At-Home Consumption of Fish Products in Malaysia: An Analysis of Household Expenditure Survey Data

Expenditures on fresh fish, shellfish, and processed fish for home consumption are investigated for households in Malaysia. A sample selection system is estimated to account for observed zero expenditures and improve statistical efficiency of estimates. Results of marginal effects, segmented by ethn...

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Published in:Marine resource economics 2015-10, Vol.30 (4), p.417-433
Main Authors: Tan, Andrew K.G., Yen, Steven T., Hasan, Abdul Rahman
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Censoring
Conditional probabilities
Consumer goods
Error rates
Ethnic groups
Fish production
fresh fish
Household food consumption
Household size
Malaysia
processed fish
sample selection system
Seafoods
Shellfish
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Summary:Expenditures on fresh fish, shellfish, and processed fish for home consumption are investigated for households in Malaysia. A sample selection system is estimated to account for observed zero expenditures and improve statistical efficiency of estimates. Results of marginal effects, segmented by ethnicity, indicate that household size and age of household head are associated with expenditures for all three fish products across ethnic groups. Location, urbanicity, and education are associated with expenditures on certain types of fish products among ethnic Malays and Chinese only. Policy recommendations include targeting larger households with lower prices for bulk purchases and consuming households in older age groups. Efforts to promote regularity of fish product purchases should be directed toward urban Malay and Chinese households seeking convenient cooking methods, while measures to boost fresh fish consumption could be concentrated among higher-educated Malay households, given their unexpected lackluster consumption rates and expenditures.
ISSN:0738-1360
2334-5985
DOI:10.1086/682214