Hábito de consumo de carne de peixe na Cidade de Araguaína – Tocantins

Abstract

This study aimed to characterize the consumption of fish by the population of Araguaína, Tocantins state. Questionnaires were applied through the Google forms platform, and the research was characterized as a quantitative survey. 133 questionnaires were answered between February 17th and March 2nd, 2021. In general, 60.6% of the study participants were women, most of the interviewees belonged to the age group between 20 and 30 years old, the income of 36.4% of the interviewees was between 1 and 3 minimum wages, and most of them had incomplete college education. Most of the participants answered that they consume fish meat occasionally, showing an incipient consumption. Most of the interviewees declared that their preferred place of purchase was the supermarket, with no preference for the species consumed and choosing gutted and fresh fish over the other forms of preservation and cut. The main reason for changing fish meat for another type of animal protein was the high price and the quality of the fish. There is an association between income and consumption, species, and cut, showing that people with higher income consume more fish and can choose species and cuts with higher added value. People with higher education buy almost exclusively in supermarkets, due to the ease of purchase and convenience of the product offered in these establishments.