| Creator:
| Dominguez-Viera, M.E. |
| Creator:
| van den Berg, M. |
| Creator:
| Handgraaf, M. |
| Creator:
| Donovan, J.A. |
| Year:
| 2023 |
| URI:
| https://hdl.handle.net/10883/22458 |
| Language:
| English |
| Publisher:
| Elsevier |
| Copyright:
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| Type:
| Article |
| Country focus:
| Mexico City |
| Place of Publication:
| Netherlands |
| Volume:
| 49 |
| DOI:
| 10.1016/j.ehb.2022.101215 |
| Keywords:
| Healthier Diets |
| Keywords:
| Poverty Psychology |
| Keywords:
| Dual System Model |
| Description:
| Living in poverty can present cognitive biases that exacerbate constraints to achieving healthier diets. Better diets could imply food choice upgrades within certain food categories, such as electing processed foods with an improved nutritional profile. This study evaluated the influence of monetary and health concerns on the willingness to pay (WTP) for healthier processed foods in a low-income section of Mexico City. We employed priming techniques from the scarcity literature, which are applied for the first time to healthier food purchasing behaviours in low-income settings. Our predictions are based on a dual system framework, with choices resulting from the interaction of deliberative and affective aspects. The WTP was elicited through a BDM mechanism with 423 participants. Results showed that induced poverty concerns reduced the valuations of one of the study's healthier food varieties by 0.17 standard deviations. The latter effect did not differ by income level. The WTP for a healthier bread product but one with relatively high sugar and fat content was reduced by induced poverty concerns only among certain consumers without bread purchasing restrictions (78% of the sample). Potential mechanisms were assessed through regression analysis and structural equation modelling. The relationship between poverty concerns and WTP was mediated by increased levels of stress. While we could not rule out impact on cognitive load, it was not deemed a mediator in this study. Our findings signal that improvements in economic and psychological well-being among low-income consumers may aid to increase their demand for healthier processed foods. |
| Agrovoc:
| DIET |
| Agrovoc:
| POVERTY |
| Agrovoc:
| PSYCHOLOGY |
| Agrovoc:
| STRESS |
| Agrovoc:
| WILLINGNESS TO PAY |
| ISSN:
| 1570-677X |
| Journal:
| Economics and Human Biology |
| Article number:
| 101215 |
