中国《公众对水产动物福利的认知调查报告》-Public attitudes towards aquatic animal welfare.docx

Publicattitudestowardsaquaticanimalwelfare

Surveypreparedfor:

October2024

1.Backgroundresearchdesign

Researchdesignsample

Toanswertheresearchquestions,anonlinesurvey

of±12minuteswasdesigned,which12301

respondentsfrom12differentcountriescompleted.ThefieldworkranfromMarch20thtoApril5th2024.

Datawereweightedineachcountrytobe

nationallyrepresentativebyage,genderandregion.

ThisreporthighlightstheresultsfromChina.

The12countriesincluded:China,CzechRepublic,France,Germany,Greece,Italy,Poland,Spain,Sweden,TheNetherlands,UnitedKingdom,USA

Pleasenotethatduetorounding,percentagesonsomegraphsmayaddupto101%,andthetop-2scoresmaydifferby1%fromtheactualunderlyingscores.

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Questionnaire

Thequestionnaireconsistedofthefollowingtopics:

-Background

-AttitudesTowardsAnimals

-ImportanceAwarenessofAquaticAnimalWelfare

-ConsumptionHabitsBehaviour

-WelfareLabelling

-SociodemoProfiling

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2.Results

2.1Attitudes

TowardsAnimals

Mostpeopleagreethatfishcanfeelpain.Thereismoredoubtontheemotional/intelligencestatements,thoughthetrendispositive.

“Q5.Towhatextentdoyouagreeordisagreewitheachofthefollowingstatements?”

Fishfeelpain*

Fishfeelnegativeemotions,e.g.,fear

Fishareintelligent*

Fishfeelpositiveemotions,e.g.,pleasure

Fisharesentient

10%19%

8%20%

10%

10%

10%

10%

4%14%

42%

48%

44%

41%

45%

27%

23%

17%

19%

37%

Top-2%

(tendto/strongly

agree)

69%

71%

61%

60%

82%

0%100%

DontknowStronglydisagreeTendtodisagreeTendtoagreeStronglyagree

7*Thisstatementwasnegatedinthequestionnaire(i.e.‘Fishdonotfeelpain’/’Fisharenotintelligent’).Forthesakeofuniforminterpretation,thestatementisreversedhereinthereport.

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2.2Importance

Awarenessof

AquaticAnimal

Welfare

Mostpeoplebelieveweshouldprotectthewel