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Consumers profile analysis towards chicken, beef, mutton, fish and egg consumption in Bangladesh

Md Jakiul Islam (Department of Fisheries Technology and Quality Control, Faculty of Fisheries, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, Bangladesh)
Md Abu Sayeed (Department of Fisheries Technology and Quality Control, Faculty of Fisheries, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, Bangladesh)
Shakil Akhtar (Department of Fisheries Technology and Quality Control, Faculty of Fisheries, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, Bangladesh)
Md Sakhawat Hossain (Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, Bangladesh)
Afroza Akter Liza (Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium)

British Food Journal

ISSN: 0007-070X

Article publication date: 17 October 2018

Issue publication date: 19 October 2018

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to conduct consumer profile analysis for chicken, beef, mutton, fish and egg to better adapt the marketing mix for each type of food in Bangladesh.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper investigates the mean consumption frequency of chicken, beef, mutton, fish and egg, following 658 questionnaire survey results. The sociodemographic variables used in this study were: sex, age, gender, educational level, social class, number of family members in the home, the presence of minors less than 18 years in the home and geographical area. Frequency distribution, factor and cluster analysis were performed to understand the food consumption frequency and food-related lifestyle segment, respectively. The statistical significance for differences among the mean values of different foods was tested by Snedecor’s F-test.

Findings

Egg was the most frequently consumed; 77 per cent of respondents ate egg once daily. Chicken was the second most consumed (62 per cent), whereas fish was third (59 per cent). Mutton was in the fourth place of consumption frequency level. However, 24 per cent of respondents did not consume mutton. The same types of behaviour were observed for beef, which was the least consumed (7 per cent) once daily, 48 per cent once a week, whereas 13 per cent did not consume it. There was no specific consumer behaviour pattern for the sociodemographic variables and types of food studied here.

Originality/value

This research provides the status of consumer preferences towards chicken, beef, mutton, fish and egg consumption in Bangladesh.

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Citation

Islam, M.J., Sayeed, M.A., Akhtar, S., Hossain, M.S. and Liza, A.A. (2018), "Consumers profile analysis towards chicken, beef, mutton, fish and egg consumption in Bangladesh", British Food Journal, Vol. 120 No. 12, pp. 2818-2831. https://doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-03-2018-0191

Publisher

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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