Factors Affecting Food Away from Home: Are Food-Secure and Food-Insecure Households Different?

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.

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Year of publication:	2007
Authors:	Pan, Suwen ; Jensen, Helen H. ; Malaga, Jaime E.
Published in:	Journal of Food Distribution Research. - Food Distribution Research Society - FDRS. - Vol. 38.2007, 1
Publisher:	Food Distribution Research Society - FDRS
Subject:	Consumer/Household Economics \| Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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