Chicken Meat Consumption Habits of University Students: Case of Siirt University, Turkey

In this study, it was aimed to determine the chicken meat consumption habits of students studying at Siirt University and the factors affecting these habits. The study material consists of data obtained by face to face survey method with a total of 217 associate and undergraduate students studying...

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Main Authors: Muhammet Ali KARA, Ahmet TEKELİ, Nazire MİKAİL
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Language:English
Published: Siirt University 2020-10-01
Series:Türkiye Tarımsal Araştırmalar Dergisi
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Online Access:https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/doi/10.19159/tutad.794722
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description In this study, it was aimed to determine the chicken meat consumption habits of students studying at Siirt University and the factors affecting these habits. The study material consists of data obtained by face to face survey method with a total of 217 associate and undergraduate students studying at Siirt University. The survey application was conducted in April-May 2019. When the preferred parts of chicken meat of the students were examined, the breast meat was the most preferred part with 34.46%, while the giblets part was the least preferred part with 1.87%. Chicken doner took first place with 64.4% in processed chicken meat preferences. The most important point when purchasing chicken meat was the expiration date with 62.92%. The most preferred places to buy chicken meat were supermarkets with 58.80%, while the least preferred places were grocery stores and neighborhood markets with 3.75%. It was determined that 68.5% of the university students participating in the survey knew the nutritional value of chicken meat, while 31.5% did not know its nutritive value. However, contrary to these results, 91.0% of the students think that hormones are used in chickens and 82.4% of them think that antibiotics are used as a growth promoter in chickens. When the results of the factors that cause changes in chicken meat consumption are examined according to gender and some knowledge levels; It was concluded that parameters such as the use of antibiotics in animals, TV-radio and newspaper news, the risk of animal diseases, low-fat rate, and the effect of the media in the poultry sector, cause significant (p <0.01) differences between the genders in chicken meat consumption. In all of these values, the values of women were found to be higher than men. As a result, when the values were calculated on the basis of year for students who participated in the survey, in terms of chicken consumption values, it was observed that the values were above the average of Turkey. Although this result is pleasing, the fact that most of the students reported that hormones were used in chickens and that antibiotics were used as growth stimulants, shows that they do not have complete information about the nutritional value of the chicken. There is a need for new studies that will emphasize the importance of the issue in both the visual media and the print media, which will raise the awareness of the society on these issues.
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spelling doaj.art-f751344d299a47158071444678a050742023-02-15T16:14:01ZengSiirt UniversityTürkiye Tarımsal Araştırmalar Dergisi2148-23062528-858X2020-10-017332733610.19159/tutad.794722Chicken Meat Consumption Habits of University Students: Case of Siirt University, TurkeyMuhammet Ali KARA0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3203-8364Ahmet TEKELİ1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6525-7267Nazire MİKAİL2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8996-9330Siirt Üniversitesi, Ziraat Fakültesi, Zootekni Bölümü, Siirt, TÜRKİYEVan Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi, Ziraat Fakültesi, Zootekni Bölümü, Van, TÜRKİYESiirt Üniversitesi, Ziraat Fakültesi, Zootekni Bölümü, Siirt, TÜRKİYEIn this study, it was aimed to determine the chicken meat consumption habits of students studying at Siirt University and the factors affecting these habits. The study material consists of data obtained by face to face survey method with a total of 217 associate and undergraduate students studying at Siirt University. The survey application was conducted in April-May 2019. When the preferred parts of chicken meat of the students were examined, the breast meat was the most preferred part with 34.46%, while the giblets part was the least preferred part with 1.87%. Chicken doner took first place with 64.4% in processed chicken meat preferences. The most important point when purchasing chicken meat was the expiration date with 62.92%. The most preferred places to buy chicken meat were supermarkets with 58.80%, while the least preferred places were grocery stores and neighborhood markets with 3.75%. It was determined that 68.5% of the university students participating in the survey knew the nutritional value of chicken meat, while 31.5% did not know its nutritive value. However, contrary to these results, 91.0% of the students think that hormones are used in chickens and 82.4% of them think that antibiotics are used as a growth promoter in chickens. When the results of the factors that cause changes in chicken meat consumption are examined according to gender and some knowledge levels; It was concluded that parameters such as the use of antibiotics in animals, TV-radio and newspaper news, the risk of animal diseases, low-fat rate, and the effect of the media in the poultry sector, cause significant (p <0.01) differences between the genders in chicken meat consumption. In all of these values, the values of women were found to be higher than men. As a result, when the values were calculated on the basis of year for students who participated in the survey, in terms of chicken consumption values, it was observed that the values were above the average of Turkey. Although this result is pleasing, the fact that most of the students reported that hormones were used in chickens and that antibiotics were used as growth stimulants, shows that they do not have complete information about the nutritional value of the chicken. There is a need for new studies that will emphasize the importance of the issue in both the visual media and the print media, which will raise the awareness of the society on these issues.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/doi/10.19159/tutad.794722chicken meatconsumption habitsstudentnonparametric testssiirt
spellingShingle Muhammet Ali KARA
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Chicken Meat Consumption Habits of University Students: Case of Siirt University, Turkey
Türkiye Tarımsal Araştırmalar Dergisi
chicken meat
consumption habits
student
nonparametric tests
siirt
title Chicken Meat Consumption Habits of University Students: Case of Siirt University, Turkey
title_full Chicken Meat Consumption Habits of University Students: Case of Siirt University, Turkey
title_fullStr Chicken Meat Consumption Habits of University Students: Case of Siirt University, Turkey
title_full_unstemmed Chicken Meat Consumption Habits of University Students: Case of Siirt University, Turkey
title_short Chicken Meat Consumption Habits of University Students: Case of Siirt University, Turkey
title_sort chicken meat consumption habits of university students case of siirt university turkey
topic chicken meat
consumption habits
student
nonparametric tests
siirt
url https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/doi/10.19159/tutad.794722
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