Socio-Economic Determinants of Consumption Pattern of Fish in Urban Area of Tripura Upadhyay A.D.*, Pandey D.K., Singh Y. Jackie College of Fisheries, Central Agricultural University, Lembucherra-799210, Tripura, India *Corresponding author: ad_up@rediffmail.com
Online published on 11 November, 2014. Abstract The fish is important food commodity and has an important role in nutritional security of North East region of India. The average per capita consumption of protein in India is 56 gm/day (2005–06) which is below to minimum protein requirement 70 gm/capita/day recommended by the WHO. This study looked into the consumption pattern of fish in urban households of Tripura. This study also examines the socio-economic factors affecting quantity of fish purchase and level of fish consumption by urban households. Simple random technique used to select 120 respondents from four fish markets from the Agartala City of Tripura. Primary data from 120 respondents was collected and analyzed using descriptive statistics and regression analysis. It was found that majority of fish buyers were male and out of those 70% were age below 45 years. The modle class for family size was 3–4 Members/family. The average monthly expenditure on fish purchase was  1312.16/household. The regression analysis revealed that fish price negatively affect to the quantity of fish purchase, whereas number adult members in a family, quantity of consumption of chicken and mutton (close substitute of fish) were found to have positively effect on quantity of fish purchase. Therefore, to increase the level of fish consumption in urban areas of Tripura, strategies towards household income, sufficient and regular supply this was needed. Top Keywords Consumption, Fish, Household, Expenditure, Nutrition, Tripura. Top |