Abstract :
The purpose of this thesis is 1). Analyzing consumers characteristics and
housewife's consumers behavior in buying poultry broiler in Traditional Markets
Keputran Surabaya, 2). Analyzing the factors that affect the purchase of poultry
broiler in Traditional Markets Keputran Surabaya. The analysis used to answer the
purpose of using descriptive analysis, while to answer two purposes, namely using
linear regression analysis and statistical analysis. Characteristics of the average
consumer of the consumer household income is above Rp 1,200,000 per month, of
the number of family members of consumers consist of 4-5 people, with consumers
aged over 50 years, consumer education high school graduates, and property /
facilities owned by consumershave motors and televisions. Consumer behavior
broiler poultry purchases amounted to 4-6 kg in a month of purchase, frequency of
purchase is generally the mother-housewife 2 times a week, buying in the morning is
at 06:00 to 11:00 pm, while the general quality of broiler chicken pieces mothers
home household purchasing poultry broiler in Surabaya Keputran market with quality
/ good quality in terms of color is chicken meat, broiler the broiler smell, and texture
of broiler chicken meat pieces. Color looks fresh, while the odors (no smell) means
poultry meat does not smell anything, while the texture of chicken meat has the
texture of meat that shiny / smooth and not watery and rubbery chicken pieces
priced at Rp 22,000 - Rp 23,000 per kilogram, and its used to generally cooked
broiler chicken pieces fried chicken to a side dish to feed his family. The results
stated that the factors that affect the amount of the purchase broiler chicken pieces
are: family income, number of family members, the price of broiler chicken, broiler
quality.
Keywords: Buying behavior of broiler chicken pieces.