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Using Linked Household-Level Datasets To Explain Consumer Response To Bse In Canada, Xin Wang
Using Linked Household-Level Datasets To Explain Consumer Response To Bse In Canada, Xin Wang
University of Kentucky Doctoral Dissertations
Household-level Canadian meat purchases from 2002-2008, a Food Opinions Survey conducted in 2008 at the national level and household-level egg purchases from 2002-2005 in Alberta and Ontario were used to explore consumer responses to Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in Canada.
The opinions survey focused on nutritional priorities, general and specific food safety concerns, and trust in government and food industry decision makers. The egg data set contained specific product information allowing us to distinguish purchases of conventional eggs from those of value-added eggs with perceived health attributes. Thus, the egg purchase data appeared to be an interesting proxy of revealed …