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The purpose of this paper is to examine consumption patterns of the Slovak consumers. The main objective of this study is to investigate the determinants of households' meat consumption using main economic factors. These include per capita beef, pork, poultry meat consumption and the percentage share of individual households' expenditures for individual sorts of meat. The interest is stemmed on the individual household categories. The Household Budget Survey of the Slovak Statistical Office was used for period 1993-2006. The use of household level data offers the potential of providing a richer dataset that may offer additional insight into the underlying economic relationships.
The objective of this study is to examine whether economic factors alone are still the main drivers of meat consumption among households in Slovakia.

Keywords

Demand, Meat Consumption, Household Categories, Expenditures.

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