Consuming Anxiety?

Gong, Qian; Jackson, Peter

doi:10.2752/175174412x13414122382764

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“…In practice, many manufacturers are using a ‘dry-mix’ or a ‘dry and wet combined’ process, which allows them to use main ingredients sourced from a foreign country or region (Blanchard, et al ., 2013). Similar to previous qualitative findings (Gong and Jackson, 2012; Hanser and Li, 2015), our results indicated that Chinese mothers were not necessarily able to recognize between foreign and domestic brands, although all the brands we selected were popular brands (IIMedia Research, 2019; Yang and Yu, 2019). This finding should be considered in a wider context as the Chinese formula market has drawn many domestic and overseas players: in 2018 there were 30 big brands occupying 75.3% of market, and a number of smaller brands occupying the rest of the market (Yang and Yu, 2019).…”

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confidence: 87%

“…Preliminary qualitative studies suggest that Chinese consumers lack the ability to correctly interpret cues about origin. For instance, they were not necessarily able to distinguish some domestic and foreign brands, and they had low awareness of the complex supply chain underlying international brands (Gong and Jackson, 2012; Hanser and Li, 2015; Kendall, et al ., 2018). There is a lack of quantitative insights on this issue.…”

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Consumer perceptions on the origin of infant formula: a survey with urban Chinese mothers

Shan

et al. 2021

Journal of Dairy Research

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The consumer survey reported in this research paper aims to understand how Chinese mothers learn about and confirm the origin of powdered infant formulas (henceforward formulas), their knowledge level and preferences between formulas from different origins. With globalization, dairy companies can source ingredients for domestic production and manufacture finished products across the world. Chinese consumers are now facing a variety of formulas with different brand origin, main ingredient origin (‘nai yuan’), manufacturing origin, and country-of-purchase. Drawing on a large representative sample of Chinese mothers who have purchased formulas, we found that most of them had intensively engaged in learning about and confirming formulas' origin through different strategies. However, they may not interpret related cues correctly: a majority of Chinese mothers incorrectly considered the ‘main ingredient origin’ as the ‘manufacturing place’ and could not necessarily recognize between ‘foreign’ and ‘domestic’ brands. Among formulas from different origins, authentic foreign branded, produced and packaged formulas showed a high popularity in Tier 1 & 2 cities and among more knowledgeable consumers. In low-tier cities, these products were equally popular as domestically branded and produced formulas using imported milk powders and other ingredients. Formulas directly acquired from overseas markets through unofficial channels were least favoured by consumers. The study shows that Chinese consumers' previous one-sided endorsement towards foreign formulas appears to have weakened. Decisions made by formula companies on the origin of the main ingredient and the place of manufacture would influence product attractiveness, and the segments of Chinese consumers to target.

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Consumer perceptions on the origin of infant formula: a survey with urban Chinese mothers

Shan

et al. 2021

Journal of Dairy Research

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“…In addition, as educational attainment advances, women began to pursue gender equality and the degree of pursuit was positively associated with educational level [32]. Therefore, women’s attitudes toward gender roles differ throughout the generations [33]. In the context of urbanization brought about by rapid economic development, women with higher educational attainment tend to have better capacity to adapt to such changes.…”

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“…In the context of urbanization brought about by rapid economic development, women with higher educational attainment tend to have better capacity to adapt to such changes. Higher education often results in a better income yet heavier workload frequently encountered in a full time job that prevent her from breastfeeding and resort to infant formula instead [33, 34]. In general, educational attainment is one of the most important individual determinants that influence breastfeeding practices in the five age groups.…”

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Breastfeeding duration of different age groups and its associated factors among Chinese women: a cross-sectional study

Tang

Liu

et al. 2019

Int Breastfeed J

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Background The current situation of breastfeeding in China has been discussed in many articles, and a declining trend of breastfeeding duration has been confirmed. The associations between various socioeconomic, reproductive factors and breastfeeding duration have been discussed as well. However, there remains a lack of evidence on breastfeeding duration amongst different age groups. Methods Data was extracted from the baseline of a large cohort study: a sample of 300,000 adult women born in the 1930s’ through 1970s’ from 10 geographically distinct regions was obtained. The breastfeeding duration was assumed by breastfeeding duration of the first child. Different age groups were categorized by 10-year age groups, and they were born in 1930–1938, 1939–1948, 1949–1958, 1959–1968, and 1969–1974. Multivariable linear regression was used to evaluate the associations between breastfeeding duration and sociodemographic, and reproductive factors (i.e.: different age groups, education, household size, use of oral contraceptive pills, age at menarche, and age at first birth). Results The mean breastfeeding duration (Standard Deviation) of women born in 1930–1938, 1939–1948, 1949–1958, 1959–1968, and 1969–1974 were 15.4 (9.2), 14.8 (8.2), 14.7 (8.9), 12.8 (7.2), 13.1 (7.2) months, respectively. Younger age groups, higher levels of education, and use of oral contraceptive pills were negatively associated with breastfeeding duration. In particular, the negative association with higher levels of education (for urban regions: β middle school = − 1.3, β high school & above = − 1.6; for rural regions: β middle school = − 0.6, β high school & above = − 1.2; all p < 0.0001) was found significant in both rural and urban areas, household size (β = − 0.1, p < 0.0001) and age at first birth (β = − 0.2, p < 0.0001) were negatively associated with breastfeeding duration only in urban areas, but were all positively associated with breastfeeding duration in rural areas. Conclusions This research demonstrated that, among Chinese women, younger age groups and higher levels of education were negatively associated with breastfeeding duration. Considering the declining trend of breastfeeding duration in China, healthcare providers need to continue advocating for breastfeeding practices. We also call for collaboration with various sectors and concerned groups to actions that promote breastfeeding-friendly environment and measures.

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“…The social anxiety about food safety problems has become the major food concern in contemporary China. In their research on (grand)parenting practices after the 2008 infant milk powder scandal in China, Gong and Jackson () indicate that the unsafe food environment not only undermines Chinese (grand)parents’ trust in domestic infant formula and encourages their high loyalty to foreign (imported) brands, but also influences familial intergenerational relations, in particular relations between young mothers and their in‐laws, as people from these two generations have different knowledge of childcare.…”

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Family‐based food practices and their intergenerational geographies in contemporary Guangzhou, China

Liu

2017

Trans Inst British Geog

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Social geography research on familial spaces and intimate relations has generated valuable literatures on parenting and grand‐parenting in modern nuclear families. However, the complex intergenerational relations and geographies of multi‐generational households remain under‐researched, limiting geographers’ understanding of familial spatialities. This paper reports on research exploring intergenerational relationships through the lens of family‐based food practices in temporary three‐generational households of Guangzhou, the largest city in south China. It draws on five case studies with Xiaokang (middle‐level) households. It examines how intergenerational relations are performed through everyday food practices, exploring their geographies in terms of both domestic space and wider family geographies. The key arguments suggest that domestic spaces are significant to cultural transmission and transition and emotional communication across generations, and key sites for intergenerational segregation and integration.

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Consuming Anxiety?

Cited by 44 publications

References 37 publications

Consumer perceptions on the origin of infant formula: a survey with urban Chinese mothers

Consumer perceptions on the origin of infant formula: a survey with urban Chinese mothers

Breastfeeding duration of different age groups and its associated factors among Chinese women: a cross-sectional study

Family‐based food practices and their intergenerational geographies in contemporary Guangzhou, China

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