Citizen attitudes towards present and future beef consumption before and after the COVID-19 pandemic

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dc.contributor.authorFuente, Valentina Mansky de la
dc.contributor.authorHotzel, Maria Jose
dc.contributor.authorTeixeira, Dayane Lemos
dc.contributor.authorLarrain, Rafael Esteban
dc.contributor.authorEnriquez-Hidalgo, Daniel
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T16:19:27Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T16:19:27Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractThere's been a change in citizens' attitudes towards beef consumption in high-income countries, resulting in a decline in its consumption. The COVID-19 pandemic may have impacted citizens' attitudes and behaviours towards beef consumption. This study aimed to investigate Chilean citizens' attitudes towards beef consumption during the initial 18 months of the pandemic. Socio-demographic characteristics and attitudes towards beef consumption were asked in two questionnaires done in 2020 (n = 1142) and 2021 (n = 1221). Citizens' attitudes to beef eating and production did not change between the start and more than a year after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants not related with animal production, female, young, and non-meat consumers demonstrated more negative attitudes towards beef consumption and production. Half of the participants agreed that beef is bad for the environment, but only 30% agreed that beef is bad for human health. Half of participants had reduced beef consumption and 48% expressed intentions to reduce beef consumption in the future, primarily motivated by concerns related to animal welfare, the environment, and human health. The majority of participants (80%) thought that their fellow citizens should reduce their beef consumption but only 50% had confidence that this will occur. We conclude that Chilean consumers' attitudes to beef eating did not change due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants expressed strong concern about beef consumption both individually and socially, due to environmental, animal and health concerns, and believed Chileans should reduce beef consumption in the future but had low confidence that this will happen.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.meatsci.2024.109467
dc.identifier.eissn1873-4138
dc.identifier.issn0309-1740
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2024.109467
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/90691
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:001211361600001
dc.language.isoen
dc.revistaMeat science
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectMeat
dc.subjectBeef
dc.subjectConsumption
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectPandemic
dc.subjectAttitudes
dc.subjectBehaviour
dc.subject.ods12 Responsible Consumption and Production
dc.subject.ods15 Life on Land
dc.subject.ods03 Good Health and Well-being
dc.subject.ods13 Climate Action
dc.subject.ods02 Zero Hunger
dc.subject.odspa12 Producción y consumo responsable
dc.subject.odspa15 Vida de ecosistemas terrestres
dc.subject.odspa03 Salud y bienestar
dc.subject.odspa13 Acción por el clima
dc.subject.odspa02 Hambre cero
dc.titleCitizen attitudes towards present and future beef consumption before and after the COVID-19 pandemic
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen212
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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