Do Consumers Really Use Food Labels?

Ronald Ward and Carlos E. Jauregui

No 21142, 2006 Annual meeting, July 23-26, Long Beach, CA from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: Ordered Probit models are used to estimate the probabilities of consumers reading food labels for harmful ingredients and for using labels to assist with food purchasing decisions. Demographics, health concerns, attitudes, and eating habits are shown to influence the likelihood of using food labels. Effects from over 25 variables are ranked in terms of their relative impacts on the use of food labels. Dieting, concerns about calories, foreign foods, and many other variable effects on the use of food labels are shown.

Keywords: Consumer/Household; Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 15
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.21142

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