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Determinants of Vegetarianism and Partial Vegetarianism in the United Kingdom. ESRI WP360. November 2010

Leahy, Eimear and Lyons, Sean and Tol, Richard S.J. (2010) Determinants of Vegetarianism and Partial Vegetarianism in the United Kingdom. ESRI WP360. November 2010. [Working Paper]

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    Abstract

    Vegetarianism is increasing in the western world. Anecdotally, this trend can be attributed to heightened health, environmental and animal welfare concerns. In this paper we investigate the factors associated with vegetarianism among adults and children in the UK. Using the 2008 Health Survey for England, we use a logit model to assess the relationship between vegetarianism and the socioeconomic and personal characteristics of the respondents. We also analyse the factors associated with varying levels of meat consumption using an ordered logit model. This paper adds to the existing literature as it is the first paper to estimate the determinants of vegetarianism using a large dataset containing individual level consumption data.

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    Item Type: Working Paper
    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > public health policy (including global activities)
    Countries > U.K.
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
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    Depositing User: Alyssa McDonald
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 01 Nov 2019 12:37
    Number of Pages: 43
    Last Modified: 01 Nov 2019 12:37
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/87906

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