Limiting meat consumption in the view of the students of the Poznań University of Economics and Business

• Authors: Marceli Hązła , Kamila Michowska

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the study was to examine the attitudes of students at the Poznań University of Economics and Business towards limiting meat consumption, in the context of global trends related to sustainable development. The two main identified areas of consideration are related to the impact of excessive meat production and consumption on human health and the state of the environment. The survey involved 296 respondents (61.8% women, 37.8% men, 0.4% other). Throughout the study, it was found out that more than half (51.4%) of the respondents limit their meat consumption. The gender of the respondents was important in this regard (63.4% of women and 31.3% of men limit their meat consumption). The most frequently cited reasons for limiting meat consumption include concerns for the environment (42.6% of respondents) and the desire to improve health and well-being (41.9% of respondents). Meat consumption decisions among 30.7% of respondents are not influenced by any arguments.

Keywords

EN

meat; limiting consumption; environmental concern; health concern; Poland

• Publisher: Wydział Ekonomii Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Poznaniu
• Journal: Research Papers in Economics and Finance
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 107-120

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Marceli Hązła

• Poznań University of Economics and Business

• https://orcid.org/0000000306815668

author

Kamila Michowska

• Poznań University of Economics and Business

• https://orcid.org/0000000331797529

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Identifiers

DOI

10.18559/ref.2022.2.6

Biblioteka Nauki

2207114