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CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
4.1 Socioeconomic status of bread consumers interviewed
The summary of the socioeconomic data of the consumers that participated in the sensory
acceptability test is shown in Table 1.
The respondents randomly selected were mostly between 20 and 30 years of age with 51.5 %
being male. About 57% of the consumers were single. Over 40 % of these earn more than
N20, 000 per month. Majority 67.5 % of the consumers had attained a tertiary level of
education while very few 18% had lower than Secondary School Educational qualification. It
can be deduced that bread is mostly eaten among youths between 20 years to 30 years of age
earning N5, 000 to above N20, 000 per month.
4.2 Occupation of Respondent
The data on occupational involvement of the respondent are shown in Table 2. Majority 43 %
of the consumers are self employed. The remaining is either public servant 25%, traders 24%,
Artisan 7%. About 48.5% of them work for 6-10 hours per day. About 54.5% of the jobs of
the respondents are sedentary in nature.
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