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标题：Consumer preferences for GM food and other attributes of the food system
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作者：James, Sallie ; Burton, Michael P.
期刊名称：Journal of Agribusiness
印刷版ISSN：0738-8950
出版年度：2003
期号：suppl
页码：501-518
出版社：Journal of Agribusiness
摘要：While qualitative surveys regarding consumers’ attitudes about gene technologies and their application to food production are plentiful, quantitative studies are less so. The present paper reports choice modelling methods to examine the conditions under which Australian consumers are willing to purchase genetically modified (GM) foods, if at all, and examines those preferences within the context of the food system as a whole. This allows us to compare consumer attitudes towards gene technology to consumer preferences for other features of the food they consume. The results of the choice modelling analysis suggest consumers require a discount on their weekly food bill before they will purchase GM food. Gene technology using animal as well as plant genes was found to be more objectionable to respondents than that using plant genes alone, especially among women. Age seems to affect the preferences for a certain type of food, with older people generally more accepting of the use of gene technology