Data for: How food control tool portfolios shape traceability compliance in local food supply chains: Evidence from traditional food markets in southern China
Description
This dataset contains anonymised survey data from 567 food business operators across 16 traditional food markets in City G, southern China. The data were collected to examine how a food control tool portfolio—command-and-control tools, market intermediary enforcement tools, and digital information support tools—shapes compliance with digital agricultural product traceability requirements at the market/retail node of local food supply chains (LFSCs). The questionnaire used five-point Likert scales and included multi-item measures for traceability compliance (TC1–TC2), command-and-control tools (CC1–CC2), market intermediary enforcement tools (ME1–ME3), and digital information support tools (DS1–DS2), as well as control variables: gender, age, place of household registration, education level, role in the business, and type of business. A multi-stage sampling procedure was used, with stratified sampling at the market level and quota sampling at the food business operator level. Of 590 distributed questionnaires, 567 valid responses were retained, yielding a valid response rate of 96.1%. The data support the covariance-based structural equation modelling (CB-SEM) and bootstrapping mediation analyses reported in the associated article, including tests of direct effects, indirect effects, and competitive mediation. All responses are anonymised; no personally identifiable information is included. The dataset is suitable for replication and secondary research on digital traceability compliance, regulatory intermediaries, and policy tool mixes in resource-constrained food supply chains.
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Institutions
- South China Agricultural UniversityGuangdong, Guangzhou