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Agricultural and Food Economics

Table 2 Statistics obtained for the latent and observable variables of the total sample (n = 776)

From: The role of objective and subjective knowledge on the attitude and intention of Italian consumers to purchase farmed and wild fish

 

Median (IQR)

Mean (SD)

λ

CR

AVE

α

Attitude towards farmed fish

5.00 (3.80–6.00)

4.84 (1.52)

 

0.922

0.704

0.893

 Unhealthy/healthy

5.00 (4.00–7.00)

5.01 (1.83)

0.901

   

 Not nutritious/nutritious

6.00 (4.00–7.00)

5.27 (1.61)

0.847

   

 Unfavorable/favorable

4.00 (3.00–6.00)

4.17 (1.98)

0.855

   

 Unethical/ethical

5.00 (4.00–6.00)

4.69 (1.91)

0.818

   

 Unsafe/safe

5.00 (4.00–7.00)

5.06 (1.73)

0.768

   

 Attitude towards wild fish

5.00 (4.20–5.80)

4.90 (1.22)

 

0.878

0.590

0.824

 Unhealthy/healthy

5.00 (4.00–6.00)

5.11 (1.59)

0.812

   

 Not nutritious/nutritious

6.00 (5.00–7.00)

5.53 (1.41)

0.744

   

 Unfavorable/favorable

5.00 (4.00–7.00)

4.94 (1.75)

0.815

   

 Unethical/ethical

4.00 (4.00–6.00)

4.45 (1.70)

0.703

   

 Unsafe/safe

4.00 (4.00–5.00)

4.48 (1.47)

0.762

   

Intention to purchase farmed fish

5.00 (3.00–6.00)

4.57 (1.84)

 

0.980

0.942

0.969

 I am planning to purchase farmed fish in the near future

5.00 (3.00–6.00)

4.45 (1.91)

0.972

   

 I am expecting to purchase farmed fish in the near future

5.00 (3.00–6.00)

4.61 (1.89)

0.970

   

 I will try to purchase farmed fish in the near future

5.00 (4.00–6.00)

4.65 (1.90)

0.969

   

Intention to purchase wild fish

5.00 (4.00–6.00)

5.03 (1.51)

 

0.973

0.924

0.959

 I am planning to purchase wild fish in the near future

5.00 (4.00–6.00)

4.99 (1.57)

0.972

   

 I am expecting to purchase wild fish in the near future

5.00 (4.00–6.00)

5.01 (1.60)

0.956

   

 I will try to purchase wild fish in the near future

5.00 (4.00–6.00)

5.08 (1.54)

0.956

   

Objective knowledgea

6.00 (4.00–7.00)

5.53 (1.99)

    

Subjective knowledgeb

4.50 (3.75–5.50)

4.58 (1.39)

    

Fish purchasing frequencyc

4.00 (3.00–4.00)

3.72 (0.81)

    

Salmon purchasing frequencyd

2.00 (1.00–3.00)

2.16 (1.26)

    

Seabass purchasing frequencyd

1.00 (1.00–3.00)

1.67 (1.27)

    

Seabream purchasing frequencyd

2.00 (1.00–3.00)

1.99 (1.26)

    
  1. Statistics are Median values (interquartile range—IQR) and the Mean (standard deviation—SD) of single items assessed on a 7-point Likert scale, factor loadings (λ), composite reliability (CR), average variance extracted (AVE) and Cronbach’s α
  2. aThe consumers’ objective knowledge was computed for each participant by summing the number of correct answers to nine statements (Table 4)
  3. bThe consumers were asked whether they agreed or disagreed with the subjective knowledge statements. They were then asked to respond according to a 7-point scale: 1 = Totally disagree; 7 = Totally agree
  4. c1 = A few times a year; 2 = Once a month or less; 3 = 2–3 times a month; 4 = 1 or 2 times a week; 5 = 3–4 times a week; 6 = Almost every day
  5. d0 = Never; 1 = A few times a year; 2 = Once a month or less; 3 = 2–3 times a month; 4 = 1 or 2 times a week; 5 = 3–4 times a week; 6 = Almost every day
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