Consumer Attitudes toward Food Consumption and Purchase in Turkey

• Published in: Ecology of food and nutrition Vol. 51; no. 6; pp. 492 - 504
• Main Authors: Uçar, Aslı, Özdoğan, Yahya, Özçelik, Ayşe Özfer
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Taylor & Francis Group 01-11-2012; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Adult; adults; Age Factors; Attitude to Health; Attitudes; Commerce; consumer; Consumer attitudes; Data collection; Diet; Educational Status; Female; food; food purchasing; gender; Health Behavior; Humans; interviews; Interviews as Topic; Male; men; Middle Aged; nutrition; purchase; purchasing; Questionnaires; Responses; Sex Factors; Surveys and Questionnaires; women; Young Adult; Ankara Turkey
• ISSN: 1543-5237; 0367-0244; 1543-5237
• DOI: 10.1080/03670244.2012.705736

This study was conducted in the Ankara Province of Turkey to determine the attitudes of adult consumers toward food consumption and purchasing activities. The data were collected by conducting face-to-face interviews with 700 adults working in ministries (government office) to fill in a questionnaire prepared especially for this purpose. The responses to the questionnaire were evaluated by assigning points for the “food-consumption-and-purchasing attitudes” of each respondent based on their replies. These food-consumption-and-purchasing attitude points have been then analyzed in terms of the gender, age, and educational level of the adults involved. The results showed that women, the 30–39 age group, and university graduates have a higher score of food-consumption-and-purchasing attitude points than do men, the age group comprising respondents < 30 and ≥ 40 years of age, and those with lower education levels, respectively. A statistically significantly relation was observed between food-consumption-and-purchasing attitude points and age.