Analysis of factors affecting red meat and chicken meat consumption in Turkey using an ideal demand system model

In this study,in consultation with 2690 households from the provincial centers of turkey,socio-demographic and economic factors affecting red and chicken meat,and egg expenditures were determined. although there are various demand models that can be used for this purpose,the ideal demand system (la/aids) that is widely used in the literature,was utilized for the study analysis. in this model,it was determined that the gender,education level,income and birthplace of consumers were significant in determining veal and beef demand. no variable apart from being born in an urban area was adequately effective in determining the consumption of mutton in terms of socio-demographic variables. chicken meat had the highest expenditure elasticity (0.9394),followed by veal and beef (0.8691),eggs (0.8528) and mutton (0.7415). when examining the cross-price elasticities for veal and beef,goat meat was estimated to have a negative value (complementary goods) and other product groups were found to have a positive value (competing goods). © 2018,university of agriculture. all rights reserved.