Public Concern with Animal Well-Being: Place, Social Structural Location, and Individual Experience

Autor/inn/en	Kendall, Holli A.; Lobao, Linda M.; Sharp, Jeff S.
Titel	Public Concern with Animal Well-Being: Place, Social Structural Location, and Individual Experience
Quelle	In: Rural Sociology, 71 (2006) 3, S.399-428 (30 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-0112
Schlagwörter	Animals; Animal Husbandry; Children; Well Being; Public Opinion; Attitudes; Social Influences; Experience; Gender Differences; Socioeconomic Influences; Educational Attainment; Age Differences; Racial Differences; Rural Urban Differences; Ohio + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Animal; Tier; Tiere; Tierhaltung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Öffentliche Meinung; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Sozialer Einfluss; Erfahrung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Rassenunterschied; Stadt-Land-Beziehung
Abstract	While sociologists and the public at large are increasingly interested in the life conditions of animals, conceptual and empirical development of the topic is limited. This paper seeks to further develop the sociological research on attitudes toward animal well-being. We build on insights from contemporary stratification theory to explain the nature of animal attitudes and their determinants. We also extend past work by examining a broader range of factors related to attitudes about animal well-being, focusing on place, other social structural factors, and individuals' unique animal-related experiences. Data are from a survey of over 4,000 Ohio residents conducted in 2002. We find that childhood experience has the greatest place-based effect on attitudes. Other findings highlight the importance of social structural factors, suggesting support for the "underdog hypothesis." Women, people experiencing economic hardship, those with less education, younger and middle aged people, and blacks tend to be more concerned with animal well-being. Individualized, experiential variables are also important. Our results reflect the complexity of attitudes about animals and point to the need for greater sociological attention to factors left largely unexplored in previous studies, including childhood place-based factors, economic hardship, and individuals' unique animal-related experiences. (Contains 4 tables and 8 footnotes.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10