TY  - RPRT
AB  - 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.
AU  - Frazão, Elizabeth
DA  - 1992-07
DA  - 1992-07
DO  - 10.22004/ag.econ.157029
DO  - doi
ID  - 157029
KW  - Consumer/Household Economics
KW  - Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
KW  - Research Methods/Statistical Methods
KW  - Female-headed households
KW  - food expenditures
KW  - tobit model
KW  - two-step decision model
KW  - Cragg model
L1  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/157029/files/tb1806.pdf
L1  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/157029/files/tb1806.pdf?subformat=pdfa
L2  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/157029/files/tb1806.pdf
L2  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/157029/files/tb1806.pdf?subformat=pdfa
L4  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/157029/files/tb1806.pdf
L4  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/157029/files/tb1806.pdf?subformat=pdfa
LA  - eng
LA  - English
LK  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/157029/files/tb1806.pdf
LK  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/157029/files/tb1806.pdf?subformat=pdfa
N2  - 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.
PY  - 1992-07
PY  - 1992-07
T1  - Food Spending by Female-Headed Households
TI  - Food Spending by Female-Headed Households
UR  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/157029/files/tb1806.pdf
UR  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/157029/files/tb1806.pdf?subformat=pdfa
Y1  - 1992-07
T2  - Technical Bulletin
T2  - 1806
ER  -