This statistic illustrates the opinion of individuals about the volumes of food waste produced by each household in Italy in the year 2016, broken down by gender. According to data, over the survey period, 26 percent of the male respondents admitted that the food waste issue has been eliminated and this percentage increase to 39 percent when taking a look at female respondents. Such results confirmed the belief that the food waste problem among household was on a descending path.
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respondents are family members in charge of doing grocery shopping
Supplementary notes
The original survey question was phrased by the source as follows: "Si dice che una parte degli alimenti che ogni famiglia italiana acquista per il consumo a casa poi venga buttata via. Lei ha l'impressione che a casa sua questo cosiddetto 'spreco' di cibo sia:..". The source does not provide any additional information about the survey.
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Istituto Ixè. (December 1, 2016). According to you, what is the trend about the volume of food waste produced among households? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 22, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/713584/opinion-on-amount-of-food-waste-among-households-in-italy-by-gender/
Istituto Ixè. "According to you, what is the trend about the volume of food waste produced among households?." Chart. December 1, 2016. Statista. Accessed February 22, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/713584/opinion-on-amount-of-food-waste-among-households-in-italy-by-gender/
Istituto Ixè. (2016). According to you, what is the trend about the volume of food waste produced among households?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 22, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/713584/opinion-on-amount-of-food-waste-among-households-in-italy-by-gender/
Istituto Ixè. "According to You, What Is The Trend about The Volume of Food Waste Produced among Households?." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Dec 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/713584/opinion-on-amount-of-food-waste-among-households-in-italy-by-gender/
Istituto Ixè, According to you, what is the trend about the volume of food waste produced among households? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/713584/opinion-on-amount-of-food-waste-among-households-in-italy-by-gender/ (last visited February 22, 2025)
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