Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/38616 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
FE Working Paper No. 0407
Publisher: 
Kiel University, Department of Food Economics and Consumption Studies, Kiel
Abstract: 
This paper presents an analysis of the changing food risk perceptions of German consumers over the period 1992 to 2002. We analyse the respondents' general risk attitudes and their specific perceptions of food risks. Using cluster analysis we generate a typology of four consumer types. One group is worried about natural food risks, the second does not worry about any types of food risks, the third is concerned about technical food risks and the fourth is concerned about all food risks. A multinomial logit analysis identifies factors that describe the classification of households in this grouping. General risk attitudes and knowledge about food risk are significant variables in the explanation.
Subjects: 
cluster analysis
food safety
multinomial logit
risk perceptions
risk typology
JEL: 
C24
D12
D18
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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