Evaluating Consumer Usage of Nutritional Labeling: The Influence of Socio-Economic Characteristics

Ramu Govindasamy and John Italia

No 36734, P Series from Rutgers University, Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics

Abstract: The majority of consumers report making frequent use of nutritional labeling when purchasing food products. However, certain segments appear to place a greater emphasis on food product labels than others. This study empirically evaluates which demographic characteristics encourage consumers to be more likely to take nutritional labels into account when purchasing grocery products. The results indicate that females, older individuals, and those living in suburban and rural areas are the most likely to make use of nutritional labeling. The results also indicate that larger households were less likely to use nutritional labeling.

Keywords: Food; Consumption/Nutrition/Food; Safety (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24
Date: 1999
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (4)

Downloads: (external link)
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/36734/files/pa990199.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:rutdps:36734

DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.36734

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in P Series from Rutgers University, Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by AgEcon Search ().