Animal Welfare as a Public Good in Polish Opinion

Abstract

The topic of public goods in agriculture has become a very important and widely discussed subject in recent years. The demand for public goods generated by agriculture results from the expectations of the whole society, and the goods themselves are considered as a part of public health. Accordingly, in this study an attempt was made to determine the importance of animal welfare, as an example of the public goods generated by agriculture, to the Polish citizens and its determinants. Empirical studies were conducted in the second quarter of 2017 on a representative sample of 500 Polish citizens. It was found that people in Poland generally rate animal welfare very highly (average score 88.43 on a scale of 0-100) and that there is a statistical difference in the assessment of the importance of animal welfare on grounds of interest in healthy food, the number of people in the household and sensitivity to the beauty of nature. Additionally, factors determining the importance of animal welfare include: consuming organic food, interest in culture, interest in fashion, sex, age and smoking.

Attitudes of Academic Youth Towards Farm Animal Welfare and Products Derived From Animals Kept Under Friendly Conditions

“…Prawie 62% respondentów z miast wyrażało taką opinię. W odniesieniu do istotności problematyki dobrostanu zwierząt gospodarskich uzyskano wyniki zbieżne do badań innych autorów [Małażewska, Gajos 2017].…”