The Old Man and the Meat: On Gender Differences in Meat Consumption across Stages of Human Life

It is not a radically new insight that men eat more meat than women do. However, one piece of the puzzle was previously missing: the development of a gender bias in total and red meat consumption across stages of human life. To identify the gender bias across stages of human life, we apply a multipl...

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Autores principales:	Christian Ritzel, Stefan Mann
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	meat consumption gender identity masculinity Chemical technology TP1-1185
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:babe945d305947b09461137e87fdd1862021-11-25T17:35:53ZThe Old Man and the Meat: On Gender Differences in Meat Consumption across Stages of Human Life10.3390/foods101128092304-8158https://doaj.org/article/babe945d305947b09461137e87fdd1862021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/11/2809https://doaj.org/toc/2304-8158It is not a radically new insight that men eat more meat than women do. However, one piece of the puzzle was previously missing: the development of a gender bias in total and red meat consumption across stages of human life. To identify the gender bias across stages of human life, we apply a multiple-group regression across seven age classes. Data for the empirical analysis stem from the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Regression results reveal that gender differences in meat consumption start only after the age of four and then move in some parallel with the development of biological differences, reaching a maximum between 51 and 65 years. The effect of both household income and education on meat consumption is negative and per-capita consumption of meat rises with household size.Christian RitzelStefan MannMDPI AGarticlemeat consumptiongender identitymasculinityChemical technologyTP1-1185ENFoods, Vol 10, Iss 2809, p 2809 (2021)
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description	It is not a radically new insight that men eat more meat than women do. However, one piece of the puzzle was previously missing: the development of a gender bias in total and red meat consumption across stages of human life. To identify the gender bias across stages of human life, we apply a multiple-group regression across seven age classes. Data for the empirical analysis stem from the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Regression results reveal that gender differences in meat consumption start only after the age of four and then move in some parallel with the development of biological differences, reaching a maximum between 51 and 65 years. The effect of both household income and education on meat consumption is negative and per-capita consumption of meat rises with household size.
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The Old Man and the Meat: On Gender Differences in Meat Consumption across Stages of Human Life

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