The value of repair in the light of SDG 12: using latent profile analysis to identify consumer repair types in Germany

Hannah T. Maurer, Vita E. M. Zimmermann, Peter Kenning, Hannah T. Maurer, Vita E. M. Zimmermann, Peter Kenning, Hannah T. Maurer, Vita E. M. Zimmermann and Peter Kenning

Chapter Chapter 18 in The Elgar Companion to Consumer Behaviour and the Sustainable Development Goals, 2025, pp 290-316 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: One prominent goal in the 2030 United Nations agenda is to ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns (SDG 12). This is associated with a need to reduce waste against increasing resource scarcity. Repair constitutes one approach to extend the useful lifespan of products. Besides legal and market mechanisms, consumer behaviour is crucial for boosting repair as a viable method of waste reduction, including whether consumers are willing and able to repair their products. Therefore, this work provides first insights into the consumer repair culture in Germany based on a representative empirical study. A latent profile analysis with cluster indicators on repair consciousness and repair literacy revealed four distinct repair types: ‘repair mavens’; ‘repair capables’; ‘repair ignorant’; and ‘repair principals’. Overall, increasing the perceived value of (repaired) products is one promising complementary avenue for increasing repair rates by slowing the mental depreciation of products.

Keywords: Sustainable development; SDG 12; Sustainable consumption and production; E-waste; Repair; Latent profile analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035325054
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