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Vienna, 2009-10-27 – Women bought significantly more often organic products than men, the major differences occurred in the categories organic fruits and organic vegetables (difference: 9.4 percentage points) as well as organic milk and milk products (difference: 7.1 percentage points). During the last three years women bought less often electric devices than men, however female respondents considered energy efficiency and durability almost as often as male respondents. These are results of a survey conducted by Statistics Austria.

Men and women showed the same rate of waste separation and also the consideration of local environment issues when choosing their holiday destination was alike.

The mobility behavior of men and women showed significant differences: Women used more often public transport (30.5 per cent daily or several times a week) than men (25.5 per cent daily or several times a week). In contrast men drove private motor cars more frequently (76.0 per cent daily or several times a week) than women (64.4 per cent daily or several times a week).

The results show that the ecological behaviour of male and female respondents was not only influenced by their ecological motivation but also by spending capacity and different gender specific preferences.

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