Perceptions of Agricultural Animal Welfare: Using Gender and Location to Examine the Effects of Geographic and Social Proximity to Determine Attitudes and Behaviors - Couverture souple

Thatcher, Angela

 
9783847312451: Perceptions of Agricultural Animal Welfare: Using Gender and Location to Examine the Effects of Geographic and Social Proximity to Determine Attitudes and Behaviors
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3847312456 ISBN 13 : 9783847312451
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

How humans treat animals is a popular topic of focus for research in a variety of academic fields, is discussed in numerous college-level courses, shows up as an important subject in public opinion polls, and influences the platforms of political candidates vying for the support of voters who identify either with the interests of livestock producers or those who seek greater regulation of farms to protect the rights and welfare of animals. I use gender and distance from animals as indicators for understanding differences between men and women and those in rural and urban locations. The national level data used for this analysis came from the 2007 Survey of Food, Farming and the Environment: Focus on Farm Animal Welfare. My analysis showed that women were more concerned about animal welfare and are more likely to engage in behaviors that reflected these attitudes, and those from non-rural areas were more concerned for the welfare of agricultural animals; however, the results revealed mixed results for determining if those from rural or non-rural areas were more likely to engage in behaviors related to their attitudes about agricultural animal welfare than geographic proximity.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

How humans treat animals is a popular topic of focus for research in a variety of academic fields, is discussed in numerous college-level courses, shows up as an important subject in public opinion polls, and influences the platforms of political candidates vying for the support of voters who identify either with the interests of livestock producers or those who seek greater regulation of farms to protect the rights and welfare of animals. I use gender and distance from animals as indicators for understanding differences between men and women and those in rural and urban locations. The national level data used for this analysis came from the 2007 Survey of Food, Farming and the Environment: Focus on Farm Animal Welfare. My analysis showed that women were more concerned about animal welfare and are more likely to engage in behaviors that reflected these attitudes, and those from non-rural areas were more concerned for the welfare of agricultural animals; however, the results revealed mixed results for determining if those from rural or non-rural areas were more likely to engage in behaviors related to their attitudes about agricultural animal welfare than geographic proximity.

Biographie de l'auteur

Angela Thatcher is a Ph.D. student and Graduate Teaching Associate in Rural Sociology at The Ohio State University. Her research interests are agriculture, animals, and food systems. A native of Ohio, Angela enjoys working on the family alpaca farm, reading, playing banjo, cooking, and spending time with her family, friends, boyfriend, and pets.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3847312456
ISBN 13 
9783847312451
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
112
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