Analysis of residents’ food safety satisfaction from the perspective of income heterogeneity

Abstract Food is the paramount necessity of the people, while food safety is the priority. Facing the increasingly serious food safety problems in China, how to improve food safety has become the responsibility of the whole society, and also the obligation of social development. Based on the 8000 re...

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Autores principales: Xianmei Li, Xiandong Li, Yuanlin Liao, Guanghui Zhu, Guoxin Yu
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:d88e93253c264596bd3e98456c722a6d2021-12-02T13:24:14ZAnalysis of residents’ food safety satisfaction from the perspective of income heterogeneity10.1038/s41598-021-85384-22045-2322https://doaj.org/article/d88e93253c264596bd3e98456c722a6d2021-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85384-2https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Food is the paramount necessity of the people, while food safety is the priority. Facing the increasingly serious food safety problems in China, how to improve food safety has become the responsibility of the whole society, and also the obligation of social development. Based on the 8000 residents’ survey data, the ordinal logistic model was used to analyze the residents’ satisfaction with food safety. The results show that residents are generally worried about food safety, and there is a strong demand for safe food. Gender, age, educational background, supervision, publicity, and complaint handling significantly affect residents’ food safety satisfaction. In terms of income heterogeneity, low-income residents have the highest degree of satisfaction with food safety. With the improvement of income level, their degree of satisfaction is decreasing. The high-income class residents have a strong consciousness of rights safeguarding after purchasing unsafe food. For low-income residents, their awareness of rights protection is declining due to insufficient income. In the way of rights protection, most respondents choose to return or refund money after negotiation with the seller. The lack of punishment for unscrupulous sellers is one of the main reasons for the frequent occurrence of food safety problems in China.Xianmei LiXiandong LiYuanlin LiaoGuanghui ZhuGuoxin YuNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021)
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Xianmei Li
Xiandong Li
Yuanlin Liao
Guanghui Zhu
Guoxin Yu
Analysis of residents’ food safety satisfaction from the perspective of income heterogeneity
description Abstract Food is the paramount necessity of the people, while food safety is the priority. Facing the increasingly serious food safety problems in China, how to improve food safety has become the responsibility of the whole society, and also the obligation of social development. Based on the 8000 residents’ survey data, the ordinal logistic model was used to analyze the residents’ satisfaction with food safety. The results show that residents are generally worried about food safety, and there is a strong demand for safe food. Gender, age, educational background, supervision, publicity, and complaint handling significantly affect residents’ food safety satisfaction. In terms of income heterogeneity, low-income residents have the highest degree of satisfaction with food safety. With the improvement of income level, their degree of satisfaction is decreasing. The high-income class residents have a strong consciousness of rights safeguarding after purchasing unsafe food. For low-income residents, their awareness of rights protection is declining due to insufficient income. In the way of rights protection, most respondents choose to return or refund money after negotiation with the seller. The lack of punishment for unscrupulous sellers is one of the main reasons for the frequent occurrence of food safety problems in China.
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Xiandong Li
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Guoxin Yu
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title Analysis of residents’ food safety satisfaction from the perspective of income heterogeneity
title_short Analysis of residents’ food safety satisfaction from the perspective of income heterogeneity
title_full Analysis of residents’ food safety satisfaction from the perspective of income heterogeneity
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title_full_unstemmed Analysis of residents’ food safety satisfaction from the perspective of income heterogeneity
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