Title
Factors Affecting Food Away from Home: Are Food-Secure and Food-Insecure Households Different?
Campus Units
Economics
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
3-2007
Journal or Book Title
Journal of Food Distribution Research
Volume
38
Issue
1
First Page or Article ID Number
106
Last Page
112
Abstract
Expenditures on food away from home by food-secure and food-insecure households are compared. The analysis, based on data from the Current Population Survey (CPS), finds that female labor force participation, household income, Food Stamp Program (FSP) participation, education, and other socio-demographic variables have different effects on the food expenditures made by households classified as food-secure in comparison to food-insecure households.
Copyright Owner
Food Distribution Research Society
Copyright Date
2007
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Pan, Suwen; Jensen, Helen H.; and Malaga, Jaime, "Factors Affecting Food Away from Home: Are Food-Secure and Food-Insecure Households Different?" (2007). Economics Publications. 305.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/econ_las_pubs/305
Included in
Agricultural Economics Commons, Family, Life Course, and Society Commons, Food Security Commons, Social Welfare Commons
Comments
Copyright©2007. Food Distribution Research Society. Journal of Food Distribution Research 38(1):106-112.