Religious Values and Food Waste: A Comparative Study of Roman Catholic Believers and Non-Religious Individuals

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.23762/FSO_VOL11_NO4_5" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.23762/FSO_VOL11_NO4_5</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.23762/FSO_VOL11_NO4_5" target="_blank" >10.23762/FSO_VOL11_NO4_5</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Religious Values and Food Waste: A Comparative Study of Roman Catholic Believers and Non-Religious Individuals

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Food waste is a global problem with significant implications for the environment and social justice alike. Despite the importance of religion and faith as social phenomena, their relationship to food waste remains relatively underresearched. This study focuses on Roman Catholicism as one of the most widely practiced religions in the world. The research is based on the analysis of data from the Czech Social Science Data Archive from 2022, which includes responses from 579 respondents aged 15+. The results of research conducted using the CHAID method show that younger and older Roman Catholics have different motivations to reduce food waste. Younger believers focus more on moral issues and feel guilty about wasting food, while older believers prioritise economic considerations and worry about the amount of food wasted. In addition, the study shows that Roman Catholic households with lower monthly food expenditures show more compassion for those in need and feel guilty about food waste, while non-religious individuals in households with higher expenditures are more likely to waste food. These conclusions suggest the influence of Catholics’ moral and economic values on consumers’ food waste attitudes and behaviour. The study adds a new piece to the mosaic of factors that influence food waste and people’s attitudes toward it.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Religious Values and Food Waste: A Comparative Study of Roman Catholic Believers and Non-Religious Individuals

Popis výsledku anglicky

Food waste is a global problem with significant implications for the environment and social justice alike. Despite the importance of religion and faith as social phenomena, their relationship to food waste remains relatively underresearched. This study focuses on Roman Catholicism as one of the most widely practiced religions in the world. The research is based on the analysis of data from the Czech Social Science Data Archive from 2022, which includes responses from 579 respondents aged 15+. The results of research conducted using the CHAID method show that younger and older Roman Catholics have different motivations to reduce food waste. Younger believers focus more on moral issues and feel guilty about wasting food, while older believers prioritise economic considerations and worry about the amount of food wasted. In addition, the study shows that Roman Catholic households with lower monthly food expenditures show more compassion for those in need and feel guilty about food waste, while non-religious individuals in households with higher expenditures are more likely to waste food. These conclusions suggest the influence of Catholics’ moral and economic values on consumers’ food waste attitudes and behaviour. The study adds a new piece to the mosaic of factors that influence food waste and people’s attitudes toward it.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50204 - Business and management

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Forum Scientiae Oeconomia

ISSN

2300-5947

e-ISSN

2300-5947

Svazek periodika

11

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

4

Stát vydavatele periodika

PL - Polská republika

Počet stran výsledku

24

Strana od-do

99-122

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85183360681