Citation  | European Commission, Brussels (2016): Flash Eurobarometer 425 (Food Waste and Date Marking). TNS Political & Social [producer]. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA6647 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.12515 |
| Study No. | ZA6647 |
| Title | Flash Eurobarometer 425 (Food Waste and Date Marking) |
| Current Version | 1.0.0, 2016-4-21, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.12515 |
| Date of Collection | 27.08.2015 - 03.09.2015 |
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| Abstract | Food waste and date marking. Topics: most important actors in preventing food waste; helpful measures to reduce personal food waste: clearer information with regard to expiry dates, clearer information on product labels (e.g. on storage and preparation), better meal planning, availability of smaller portion sizes, using up leftovers, freeze food for longer preservation; awareness of expiry dates when shopping or preparing meals; meaning of ´best before´; meaning of ´use by´; importance of expiry dates on non-perishable foods; assumed use of non-perishable foods without expiry date: use it anyway, use it if package is not damaged and product looks all right, throw it away, respondent never looks at dates; use of products which have to be used within a certain number of days: use it if package is not damaged and product looks all right, throw it away, respondent never looks at dates, depends on type of food. Demography: age; sex; nationality; age at end of education; occupation; professional position; type of community; own a mobile phone and fixed (landline) phone; household composition and household size; region; weighting factor. Additionally coded was: respondent ID; country; type of phone line; nation group. |
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| Universe | Population of the respective nationalities of the European Union Member States and other EU nationals, resident in each of the 28 Member States and aged 15 years and over |
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| Data Collector | TNS Dimarso, Brussels, Belgium; TNS BBSS, Sofia, Bulgaria; TNS Aisa s.r.o., Prague, Czech Republic; TNS GALLUP A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark; TNS Infratest, Munich, Germany; TNS Emor, Tallinn, Estonia; IMS Millward Brown, Dublin, Ireland; TNS ICAP, Athens, Greece; TNS Demoscopia S.A., Madrid, Spain; TNS Sofres, Montrouge, France; TNS ITALIA, Milan, Italy; CYMAR, Nicosia, Cyprus; TNS Latvia, Riga, Latvia; TNS LT, Vilnius, Lithuania; TNS Dimarso, Luxembourg, Luxembourg; TNS Hoffmann Kft, Budapest, Hungary; MISCO International Ltd, Valletta, Malta; TNS NIPO, Amsterdam, Netherlands; TNS Austria, Vienna, Austria; TNS OBOP, Warsaw, Poland; TNS EUROTESTE, Lisbon, Portugal; TNS CSOP, Bucharest, Romania; RM PLUS, Maribor, Slovenia; TNS AISA Slovakia, Bratislava, Slovakia; TNS GALLUP Oy, Espoo, Finland; TNS SIFO, Stockholm, Sweden; TNS UK, London, United Kingdom; HENDAL, Zagreb, Croatia; TNS Political & Social, Brussels (international co-ordination) |
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