Consommation de lait et de produits laitiers dans la ville de Rabat (Maroc): effets des facteurs socio-économique

Milk and Dairy Products Consumption in the City of Rabat (Morocco): Effects of Social and Professional Factors. This study aimed to characterize milk and dairy products consumption and its determining factors in different social and professional categories in the city of Rabat, Morocco. Surveys have been realised with 100 households in 6 different districts of the city. Households were randomly chosen, with an average of 6 to 7 per district. Results revealed highly variable levels of milk and dairy products consumption. In average, it reached 81 kg of milk equivalents dispatched as follows: 36 (pasteurised milk), 17 (yoghurt), 11 (unpasteurised crude milk), 8.9 (cheese), 8 (butter) and 0.1 (leben - curd milk). Multivariate statistical analyses have allowed identifying 5 different classes of households, according to their social characteristics and income levels and 6 groups of milk and dairy products consumption behaviours. These results suggest that milk and dairy products levels of consumption appear to be correlated to the income of the households. Simultaneous surveys demonstrated that a wide majority of households would like to increase their milk and dairy derivatives levels of consumption, but they are limited by the high prices of these products.