Journal of Integrative Agriculture ›› 2015, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (6): 995-1007.DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(14)60984-9

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Demographics, societal aging, and meat consumption in China

 MIN  Shi, BAI  Jun-fei, James  Seale Jr., Thomas  Wahl   

  1. 1、Institute of Development and Agricultural Economics, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover 30167, Germany
    2、College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, P.R.China
    3、Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611, USA
    4、Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, North Dakota State University, Fargo 58102, USA
  • 收稿日期:2014-07-05 出版日期:2015-06-05 发布日期:2015-06-11
  • 通讯作者: BAI Jun-fei, Tel: +86-10-62738058,E-mail: jfbai@cau.edu.cn
  • 作者简介:MIN Shi, Tel: +49-511762-19928, E-mail: min@ifgb.uni-hannover.de;
  • 基金资助:

    The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (71273009); USDA, Economic Research Service, Cooperative Agreement (58-3000-7-0060); USDA, the Agricultural Food Research Initiative of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (2010-65400-20489); USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service, th Emerging Markets Program Grant (2010-72); and Chinese Universities Scientific Fund (2014RC017).

Demographics, societal aging, and meat consumption in China

 MIN  Shi, BAI  Jun-fei, James  Seale Jr., Thomas  Wahl   

  1. 1、Institute of Development and Agricultural Economics, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover 30167, Germany
    2、College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, P.R.China
    3、Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611, USA
    4、Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, North Dakota State University, Fargo 58102, USA
  • Received:2014-07-05 Online:2015-06-05 Published:2015-06-11
  • Contact: BAI Jun-fei, Tel: +86-10-62738058,E-mail: jfbai@cau.edu.cn
  • About author:MIN Shi, Tel: +49-511762-19928, E-mail: min@ifgb.uni-hannover.de;
  • Supported by:

    The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (71273009); USDA, Economic Research Service, Cooperative Agreement (58-3000-7-0060); USDA, the Agricultural Food Research Initiative of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (2010-65400-20489); USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service, th Emerging Markets Program Grant (2010-72); and Chinese Universities Scientific Fund (2014RC017).

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摘要： Drawn on the data collected by surveying 1340 urban households from six cities in China, this paper estimates the impacts of demographic structure and population aging on household meat consumption, by jointly considering meat consumed at home and away from home. Based on the trajectories of population, a simple simulation on meat demand trend in China is conducted subsequently. The results suggest: 1) Meat consumed away from home averagely accounts for near 30% of household total meat consumption in terms of quantity, so that its omission likely leads to a significant underestimate of total meat consumption and misunderstanding the driving forces; 2) population aging significantly and negatively affects per capita meat consumption, suggesting that the expected meat demand in China without considering population aging will be overestimated. The findings from this study have important implications for better understanding the relative issues on China’s meat consumption under the situation of population aging.

关键词: food away from home , meat consumption , aging , China

Abstract: Drawn on the data collected by surveying 1340 urban households from six cities in China, this paper estimates the impacts of demographic structure and population aging on household meat consumption, by jointly considering meat consumed at home and away from home. Based on the trajectories of population, a simple simulation on meat demand trend in China is conducted subsequently. The results suggest: 1) Meat consumed away from home averagely accounts for near 30% of household total meat consumption in terms of quantity, so that its omission likely leads to a significant underestimate of total meat consumption and misunderstanding the driving forces; 2) population aging significantly and negatively affects per capita meat consumption, suggesting that the expected meat demand in China without considering population aging will be overestimated. The findings from this study have important implications for better understanding the relative issues on China’s meat consumption under the situation of population aging.

Key words: food away from home , meat consumption , aging , China