ABSTRACT
This research 'work assessed the consumption
pattern of available food resources by
low income house hold in Abia State. A Validated and reliable questionnaire was
administered to four hundred (400) households that were randomly Selected from
four Local government Areas of Abia State- Uinuahia North, Isiukwuiato,
Ikwuaiio and Beiicle. One huliUlrC(l (I 00) households WCFC SClCCtC(l ii'om each
I uc;il Gou'criiiieit Area. Ihe data ('0llcCtC(1 were subjected to
clescripl.ive statistics ising percentages. Ihe results revealed that the
Illost iml)Ortant availal)le food FCSOEIFcCS and their ('oflSUifll)liofl
pattci•n among low income h0USCh0l(1S wei•c cassava Yarn (8 1 •3%) , Cocoyam (7
1 .3%), African Yarn bean (67%), Beans (152.5%) an I Maize (62.15%). It witS
Cvi(Ieflt that carl)ohydrate 100(1 were highly ('()flstllfle(l, predis)osing
low income households to nutritional deliciencies. This negative lkod
consuml)tlon pattern was found to l)e affected mostly l)y Itmi1y income (60%).
Other factors were in the decreasing order of high cost of food > humily
size > liniiIv occupation > culture an(1 educational level. It was
therefore, recomnniciidcd that government should provide well-paid jobs to
low-income households Nutrition e(lücation, including aj)propriatC methods of
prc)aring available resources, should 1)c given to low-income households
through the mass media. These will signilicantiv ilfll)FOVC (lie 100(1
conSuimnl)tion l)aterfls of available foods resourceS among lowii1COI1iC
houisChol(IS.
UMEZURIKE, C (2021). Consumption Pattern Of Available Food Resources Among Low-Income Households In Abia State. Mouau.afribary.org: Retrieved Nov 14, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/consumption-pattern-of-available-food-resources-among-low-income-households-in-abia-state-7-2
CHINENYE, UMEZURIKE. "Consumption Pattern Of Available Food Resources Among Low-Income Households In Abia State" Mouau.afribary.org. Mouau.afribary.org, 17 Nov. 2021, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/consumption-pattern-of-available-food-resources-among-low-income-households-in-abia-state-7-2. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
CHINENYE, UMEZURIKE. "Consumption Pattern Of Available Food Resources Among Low-Income Households In Abia State". Mouau.afribary.org, Mouau.afribary.org, 17 Nov. 2021. Web. 14 Nov. 2024. < https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/consumption-pattern-of-available-food-resources-among-low-income-households-in-abia-state-7-2 >.
CHINENYE, UMEZURIKE. "Consumption Pattern Of Available Food Resources Among Low-Income Households In Abia State" Mouau.afribary.org (2021). Accessed 14 Nov. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/consumption-pattern-of-available-food-resources-among-low-income-households-in-abia-state-7-2