Analysis of Revealed Preferences for Raw Meat Consumption in Sokoto State

Abstract

This study investigates the preference for meat among residents of Sokoto Metropolis. Six hundred (600) respondents were randomly from the population of the study out of which 496 were completed and retrieved for analysis. Multinomial logit model was used to analyse the data. The result of the study revealed that ethnicity, number of children, level of education and location of the respondents had a significant effect on ruminant meat consumption and majority of the respondents preferred beef meat as their first choice followed by mmutton as compared to other ruminant meat. In other word, most of the residents of Sokoto Metropolis eat beef and mutton meat when compared to other types of ruminant meat. It was observed that beef is the most acceptable meat type.