Table 3.

Fish consumption preferences of different categories of the respondents (n = 120).

Variables	Category	% Consumption preference (Number of observations)			Chi-square, P-value
		Raw	Heat treated	No preference
Study site	Bishoftu (n = 40)	15 (6)	40 (16)	45 (18)	12.4, 0.015
	Koka (n = 40)	10 (4)	10 (4)	80 (32)
	Dambel (n = 40)	15 (6)	20 (8)	65 (26)
Gender	Male (n = 109)	14.68 (16)	18.35 (20)	66.97 (73)	16.8, < 0.001
	Female (n = 11)	0.00 (0)	72.73 (8)	27.27 (3)
Education	No formal education (n = 6)	0.00 (0)	33.33 (2)	66.67 (4)	9.6, 0.291
	Adult education (n = 5)	20 (1)	40 (2)	40 (2)
	Primary (n = 63)	9.52 (6)	15.87 (10)	76.60 (47)
	Secondary (n = 41)	19.51 (8)	29.27 (12)	51.22 (21)
	Higher (n = 5)	20 (1)	40 (2)	40 (2)
Religion	Orthodox (n = 112)	13.39 (15)	25 (28)	61.61 (69)	2.8, 0.247
	Protestant (n = 8)	12.50 (1)	0.00 (0)	87.50 (7)
Occupation	Bajaj driver (n = 3)	0.00 (0)	66.67 (2)	33.33 (1)	38.75, 0.347
	Cart driver (n = 2)	0.00 (0)	50 (1)	50 (1)
	Daily worker (n = 5)	0.00 (0)	20 (1)	80 (4)
	Farmer (n = 10)	10 (1)	20 (2)	70 (7)
	Fish cooker (n = 8)	0.00 (0)	50 (4)	50 (4)
	Fish retailer (n = 4)	25 (1)	25 (1)	50 (2)
	Fish processor (n = 6)	33.33 (2)	16.67 (1)	50 (3)
	Fish restaurant owner (n = 1)	0.00 (0)	100 (1)	0.00 (0)
	Fish dealer (n = 1)	0.00 (0)	0.00 (0)	100 (1)
	Fishermen (n = 22)	4.55 (1)	13.64 (3)	81.82 (18)
	Hotel owner (n = 3)	0.00 (0)	33.33 (1)	66.67 (2)
	Isuzu driver (n = 1)	0.00 (0)	0.00 (0)	100 (1)
	Public servant (n = 16)	18.75 (3)	25 (4)	56.25 (9)
	Student (n = 4)	25 (1)	0.00 (0)	75 (3)
	Taxi driver (n = 2)	50 (1)	50 (1)	0.00 (0)
	Driver assistant (n = 2)	0.00 (0)	50 (1)	50 (1)
	No fish dealer (n = 13)	38.46 (5)	23.08 (3)	38.46 (5)
	Waiter (n = 10)	10 (1)	0.00 (0)	90 (9)
	Shoe polisher (n = 7)	0.00 (0)	28.57 (2)	71.43 (5)