A validated survey to measure household food waste

To assess household food waste in large-scale studies with the aim to understand differences in food waste levels between households, surveys are often employed. Yet, survey measures rely on people's awareness of their own food waste levels, draw upon their memory of instances of food waste, and can be subject to social desirability. Therefore, existing survey measures may not be optimal in measuring household food waste. The Household Food Waste Questionnaire has been developed to ameliorate these issues. It uses a pre-announcement to increase awareness of food waste, focuses on a short and specific time period (i.e. the past week), and specifies detailed product categories, whereas previous surveys mostly used general questions without reference to time period or product category. The amount of household food waste estimated using the Household Food Waste Questionnaire is likely to considerably underestimate the actual amount, so the method should not be used to obtain accurate waste amounts, but rather to distinguish differences between households and/or across time. Advantages compared to existing survey methods are that it: • Distinguishes better between households with low versus high levels of food waste • Correlates more highly with other measurements of household food waste (diary, kitchen caddy, photograph coding)

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Main Authors: van Herpen, Erica, van Geffen, Lisanne, Nijenhuis-de Vries, Mariska, Holthuysen, Nancy, van der Lans, Ivo, Quested, Tom
Format: Article/Letter to editor biblioteca
Language:English
Subjects:Consumer, Food waste, Household food waste questionnaire, Measurement, Questionnaire,
Online Access:https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/a-validated-survey-to-measure-household-food-waste
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spelling dig-wur-nl-wurpubs-5569982024-10-02 van Herpen, Erica van Geffen, Lisanne Nijenhuis-de Vries, Mariska Holthuysen, Nancy van der Lans, Ivo Quested, Tom Article/Letter to editor MethodsX 6 (2019) ISSN: 2215-0161 A validated survey to measure household food waste 2019 To assess household food waste in large-scale studies with the aim to understand differences in food waste levels between households, surveys are often employed. Yet, survey measures rely on people's awareness of their own food waste levels, draw upon their memory of instances of food waste, and can be subject to social desirability. Therefore, existing survey measures may not be optimal in measuring household food waste. The Household Food Waste Questionnaire has been developed to ameliorate these issues. It uses a pre-announcement to increase awareness of food waste, focuses on a short and specific time period (i.e. the past week), and specifies detailed product categories, whereas previous surveys mostly used general questions without reference to time period or product category. The amount of household food waste estimated using the Household Food Waste Questionnaire is likely to considerably underestimate the actual amount, so the method should not be used to obtain accurate waste amounts, but rather to distinguish differences between households and/or across time. Advantages compared to existing survey methods are that it: • Distinguishes better between households with low versus high levels of food waste • Correlates more highly with other measurements of household food waste (diary, kitchen caddy, photograph coding) en application/pdf https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/a-validated-survey-to-measure-household-food-waste 10.1016/j.mex.2019.10.029 https://edepot.wur.nl/508931 Consumer Food waste Household food waste questionnaire Measurement Questionnaire https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Wageningen University & Research
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topic Consumer
Food waste
Household food waste questionnaire
Measurement
Questionnaire
Consumer
Food waste
Household food waste questionnaire
Measurement
Questionnaire
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Food waste
Household food waste questionnaire
Measurement
Questionnaire
Consumer
Food waste
Household food waste questionnaire
Measurement
Questionnaire
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van Geffen, Lisanne
Nijenhuis-de Vries, Mariska
Holthuysen, Nancy
van der Lans, Ivo
Quested, Tom
A validated survey to measure household food waste
description To assess household food waste in large-scale studies with the aim to understand differences in food waste levels between households, surveys are often employed. Yet, survey measures rely on people's awareness of their own food waste levels, draw upon their memory of instances of food waste, and can be subject to social desirability. Therefore, existing survey measures may not be optimal in measuring household food waste. The Household Food Waste Questionnaire has been developed to ameliorate these issues. It uses a pre-announcement to increase awareness of food waste, focuses on a short and specific time period (i.e. the past week), and specifies detailed product categories, whereas previous surveys mostly used general questions without reference to time period or product category. The amount of household food waste estimated using the Household Food Waste Questionnaire is likely to considerably underestimate the actual amount, so the method should not be used to obtain accurate waste amounts, but rather to distinguish differences between households and/or across time. Advantages compared to existing survey methods are that it: • Distinguishes better between households with low versus high levels of food waste • Correlates more highly with other measurements of household food waste (diary, kitchen caddy, photograph coding)
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van Geffen, Lisanne
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Holthuysen, Nancy
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Quested, Tom
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