abstract: 'Food waste generated at the household level represents about half of the

  total food waste in high-income countries, making consumers a target for

  food waste reduction strategies. To successfully reduce consumer food

  waste, it is necessary to have an understanding of factors influencing

  food waste behaviors (FWB). The objective of this study was to

  investigate socio-demographic predictors of FWB among consumers in two

  European countries: Denmark and Spain. Based on a survey involving 1518

  Danish and 1511 Spanish consumers, we examined the associations of age,

  sex, education, marital status, employment status, and household size

  with FWB. By using structural equation modeling based on confirmatory

  factor analysis, we created the variable FWB from self-reported food

  waste and two activities that have been correlated with the amount of

  food wasted in previous studies: namely, shopping routines and food

  preparation. Results show that being older, unemployed, and working

  part-time were associated with less food waste behavior in both

  countries. In Denmark, being male was associated with more food waste

  behavior, and living in a household with four or more people was

  associated with less food waste behavior. These results underscore the

  modest role of socio-demographic characteristics in predicting food

  waste behavior in Europe.'
affiliation: 'Grasso, AC (Corresponding Author), Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Fac Sci, Dept
  Hlth Sci, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands.

  Grasso, AC (Corresponding Author), Amsterdam Publ Hlth Res Inst, NL-1081 BT Amsterdam,
  Netherlands.

  Grasso, Alessandra C.; Olthof, Margreet R.; Boeve, Anja J.; Brouwer, Ingeborg A.,
  Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Fac Sci, Dept Hlth Sci, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands.

  Grasso, Alessandra C.; Olthof, Margreet R.; Boeve, Anja J.; Brouwer, Ingeborg A.,
  Amsterdam Publ Hlth Res Inst, NL-1081 BT Amsterdam, Netherlands.

  van Dooren, Corne, Netherlands Nutr Ctr, Voedingsctr, NL-2594 AC The Hague, Netherlands.

  Lahteenmaki, Liisa, Aarhus Univ, MAPP Ctr, DK-8210 Aarhus V, Denmark.'
article-number: '3244'
author: Grasso, Alessandra C. and Olthof, Margreet R. and Boeve, Anja J. and van Dooren,
  Corne and Lahteenmaki, Liisa and Brouwer, Ingeborg A.
author-email: 'alessandra.grasso@vu.nl

  margreet.olthof@vu.nl

  a.j.boeve@vu.nl

  dooren@voedingscentrum.nl

  liisal@mgmt.au.dk

  ingeborg.brouwer@vu.nl'
author_list:
- family: Grasso
  given: Alessandra C.
- family: Olthof
  given: Margreet R.
- family: Boeve
  given: Anja J.
- family: van Dooren
  given: Corne
- family: Lahteenmaki
  given: Liisa
- family: Brouwer
  given: Ingeborg A.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.3390/su11123244
eissn: 2071-1050
files: []
journal: SUSTAINABILITY
keywords: food waste; behavior; socio-demographic; predictors; SEM
keywords-plus: HOUSEHOLD; CONSUMER; COVARIANCE; GENERATION; BARRIERS; VALIDITY
language: English
month: JUN 2
number: '12'
number-of-cited-references: '47'
orcid-numbers: 'Grasso, Alessandra/0000-0002-2962-9502

  Brouwer, Ingeborg/0000-0002-8762-382X

  , Margreet/0000-0002-1982-9244'
papis_id: a4f21c35b57f25625251f331fb16afb1
ref: Grasso2019sociodemographicpred
researcherid-numbers: 'Brouwer, Inge D/K-8455-2013

  '
times-cited: '37'
title: Socio-Demographic Predictors of Food Waste Behavior in Denmark and Spain
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000473753700014
usage-count-last-180-days: '6'
usage-count-since-2013: '23'
volume: '11'
web-of-science-categories: 'Green \& Sustainable Science \& Technology; Environmental
  Sciences;

  Environmental Studies'
year: '2019'