The Altruistic Behaviour of Consumers Who Prefer a Local Origin of Organic Food
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review and Research Hypotheses
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- Treating localism as a form of defence against the economic globalisation process, meaning closing to other markets [50];
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3. Materials and Methods
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- Frequency of purchasing organic food (daily—4 points; several times a week—3; once a week—2; once a month—1);
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- Time over which consumers have been purchasing organic food (for several years—4 points; for 1 year—3; for several months—2; for several weeks—1);
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- Monthly expenditure on organic food (over PZ 500 (Polish national currency— PZ 1 = approx. EUR 0.22)—4 points; PZ 200–500—3; PZ 100–199—2; under PZ 100—1 point).
4. Results
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
7. Limitations and Implications for Research
8. Implications for Practice and Society
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Group | Altruism Level Scale | Scale of the Level of Connection with the Organic Food Market |
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preferring food produced in their region of residence | W = 0.98034, p = 0.00008 | W = 0.96281, p = 0.00000 |
preferring food produced in Poland | W = 0.98105, p = 0.00057 | W = 0.96220, p = 0.00000 |
other | W = 0.96764, p = 0.00021 | W = 0.96113, p = 0.00004 |
Total | W = 0.98231, p = 0.00000 | W = 0.96869, p = 0.00000 |
Preferred Place of Food Production | n | Altruism Level | |||
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Mean | Median | Total Ranks | Mean Rank | ||
in the region of residence | 361 | 9.47 | 9.0 | 166,257.5 | 460.6 |
in Poland regardless of region | 297 | 8.94 | 8.0 | 125,041.5 | 421.0 |
other | 192 | 8.28 | 8.0 | 70,376.0 | 366.5 |
Statistical significance: | H = 18.69684, p = 0.0001 |
Preferred Place of Food Production | in the Region of Residence | in Poland Regardless of Region | Other |
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in the region of residence | - | 0.119539 | 0.000054 |
in Poland regardless of region | 0.119539 | - | 0.049733 |
other | 0.000054 | 0.049733 | - |
Preferred Place of Food Production | n | Measures of the Level of Connection with Organic Food Market | |||
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Mean | Median | Total Ranks | Mean Rank | ||
in the region of residence | 361 | 8.20 | 8.0 | 174,519.0 | 483.4 |
in Poland regardless of region | 297 | 7.88 | 8.0 | 129,365.5 | 435.6 |
other | 192 | 6.93 | 7.0 | 57,790.5 | 301.0 |
Statistical significance: | H = 72.36023, p = 0.0001 |
Preferred Place of Food Production | in the Region of Residence | in Poland Regardless of Region | Other |
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in the region of residence | - | 0.038514 | 0.000000 |
in Poland regardless of region | 0.038514 | - | 0.000000 |
other | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | - |
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Chicago/Turabian StyleCzudec, Adam. 2022. "The Altruistic Behaviour of Consumers Who Prefer a Local Origin of Organic Food" Agriculture 12, no. 4: 567. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12040567