Table 3.
Responses to attitude questions about the impact of type of pig and chicken farming system on animal welfare, with differences between mean responses.
| Likert Scale Response | Mean Response 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strongly Disagree | Disagree | Neither Disagree nor Agree | Agree | Strongly Agree | ||
| PIG FARMING SYSTEMS | ||||||
| I believe indoor intensive farming of pigs is better for food safety | 9 | 23 | 67 | 67 | 12 | 3.28 |
| I believe indoor intensive farming systems are better for the welfare of the pigs | 8 | 42 | 75 | 39 | 14 | 3.05 |
| I believe outdoor farming systems where pigs are in groups and able to roam are better for the welfare of the pig | 4 | 7 | 34 | 105 | 28 | 3.82 |
| I believe housing sows in individual stalls is better for the welfare of the sow | 3 | 22 | 56 | 75 | 22 | 3.51 |
| I believe it is desirable to house pigs in a group situation | 4 | 17 | 65 | 75 | 17 | 3.47 |
| CHICKEN FARMING SYSTEMS | ||||||
| I believe indoor intensive farming of meat chickens is better for food safety | 10 | 27 | 57 | 68 | 16 | 3.29 |
| I believe indoor intensive farming systems are better for the welfare of the chicken | 11 | 46 | 66 | 44 | 11 | 2.98 |
| I believe outdoor farming systems where chickens are in groups and able to roam are better for the welfare of the chicken | 1 | 6 | 47 | 98 | 26 | 3.79 |
1 Mean responses were calculated by attributing numbers 1–5 for ‘strongly disagree’ to ‘strongly agree’, respectively.