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Trends in food prepared outside the home in some Asian countries
Author(s) -
Dawe David,
Briones Roehlano,
Hassan Nazmul,
Huang Jikun,
Ganesh Kumar A.,
Nguyen Le Hoa,
Saliem Handewi P.,
Shaheen Nazma,
Truong Thi Thu Trang,
Wichitaksorn Nuttanan,
Bloem Sunniva
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
world food policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2372-8639
DOI - 10.1002/wfp2.12001
Subject(s) - china , urbanization , southeast asia , per capita , agricultural economics , geography , east asia , income elasticity of demand , consumption (sociology) , per capita income , food consumption , socioeconomics , business , development economics , economic growth , economics , environmental health , population , demography , medicine , ancient history , social science , archaeology , sociology , econometrics , history
Urbanization and increasing income per capita in Asian countries are leading to an increasing opportunity cost of time and increasing consumer demand for easier food preparation. One manifestation of this shift in demand is an increase in eating food prepared outside the home. The objectives of this paper are (a) to gather and analyze data on trends in expenditures on food prepared away from home and (b) to understand how these trends might be affecting estimates of rice consumption. The data from national household surveys of seven countries (Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam and China) were analyzed. The results suggest a positive income elasticity of demand in urban areas and for most countries in East and Southeast Asia, although trends are different in South Asia. Eating out appears to be more common in China and Southeast Asia than in South Asia, even after controlling for income. Constructing estimates of rice eaten outside the home is difficult, and better data collection is essential as it becomes more common to eat food prepared outside the home.