rapid introduction of genetically engineered (GE) foods into the marketplace have come concerns about possible risks associated with this new technology. This study expands on previous research by exploring the relationships between certain sociodemographic, attitudinal and behavioural variables and North American college students’ levels of concern over GE foods. Six index scales are created from the data and a series of anova s are conducted, and displayed visually using bar graphs, to examine the relationships between the explanatory variable and the students’ levels of concern. The findings indicate that attitudinal and behavioural variables should be included in future models for predicting levels of concern for GE foods in addition to the sociodemographic variables currently used.
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