This article presents a comparative study of public perceptions of food risk across 25 European member states. A secondary data analysis is conducted on a Eurobarometer survey fielded to nationally representative samples in 2005. The survey included closed questions as well as free associations to map risk perceptions. Taking a quantitative approach, we find that people in a majority of European countries express similar levels of concern about food risks. However, outside this majority a North-South divide is evident, with the Northern countries worrying less than the Southern countries. Multilevel modeling shows that cross-national differences in individual respondents' level of worry are in part attributable to shared country effects and to generalized risk sensitivity about a range of personal risks. On the underlying structure of food risk concerns, factor analysis points to three dimensions described by groupings of risks related to adulteration and contamination, health effects, and production and hygiene. A qualitative analysis of respondents' free associations about problems and risks with food identifies three major themes that are consistent with the quantitative results. However, the free associations also point toward greater cross-national diversity and to striking variations in the range and importance of food risks. Overall, the picture is of a public that frames food risks in a wider context of beliefs about the links between diet and health. We conclude with some implications for research on food risk perceptions in particular and risk perception studies in general.

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:本文对欧洲25个成员国的公众对食品风险的看法进行了比较研究。二次数据分析是在2005年对欧洲晴雨表进行的一次欧洲晴雨表调查中进行的,该调查针对的是全国代表性的样本。该调查包括封闭的问题以及建立风险感知图的免费协会。采用定量方法,我们发现大多数欧洲国家的人们对食品风险表达了相似的关注水平。但是,在多数之外,明显存在南北分歧,北方国家所担心的比南方国家要少。多级建模表明,各个受访者的担忧程度之间的跨国差异部分归因于共同的国家效应以及对一系列个人风险的普遍风险敏感性。关于食品风险关注的基本结构,因素分析指向三个维度,这些维度通过与掺假和污染,健康影响以及生产和卫生有关的风险分组来描述。对受访者关于食品问题和风险的自由联想的定性分析确定了与定量结果相一致的三个主要主题。但是,自由协会还指出了更大的跨国多样性,并指出了食品风险范围和重要性的显着差异。总体而言,该图描绘的是一个公众,其在关于饮食与健康之间的联系的更广泛的信念中描述了食物风险。我们得出结论,特别是对食品风险认知的研究和总体风险认知的研究。

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