Food Consumption Expenditures and Education of the Homemaker.

Abdel-Ghany, Mohamed; Schrimper, Ronald A.

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Publication Date: 1978

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Food Consumption Expenditures and Education of the Homemaker

Abdel-Ghany, Mohamed; Schrimper, Ronald A.

Home Economics Research Journal, 6, 4, 283-92, Jun 78

Income and educational elasticities for twenty-two different food products based on the 1965-66 USDA household food consumption expenditure data indicate that differences in homemakers' education, in addition to household income, have significant effects on composition of household food expenditures. (MF)

Descriptors: Consumer Economics, Eating Habits, Expenditures, Family Income, Food, Home Management, Homemakers, Nutrition, Relevance (Education), Socioeconomic Influences

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Language: English

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