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Ciência Téc. Vitiv.
Volume 34, Number 2, 2019
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Page(s) | 71 - 83 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/ctv/20193402071 | |
Published online | 28 August 2019 |
Wine consumption in China: profiling the 21st century Chinese wine consumer
Consumo de vinho na China: perfil médio do consumidor Chinês de vinho do século XXI
1
Regional Development Institute, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Campus Universitario s/n, Albacete 02071 Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
2
Department of Business Administration, Eastern Connecticut State University, 83 Windham Street, Willimantic 06226 Connecticut, USA
3
School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P.R. China
* Corresponding author: Tel: +1-860-465-0478, e-mail: villanuevae@easternct.edu
Received:
20
June
2019
Accepted:
20
August
2019
This article determines the factors that influence Chinese wine consumption and, thus, contribute to define an average Chinese wine consumer profile for the years 2000 to 2014. The article proposes a model that explains the variations in the consumption of wine in China, because of traditional factors of the theory of demand (price of wine, income, and price of a substitute good), and sociodemographic factors (age, gender, marital status, level of education, geographical area, and tourism activities). The article reveals that an increased income, a married marital status, living in an urban area, and tourism activities, significantly and positively contributed to the increase of wine consumption in China. In addition, the article demonstrates that wine is not a substitute of beer in China, and that it is hard to associate an increase of wine consumption with the gender and the educational level of the average Chinese. In contrast, age negatively and significantly influenced the wine consumption in China, meaning that wine consumers are becoming younger.
Resumo
Este artigo analisa os fatores que influenciam o consumo de vinho na China e, assim, contribui para definir um perfil médio de consumidor para os anos de 2000 a 2014. O artigo propõe um modelo que explica as variações no consumo de vinho na China, com base nos fatores clássicos da teoria da procura (preço do vinho, rendimento e preço de um bem substituto) e fatores sociodemográficos (idade, sexo, estado civil, grau de instrução, área geográfica e atividades turísticas). O artigo revela que um aumento do rendimento, o estado civil casado, viver numa área urbana e a presença de atividades turísticas contribuíram de forma significativa e positiva para o aumento do consumo de vinho. Além disso, o artigo demonstra que na China o vinho não é um substituto da cerveja, e que é difícil associar um aumento do consumo de vinho ao género e ao nível educacional do chinês médio. Em contraste, a idade influenciou, de modo negativo e significativo, o consumo de vinho na China, o que significa que os consumidores de vinho estão a tornar-se mais jovens.
Key words: wine / China / demographics / consumption
Palavras-chave: vinho / China / demografia / consumo
© Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. / Ex-Estação Vitivinícola Nacional 2019
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