Footnote:
In: Anadolu University Department of Economics - Econ Articles 2011
Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments June 1, 2011 erstellt
Description:
The aim of the study was to understand the consumers' buying behaviour and to identify the major forces influencing structural changes in the consumption patterns for dairy products. Given that milk and other dairy produces stand as regular staple food to most of the Kosovo households, there has been a sharp increase of the imported animal and dairy products. The analysis of this study evaluates the demand and presents estimates of consumption trends for milk and six other dairy products. The study was carried out in five Kosovo regions, whereas stratified random sampling has been applied in selecting people who would be included in the sample. In order to avoid overestimation of the market demand, even those households who happen to have their own cows were included in the interviewing process. The statistical technique, multiple linear functions has been applied to explain the relationships of the demand for dairy products with demographic and socio-economic factors. The study results revealed that majority of the Kosovo households use to buy milk and other dairy products on a regular basis. The small proportion of the respondents who did not use to buy dairy products was from rural areas and who predominantly own cows. The results show that consumption for dairy products is more sensitive to changes in income, household size, employed family members, the number of children, respondent's age, and education