Felicity Savage King and Ann Burgess
- Published in print:
- 1993
- Published Online:
- September 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780192622334
- eISBN:
- 9780191723643
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780192622334.003.0009
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Public Health, Epidemiology
This chapter begins with a discussion of how to find out about the cost of food to help families budget their food expenses. It then considers the cost of nutrients, talking to families about ...
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This chapter begins with a discussion of how to find out about the cost of food to help families budget their food expenses. It then considers the cost of nutrients, talking to families about budgeting and buying food. It also details how to calculate and compare the cost of energy and nutrients for different foods, and how to estimate the minimum cost of basic foods for a person or family for a week.Less
This chapter begins with a discussion of how to find out about the cost of food to help families budget their food expenses. It then considers the cost of nutrients, talking to families about budgeting and buying food. It also details how to calculate and compare the cost of energy and nutrients for different foods, and how to estimate the minimum cost of basic foods for a person or family for a week.
Andrew Leicester
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- January 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780226126654
- eISBN:
- 9780226194714
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226194714.003.0017
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Microeconomics
We consider that role in-home barcode scanner data could play in national budget surveys. We make detailed comparisons of food and drink expenditures in two British datasets: the Living Costs and ...
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We consider that role in-home barcode scanner data could play in national budget surveys. We make detailed comparisons of food and drink expenditures in two British datasets: the Living Costs and Food Survey (the main budget survey) and Kantar Worldpanel scanner data. We find that levels of spending are significantly lower in scanner data, but that patterns of spending across food commodities are much more similar. A large part (but not all) of the levels gap is explained by weeks in which no spending at all is recorded in scanner data; however, demographic differences between the survey samples accentuate rather than close the gap. The period over which households are observed in scanner data changes the distribution of food group budget shares, but not the mean share, suggesting that short periods of observation common in budget surveys are good at picking up average spending patterns but not necessarily variation across households. We also find that observable sample demographics in the scanner data explain little of the variation in store-specific expenditure patterns, and caution against using scanner data to impute detailed household-level spending patterns on the basis of aggregate food spending.Less
We consider that role in-home barcode scanner data could play in national budget surveys. We make detailed comparisons of food and drink expenditures in two British datasets: the Living Costs and Food Survey (the main budget survey) and Kantar Worldpanel scanner data. We find that levels of spending are significantly lower in scanner data, but that patterns of spending across food commodities are much more similar. A large part (but not all) of the levels gap is explained by weeks in which no spending at all is recorded in scanner data; however, demographic differences between the survey samples accentuate rather than close the gap. The period over which households are observed in scanner data changes the distribution of food group budget shares, but not the mean share, suggesting that short periods of observation common in budget surveys are good at picking up average spending patterns but not necessarily variation across households. We also find that observable sample demographics in the scanner data explain little of the variation in store-specific expenditure patterns, and caution against using scanner data to impute detailed household-level spending patterns on the basis of aggregate food spending.
Philip Martin
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300139174
- eISBN:
- 9780300156003
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300139174.003.0009
- Subject:
- Sociology, Urban and Rural Studies
This chapter addresses the farm labor shortages, mechanization, and food costs. It explains different pictures of demand adjustments envisioned by economists and farmers and describes how ...
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This chapter addresses the farm labor shortages, mechanization, and food costs. It explains different pictures of demand adjustments envisioned by economists and farmers and describes how labor-saving mechanization occurs in agriculture.Less
This chapter addresses the farm labor shortages, mechanization, and food costs. It explains different pictures of demand adjustments envisioned by economists and farmers and describes how labor-saving mechanization occurs in agriculture.
