Abstract:
The objectives of this research were to: 1. study behaviors of clean food purchase; 2. study important level of previous experiences, behavioral beliefs, attitudes and intentions of clean food purchase; 3. study the influence of previous experiences and behavioral beliefs influencing toward cognitive, affective, and behavioral attitude of clean food purchase; and 4. study the influence of attitudes towards clean food purchase intentions of Generation Y in Bangkok. This quantitative research conducted survey on persons who intended to or acknowledge clean food products in Bangkok. The confidential level was set at 95 percent. Since the exact number of populations was unknown, the data was compiled from 400 cases of sample group. The questionnaire was used as tool for gathering data. The descriptive statistics, including percentage, mean, standard deviation, were employed for data analysis. And multiple regression analysis was applied for hypothesis test. The results found that the majority of respondents were female; aged between 21 and 30 years; education level was Bachelors degree and undergraduate students; and income between 10,000 and 20,000 Baht. The perception level of previous experiences, behavioral beliefs, cognitive attitudes, affective attitudes, behavioral attitudes and purchasing intention were all important at high level. The hypothesis test results showed that previous experiences and behavioral beliefs had positive relationship with three aspects of attitudes. In addition, three aspects of attitudes influenced purchasing intention of clean food with statistical significance at level of 0.05.