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Determinants of Purchase Likelihoods and Amounts Spent on Meat in Malaysia: A Sample Selection System Approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2016

Andrew K. G. Tan ,
Steven T. Yen ,
Abdul Rahman Hasan  and
Kamarudin Muhamed
Andrew K. G. Tan*
Affiliation:
School of Social Sciences at Universiti Sains Malaysia
Steven T. Yen
Affiliation:
STY Health Econometrics in Knoxville, Tennessee
Abdul Rahman Hasan
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics Malaysia
Kamarudin Muhamed
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics Malaysia
*
Correspondence: School of Social Sciences ▪ Universiti Sains Malaysia ▪ 11800 Minden ▪ Penang ▪ Malaysia ▪ Phone +604.653.2653 ▪ Email atan@usm.my.
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Abstract

A sample selection system is used to examine factors associated with likelihoods of purchase and amounts spent on fresh, frozen, and processed meats in Malaysia based on data from the 2009/10 Malaysian Household Expenditure Survey. Statistical tests support use of the sample selection system estimator over more conventional estimation procedures. Results indicate that household size, location of residence, ethnicity, age, education, and income are closely associated with patterns of household expenditures for fresh, frozen, and processed meats. Several observations are noted regarding determinants of purchase likelihoods and expenditure patterns for meat in Malaysia.

Keywords

censoringfresh meatfrozen meatMalaysiaprocessed meatsample selection system
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Research Article
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Agricultural and Resource Economics Review , Volume 44 , Issue 1 , April 2015 , pp. 94 - 109
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Copyright © 2015 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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