The Impact of Consumer Competence in Purchasing Foods on Satisfaction with Food-Related Consumer Policies and Satisfaction with Food-Related Life through Perceptions of Food Safety
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Background
3. Conceptual Model and Hypotheses
3.1. The Relationship between Consumer Competence in Purchasing Foods and Perceptions of Food Safety
3.2. The Relationship between Perceptions of Food Safety and Satisfaction with Food-Related Consumer Policies
3.3. The Relationship between Perceptions of Food Safety and Satisfaction with Food-Related Life
3.4. The Relationship between Satisfaction with Food-Related Consumer Policies and Satisfaction with Food-Related Life
4. Research Methods
4.1. Data Collection
4.2. Measures
5. Analyses and Results
5.1. Sample Characteristics
5.2. Results of the Measurement Model
5.3. Results of Hypothesis Testing
6. Discussion and Implications
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
References
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Demographic | Frequency | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 2636 | 44.9 |
Female | 3233 | 55.1 | |
Age | 19–29 | 731 | 12.5 |
30–39 | 795 | 13.5 | |
40–49 | 1353 | 23.1 | |
50–59 | 1556 | 26.5 | |
60–69 | 1110 | 18.9 | |
70–74 | 324 | 5.5 | |
Education | Middle school or less | 804 | 13.7 |
High school (including college students) | 2988 | 50.9 | |
Bachelor’s degree (including associate degree and graduate students) | 2061 | 35.1 | |
Master’s degree or higher | 16 | 0.3 | |
Monthly household income (KRW 1) | Under KRW 1 million | 294 | 5.0 |
KRW 1 million–KRW 2 million | 641 | 10.9 | |
KRW 2 million–KRW 3 million | 882 | 15.0 | |
KRW 3 million–KRW 4 million | 1050 | 17.9 | |
KRW 4 million–KRW 5 million | 1114 | 19.0 | |
KRW 5 million–KRW 6 million | 1071 | 18.2 | |
KRW 6 million or more | 817 | 14.0 | |
Total | 5869 | 100 |
χ2 | GFI | CFI | NNFI | RMSEA |
---|---|---|---|---|
1698.215 | 0.971 | 0.979 | 0.973 | 0.044 |
Construct | Item | Standardized Loading | t-Value | CR | AVE |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Competence in using food labels | CUFL_1 | 0.931 | 92.776 *** | 0.911 | 0.777 |
CUFL_2 | 0.969 | 99.496 *** | |||
CUFL_3 | 0.724 | 63.580 *** | |||
Competence in using food information | CUFI_1 | 0.821 | 71.982 *** | 0.839 | 0.634 |
CUFI_2 | 0.783 | 67.339 *** | |||
CUFI_3 | 0.784 | 67.419 *** | |||
Perceived safety of imported foods | PSIF_1 | 0.821 | 72.991 *** | 0.877 | 0.642 |
PSIF_2 | 0.882 | 80.640 *** | |||
PSIF_3 | 0.757 | 64.380 *** | |||
PSIF_4 | 0.736 | 61.868 *** | |||
Perceived safety of domestic foods | PSDF_1 | 0.777 | 62.998 *** | 0.818 | 0.601 |
PSDF_2 | 0.799 | 65.056 *** | |||
PSDF_3 | 0.748 | 60.405 *** | |||
Satisfaction with food-related consumer policies | SWFCP_1 | 0.899 | 88.124 *** | 0.949 | 0.788 |
SWFCP_2 | 0.893 | 86.649 *** | |||
SWFCP_3 | 0.890 | 86.591 *** | |||
SWFCP_4 | 0.869 | 82.742 *** | |||
SWFCP_5 | 0.888 | 86.229 *** | |||
Satisfaction with food-related life | SWFL_1 | — | 108.333 *** | — | — |
Construct | Mean | S.D. | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(1) CUFL | 3.612 | 0.544 | 0.881 | |||||
(2) CUFI | 3.440 | 0.647 | 0.743 | 0.796 | ||||
(3) PSIF | 3.397 | 0.707 | 0.111 | 0.202 | 0.801 | |||
(4) PSDF | 4.029 | 0.511 | 0.218 | 0.209 | 0.083 | 0.775 | ||
(5) SWFCP | 73.189 | 14.435 | 0.088 | 0.146 | 0.210 | 0.017 | 0.888 | |
(6) SWFL | 3.631 | 0.547 | 0.143 | 0.137 | 0.038 | 0.137 | 0.061 | 1 |
χ2 | GFI | CFI | NNFI | RMSEA |
---|---|---|---|---|
3517.426 | 0.947 | 0.955 | 0.946 | 0.057 |
Hypothesized Relationship | Standardized Estimates | t-Value | Hypothesis Supported |
---|---|---|---|
H1a: CUFL → PSIF | −0.088 | −3.740 *** | No |
H1b: CUFL → PSDF | 0.136 | 5.606 *** | Yes |
H2a: CUFI → PSIF | 0.271 | 10.793 *** | Yes |
H2b: CUFI → PSDF | 0.119 | 4.642 *** | Yes |
H3a: PSIF → SWFCP | 0.213 | 15.042 *** | Yes |
H3b: PSDF → SWFCP | 0.004 | 0.294 | No |
H4a: PSIF → SWFL | 0.022 | 1.551 | No |
H4b: PSDF → SWFL | 0.140 | 9.731 *** | Yes |
H5: SWFCP → SWFL | 0.053 | 3.893 *** | Yes |
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Lee, H.-J. The Impact of Consumer Competence in Purchasing Foods on Satisfaction with Food-Related Consumer Policies and Satisfaction with Food-Related Life through Perceptions of Food Safety. Foods 2020, 9, 1103. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods9081103
Lee H-J. The Impact of Consumer Competence in Purchasing Foods on Satisfaction with Food-Related Consumer Policies and Satisfaction with Food-Related Life through Perceptions of Food Safety. Foods. 2020; 9(8):1103. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods9081103
Chicago/Turabian StyleLee, Hyun-Joo. 2020. "The Impact of Consumer Competence in Purchasing Foods on Satisfaction with Food-Related Consumer Policies and Satisfaction with Food-Related Life through Perceptions of Food Safety" Foods 9, no. 8: 1103. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods9081103