Abstract
The consumption expenditure on beef, fish, egg, pork and chicken
was investigated using data obtained from randomly selected 80
respondents. It was revealed that, except in the case of fish and
beef which had consistent position in the preference ranking,
there is no consistency between the households’ consumption
preference ranking based on desire and their consumption
frequency ranking based on purchasing power. Fish wasthe most
preferred as well as the most frequently consumed by the lowincome households. Educational level, household size, age and
monthly income were the major factors through which total
expenditure on the selected animal products can be explained.
Income elasticity of household expenditure was low (0.121)
signifying that increasing household monthly income may be a
veritable way of stimulating animal protein consumption among
the low income urban dwellers. Furthermore, policies that
discourage large family sizes, and sensitization on the
importance of animal protein intake will help to increase the
animal protein consumption of households.
Francis Ozoko Ogebe , Dorothy Patience Ani , Christopher Ugochukwu Nnama. (2020) Consumption Expenditure and Preferences for Animal Products among Low-Income Households in Makurdi Metropolis, Benue State, Nigeria, Empirical Economic Review, Volume 3, Issue 1.
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