@article{Frazão:157029,
      recid = {157029},
      author = {Frazão, Elizabeth},
      title = {Food Spending by Female-Headed Households},
      address = {1992-07},
      number = {1488-2016-124084},
      series = {Technical Bulletin},
      pages = {61},
      year = {1992},
      abstract = {The results of this study suggest that, on a per person  basis, female-headed households spend less for food than
do  similar two-parent households. The presence of a male head  influences food expenditures less than
household income and  education level of the female head. Low income and low  education levels are two
characteristics associated· with  female-headed households. Female-headed households  constitute a growing
proportion of the total population,  particularly of the population receiving food assistance.  Identifying the
causes for lower food expenditures among  female-headed households should help programs aimed at  increasing
food expenditures among female-headed  households. Analysis of expenditure patterns among 15 food  categories
reveals that the factors that influence a  household's decision to purchase a particular food category  differ from
the factors that influence the decision of how  much to spend for that food category. For this reason, the  tobit
model is rejected, and a two-step decision model is  recommended.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/157029},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.157029},
}