Consumption pattern for selected fish in Cavite /
by Joanna R. Cuevas.
- Indang, Cavite, Cavite State University- Main Campus, 1998.
- 55 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Thesis (B.S.B.M.--Economics) Cavite State University
Includes bibliographical references.
College of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Natural Resources (CAFENR) College of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Natural Resources (CAFENR)
CUEVAS, JOANNA REVES, Consumption Pattern for Selected Fish in Cavite, B.S. Thesis, Bachelor of Science in Business Management major in Economics, Cavite State University, Indang, Cavite, April 1998. Adviser: Dr. Marietta C. Mojica. A study was conducted to describe the socio-economic characteristics of the households; determine the weekly consumption of fish; determine the relationship between level of consumption and some selected variables and determine the price and income elasticities of the demand for selected fish under study. Five towns of Cavite were selected as study areas using the fish bowl technique. These towns included Naic, Ternate, Indang, Tagaytay and Silang. A total of 100 respondents was obtained. The households had an average of five members, with an average of three and two male and female members, respectively. The average household monthly income was ₱13,176.00 while the average per capita income was ₱2,496.29. Most of the consumers of fish purchased once a week from public market. Majority of the consumers purchased bangus, tilapia, galunggong, alumahan and tulingan. The average weekly household consumption level of fish was 1.08 kilograms for bangus, 1.05 kilograms for tilapia, 1.6 kilograms for galunggong, 1.1 kilograms for alumahan and 1.02 kilograms for tulingan. The average weekly per capita consumption level in kilogram for fish was 0.19 for bangus, 0.20 for tilapia, 0.20 for galunggong, 0.22 for alumahan and 0.13 for tulingan. In terms of relationship between the household consumption of bangus, price of bangus and price of substitute meat were found to be highly significant. On the consumption of tilapia, price of tilapia and household income were highly significant. Also, on the consumption of galunggong household size and price of other fish were found to have a significant effect and with regards to the consumption of alumahan, only the price of alumahan was found to be significant while all variables were found to have no significant effect with regards to consumption of tulingan. The coefficient of determination of the demand equation for bangus, tilapia, galunggong, alumahan and tulingan were 0.48, 0.69, 0.40, 0.56 and 0.18. Lastly, the elasticity estimates showed that demand for fish such as baii0s, tilapia, galunggong, alumahan and tulingan were found to be price inelastic. Results of the income elasticities revealed that 01 of the fish are income inelastic.