The stability and instability of organic expenditures in Denmark, Great Britain, and Italy

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This article concerns demand for organic foods in 3 European countries: Denmark, Great Britain, and Italy. Based on extensive sets of household panel data we categorize households into 4 groups according to their levels of organic consumption. Importance of sociodemographics is estimated by applying multinomial logit models. In all 3 countries a high organic consumption is mainly found among the more well-situated households in urban areas. Although the relative size of the user groups is fairly stable over time, we find variation in the organic consumption of individual households.

Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of International Food & Agribusiness Marketing
Volume24
Issue number1
Pages (from-to)47-65
Number of pages19
ISSN0897-4438
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

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