Profiling young consumers’ perceptions of GMO products: A case study on Italian undergraduate students

Nadia Palmieri, Mariarosaria Simeone, Carlo Russo and Maria Angela Perito ()
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Nadia Palmieri: CREA - Research Centre for Engineering and Agro-Food Processing,
Mariarosaria Simeone: Department of Law, Economics, Management and Quantitative Method - University of Sannio [Benevento]
Carlo Russo: Department of Economics and Law - University of Cassino and Southern Lazio [Cassino]
Maria Angela Perito: Facoltà di Bioscienze e tecnologie agro-alimentari e ambientali - Faculty of Bioscience and Agro-Food and Environmental Technology [Teramo] - UniTE - Università degli Studi di Teramo, ALISS - Alimentation et sciences sociales - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement

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Abstract: This study focuses on Italian undergraduate students to identify and to characterise distinct hypothetical consumer segments by their knowledge of GMO food. We used data from a survey of 243 undergraduate students from three Italian universities to draw profiles of groups of consumers based on their opinions about GMO products. The main findings show that type of education plays a large role in students' perception of GMOs. In particular, students in technical and natural science programs (60.90% of the sample) differ from those enrolled in Social Sciences programs (22.63% of respondents). With the former having a better perception of GMO products than the latter.

Keywords: Consumers profiles; Education effects; Choices (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-10
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Published in International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science, 2020, 21, 7 p. ⟨10.1016/j.ijgfs.2020.100224⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgfs.2020.100224

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