Analysis Of Concentrated Fruit Juice Demand Using The Tobit Model

Authors : Aysel Özdeş AKBAY, Erkan AKTAŞ, Ali KOÇ

Pages : 493-500

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Publication Date : 1999-10-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The purpose of this study was to evaluate the comsumption of concertrated fruit juice by household, and determine the socio-economic factors that affect the level of comsumption. For this purpose, data was collected from a survey of 225 households in Adana in February 1997. A Tobit model was used in the analysis to determine the effects of various socio-economic variables on consumption. It was con-cluded that four variables are significant on househod fruit juice purchase. These are: the mothers` status, household income, the number of teenagers in the household, and the mother`s education level. Two of these factors were found to strongly influence com-sumption: the number of teenagers in the household insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(a positive effect); and the mother`s level of education insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(negative effect);.
Keywords : Turk J Agric For, 23, 1999, 493 500 Turk J Agric For, vol 23, iss 5