한국인의 쇠고기 소비패턴 -거주 국가에 따른 비교분석-

Beef Consumption Patterns of Korean -Comparative Analyses by Living Country-

Koreans prefer Korea beef to imported beef. The volume of imported beef is being increased in Korea. Consumers preference may be changed when they consume the imported beef more. The purposes of this study are to analyze the changes of the Koreans preference and perception to Korean beef and imported beef. Koreans who are living in Korea prefer Korean beef to imported beef. However, Koreans who are living in U.S.A. may prefer U.S. beef or keep neutral between the two kinds of beefs. Questionnaire were given to Koreans who were living in Korea and U.S.A. from January to April in 2014. SPSS 18.0 was used for the analyses. T-test was used for comparative analysis by living country about beef and multiple regression analysis was used for analyzing impacts of age and period of reside in United States to quality evaluation about Korean beef and U.S. beef. In the result, Korean consumers had differences in all perception variables about U.S. beef by living country, but hadn t in Korean beef. And Korean consumers living in Korea and United States evaluated that Korean beef had better quality than U.S. beef. Finally, only period of reside in United States had positive impacts to perception of U.S. beef quality. Korean beef should try to keep high quality and image. Government need to active support and intensive control beef traceability system and origin labeling. Imported beef market may be expanded in the future. So prepare countermeasure for low-grade Korean beef about increasing of the imported beef in Korean market.