The Study on the Foodborne Diseases of Harbin Consumers and the Influencing Factors of Foodborne Diseases
Kaixin Qu
Xinhua College of Sun Yat-SEN University, Guangzhou, China
Abstract—It was necessary to understand the situation of foodborne diseases infringement on consumers and to verify the relationship between foodborne diseases infringement and consumers. This research investigated the influence degree of foodborne diseases and their influencing factors of the consumers in Harbin through a random survey of 307 people, analyzed survey data with SPSS 20, and established dual- logistic-model. Food safety knowledge (P<0.05) and food safety behavior (P<0.01) had significant statistical differences with whether they were affected by foodborne diseases, while age, educational background, occupation, expenditure on food and special family members also had significant statistical differences with whether they were affected by foodborne diseases (P<0.05).
Index Terms—foodborne diseases, food safety knowledge, food safety behaviorCite: Kaixin Qu, "The Study on the Foodborne Diseases of Harbin Consumers and the Influencing Factors of Foodborne Diseases," International Journal of Food Engineering, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 164-170, September 2019. doi: 10.18178/ijfe.5.3.164-170