The relationship between student consumption of animal products and attitudes to animals in Europe and Asia

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dc.contributor.authorIzmirli, Serdar
dc.contributor.authorPhillips, Clive J. C.
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-26T18:17:12Z
dc.date.available2020-03-26T18:17:12Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.departmentSelçuk Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractPurpose - This research aims to determine the relationship between the consumption of animal products and attitudes towards animals among university students in Eurasia. Design/methodology/approach - A survey was conducted with collaborators in each country who supervised volunteers to personally invite 16,777 students to take part. The sample was composed of 3,433 students from 103 universities in 11 Eurasian countries. ANOVA was used to compare the responses. All analyses were conducted using the statistical packages Minitab 15 and SPSS 15. Findings - A total of 47 per cent of university students avoided some meat products, 4 per cent were vegetarians and 0.4 per cent vegans. Students avoiding some meat did so principally for environmental and health reasons, and beef and lamb were the meats most likely to be avoided. Vegetarians avoided meat mainly for health reasons. Vegans had greater concern about humans using animals than vegetarians, who in turn had greater concerns than those avoiding some meat. Social implications - Avoidance of animal products was related to an increased level of concern for animal rights, animal experimentation and wildlife, with vegans demonstrating the greatest concern. This implied that students' attitudes to animal welfare and rights can affect animal product-eating behaviours. Originality/value - This study conflicts with previous studies by demonstrating that health rather than environment was a major reason for vegetarianism. The study highlights the importance of environmental, health and welfare concerns but not religion in avoidance of animal products.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity of QueenslandUniversity of Queensland; Australian Government's Australian Animal Welfare StrategyAustralian Governmenten_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors acknowledge the input of Dr Jia Meng in the design of the study, management of overseas collaborators and collation of the data. They are particularly grateful for the support of the volunteer collaborators in the 11 countries in this survey: Aldavood, S.J., Alonso, M., Choe, B.I., Hanlon, A., Handziska, A. Illmannova, G., Keeling, L., Kennedy, M., Kjaestad, H-P., Lee, G.H., Lund, V., Mejdell, C., Pelagic, V.R. and Rehn, T. They acknowledge the efforts of student volunteers, and the financial support of the University of Queensland and the Australian Government's Australian Animal Welfare Strategy. They also acknowledge the assistance of UQ Gatton's statistical advisor, Allan Lisle, and Anna Olssen from Portugal, who was unable to return enough respondents to be included in the survey.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1108/00070701111116482en_US
dc.identifier.endpage450en_US
dc.identifier.issn0007-070Xen_US
dc.identifier.issn1758-4108en_US
dc.identifier.issue02.03.2020en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage436en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00070701111116482
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12395/26993
dc.identifier.volume113en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000289537600017en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTDen_US
dc.relation.ispartofBRITISH FOOD JOURNALen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.selcuk20240510_oaigen_US
dc.subjectAnimal productsen_US
dc.subjectAnimalsen_US
dc.subjectDieten_US
dc.titleThe relationship between student consumption of animal products and attitudes to animals in Europe and Asiaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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