Valuing lives saved from safer food--a cautionary tale revisited.

This article was presented in a principal paper session at the AAEA annual meeting (Portland, OR, July 2007). The articles in these sessions are not subjected to the journal's standard refereeing process. Table 1. Summary Statistics Variable Mean S.D. Min. Max. Health, HI -1.4 2.7 -5.0 7.0 Body mass, BMI 28.0 6.2 15.9 60.5 Risk, RI 4.3 2.6 -4.0 9.1 Food preparation, FPI 137.9 23.6 13.0 200.0 Self-protection 22.9 14.3 12.0 120.0

effect, SPEI Inc. risk reduction, IRRI -24.1 28.4 -60.0 60.0 Household income 64,913.2 42,804.2 2,500.0 200,000.0 Table 2. Correlation Matrix

HI BMI RI FPI Health, HI 1 Body mass, BMI 0.178 1 Risk, RI 1 Food prep., FPI 0.188 1 Self-prot., SPEI -0.25 Inc. risk red., IRRI -0.08 -0.087 Income -0.201 -0.091 0.158 -0.073

SPEI IRRI Income Health, HI Body mass, BMI Risk, RI Food prep., FPI Self-prot., SPEI 1 Inc. risk red., IRRI 0.115 1 Income 0.064 1 Note: Entries in bold are significant at the 1% level. Correlations that are not significant at the 10% level are not reported. Table 3. Correlation Matrix Between Responses to Question 43

q43_beef q43_pork q43_chicken q43_beef 1 q43_pork 0.92 1 q43_chicken 0.87 0.89 1 Note: Entries in bold are significant at the 1% level. Correlations that are not significant at the 10% level are not reported.