Determinants of fish consumption by household type in China

Abstract

Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to separate households into several types based on their features, and then to further investigate determinants of household fish consumption in China by figuring out consumption preference divergences between types of households under the effects of economic and socio-demographics factors. Design/methodology/approach -This paper first applies Multiple Correspondence Analysis to separate the modalities of variables and households according to their features, with health knowledge and time constraint of a spouse highlighted. Then, the transcribed principal information of both variables and households has been added into Marshallian demand function with fish price, income, child effect, and health status for identification of factors on household fish demand. The robust fixed effect and robust random effect GLS regression has been conducted.

Determinants of fish consumption in the state of Qatar: Post blockade

“…The findings of this study agreed with those from other researcher for instance, the awareness of health benefits of fish are also found to be positive and significant (Verbeke and Vackier, 2005;Pieniak et al, 2008;Brunsø et al, 2009;Zhou et al, 2015;Can et al, 2015). However, while Can et al (2015) study showed similar results in age groups, Verbeke and Vackier (2005) in their study showed that increasing age would influence fish consumption positively.…”

“…Empirical studies on fish consumption generally concentrate on demographic and attitude variables of fish consumption determinants. The demographics factors play a vital role in influencing fish consumption, such as gender, age, number of children, income, educational level, and region (Verbeke and Vackier, 2005;Pieniak et al, 2008;Can et al, 2015;Brunsø et al, 2009;Zhou et al, 2015).…”

“…Moreover, if consumers preferred fresh fish to frozen fish or preserved imported fish. Perceived price of fish, fish preparation and cooking time are also some other attitudinal factors affecting fish consumption (Leek et al, 2000;Can et al, 2015;Thong and Olson, 2012;Brunsø et al, 2009;Zhou et al, 2015).…”

“…The main drivers of the decision to consume fish are studied empirically worldwide that include some demographic and attitude factors. Some of demographic factors are gender, age, number of children, income level, educational level, employment status, regions and national policies (Verbeke and Vackier, 2005;Can et al, 2015;Pieniak et al, 2008;Zhou, 2015). Attitude factors include health awareness, fish taste, preference for specific fish species, fresh versus frozen, fish price and some certain national policies that related to training, advertising and different marketing strategies are all found to be important in studying fish consumption (Brunso et al, 2009;Zhou et al, 2015;Brunso et al, 2009;Thong and Olsen, 2012;Leek et al, 2000).…”

Factors Affecting Fish Consumption of Traditional Subsistence Fishers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

“…Majority of research studies on fish consumption have based their investigation on the nutritional importance of fish meat (Belton et al, 2018;Bennett et al, 2018;Moreau and Garaway, 2018;Akuffo and Quagrainie, 2019;Mohanty et al, 2019;Kwasek et al, 2020). Some studies have investigated the impact of socioeconomic and demographical factors on people's fish intake (Oliveira et al, 2010;Perez-Cueto et al, 2011;Onurlubas, 2013;Can et al, 2015;Zhou et al, 2015;Kızıloğlu and Kızılaslan, 2016;Wenaty et al, 2018). There is tremendous research gap with respect to fish consumption pattern and preferences of subsistence fishers, especially in the case of Pakistan.…”