Table 2.

Consumer emphasis on different factors when evaluating the four castration methods: surgical castration with anesthesia; surgical castration without anesthesia; vaccination against boar taint; no castration

When evaluating the four castration methods, what was more important to you? Animal welfare, food safety or eating quality?
Factor (evaluating methods)	All respondents	18–29 years	30–39 years	40–59 years	60+ years
Animal welfare	49	57	54	51	37
Food safety	10	8	12	11	11
Eating quality	13	9	10	12	19
Equally important	24	20	19	24	28
Uncertain	4	6	4	3	5

Consumers were asked to choose only one of the provided choices when answering the question. All values are presented as percentages