A survey study on consumption behavi̇ors for seafood of Uşak province

In this study, 1000 individuals living in the centerin Uşak of the developing region of Aegean were interviewed and a survey study was conducted to determine the consumption habits of seafood. 55.5 % of the participants were women and 44.5 % were men. 59.3 % of the respondents were high school graduates. 27.6 % of the participants were students, 21.1 % were workers, 28.0 % were housewives, 19.3 % were civil servants, 1,5 % retired and 2.5 % were other professionals. Among those surveyed, those with an income of 1501-3000 TL have the highest number of individuals with a rate of 36.7 %. While 23.5 % of the participants consumed red meat, 18.9 % chicken meat, 15.5 % consumed fish, 36.0 % did not consume whole meat and 6 % did not consume meat. The fish consumption frequencies of the respondents were 38.1 percent per week. Their most preferred sea fish and sea fish are also anchovies. Participants supply the most fish from the market. Fish are mostly consumed in winter (79.1%) and 83.63 percent in the house, 8.99 % in the restaurant and 7.38 % in the picnic. It is more preferable fried cooking of fish with (76.9%).