Study On The Information Level Of Pupils And Parents
Author:Sorin-George Toma, Costel Stanciu and Eugen Irimia
JEL:D18, P46
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Keywords:consumer information, consumption, consumer, consumerism, pupils
Abstract:
During the past centuries, consumption has become both one of the most discussed and
analyzed subjects in the literature and a mass phenomenon in society. In order to satisfy
their needs and to improve the quality of their life consumers need information and
education. Consumers’ information and education are promoted by a globally-developed
consumer movement.
The aims of our paper are to present the role of the consumer information and education in
society, and to analyze and highlight the results of a national project regarding the
information and education of Romanian young consumers, run by the Association for
Consumers Protection (APC) Romania. By using primary data obtained from a survey
based on a questionnaire, a set of three hypotheses was tested during our research. The
results of our research shows that a relatively small number of Romanian pupils from the
5th grade to 8th grade were aware of the negative effects of unhealthy food consumption and
of the fact that the unhealthy food consumption may give rise to obesity and ADHD
(agitation with attention deficit).