Production, processing, transporting, selling, and consumption of food are highly resource intensive. Therefore, if they are not well managed the consequences for the environment are far-reaching. This study aimed at investigating behaviors and attitudes of the Croatian population concerning the influence of environmental and political determinants of food choices, and the socio-demographic factors associated with pro-environmental behavior. Data analysis involved a non-probabilistic sample of 1534 adult participants from Croatia who responded to a validated questionnaire from November 2017 to March 2018. To test differences between sociodemographic groups, Welch’s t-test (two groups) and ANOVA (multiple groups) were used. The relationship between age and motivators of food choices was analyzed with Pearson’s r correlation coefficient. Participants reported a neutral rate of agreement with the items, with the exception of items related to food waste and food origin, for which they expressed a moderate amount of agreement. Socio-demographic factors that influence environmentally or politically concerned food choices in our study were age (older participants, p < 0.001), gender (women in comparison to men, p < 0.05), education level (higher education in comparison to elementary/high school, p < 0.05), marital status (married/cohabiting in comparison to unmarried, p < 0.05), responsibility for food supply (those who are responsible for food supply in comparison to those who are not responsible for food supply, p < 0.05), eating practices (participants with specific eating practices in comparison to participants without specific eating practices, p < 0.05), and smoking (those who have never smoked score and those who used to smoke in comparison to active smokers, p < 0.05). The results show that there are no statistically significant differences in environmental and political determinants of food choices based on the place of residence and employment status. The findings indicate that environmental and political determinants do not play a significant role in the food choices among the Croatian population.

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食物选择的环境和政治决定因素：在克罗地亚样本中的初步研究

食品的生产，加工，运输，销售和消费是高度资源密集型的。因此，如果管理不善，对环境的影响将是深远的。这项研究旨在调查克罗地亚人口的行为和态度对食物选择的环境和政治决定因素的影响以及与亲环境行为相关的社会人口统计学因素的影响。数据分析涉及来自克罗地亚的1534名成人参与者的非概率样本，这些参与者于2017年11月至2018年3月对经过验证的问卷进行了回答。为了检验社会人口统计学组之间的差异，使用了Welch's t检验（两组）和ANOVA（多个组）。 。年龄与食物选择动机之间的关系用皮尔森（Pearson's）分析r相关系数。与会者报告说，与这些项目达成了中立的协议，但与食物浪费和食物来源有关的项目除外，他们对此表示了中等程度的同意。在我们的研究中，影响环境或政治因素的食物选择的社会人口统计学因素是年龄（年龄较大的参与者，p <0.001），性别（女性与男性相比，p <0.05），教育水平（与基础/高等相比，高等教育学校，p <0.05），婚姻状况（与未婚相比，已婚/同居，p <0.05），对食物供应的责任（负责食物供应的人与对食物供应不负责的人相比，p<0.05），饮食习惯（与没有特定饮食习惯的参与者相比，具有特定饮食习惯的参与者，p <0.05）和吸烟（从未吸烟者的得分以及与经常吸烟者相比曾经吸烟的人，p <0.05） ）。结果表明，根据居住地和就业状况，食物选择的环境和政治决定因素在统计上没有显着差异。调查结果表明，环境和政治决定因素在克罗地亚人口的食物选择中没有发挥重要作用。