Analysis of Local and Improved Chickens Consumption in Olamaboro Local Government Area of Kogi State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study analyzed local and improved chicken consumption in Olamaboro local government area of Kogi State, Nigeria.Multi-stage sampling technique was adopted for data collection. Data were gathered from primary source using structured questionnaireadministered on 120 poultry consumers. The data collected were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. Results showed thatboth males and females (50%) consumed chickens, people age between 20-40 years were more involved in consumption of chickens, 61% weremarried, 59.2% had household size of between 6-10 people, 55% had annual income of about ₦300,000.00, 69% were Christians and 35% werecivil servants. Consumption preference showed that 59% choose improved chickens because of the quantity of meat. Results of multinomiallogistic regression of socio-economic characteristics on choice of chicken for consumption showed that sex (W = 4.242, sig = 0.039), age (W =20.107, sig = 0.00) significantly and positively affected the tendency of respondents to choose a type (improved or local) of chicken forconsumption at 5% and 1% level of significant respectively and annual income (W = 21.918, sig = 0.00) significantly and positively affected therespondents’ choice of chicken for consumption at 1% level of significant. The Chi-square statistics (x2) value of the multinomial logisticregression model is 81.70 and is significant at 1%. The paired sample t-test indicates difference in consumption of improved chickens (1.62) andt (2.618) was statistically significant (P