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Consumption patterns among ethnic groups in Canada
Author(s) -
ABDELGHANY MOHAMED,
SHARPE DEANNA L.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of consumer studies and home economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.775
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1470-6431
pISSN - 0309-3891
DOI - 10.1111/j.1470-6431.1997.tb00282.x
Subject(s) - tobit model , ethnic group , consumer expenditure survey , consumption (sociology) , demographic economics , demography , economics , socioeconomics , geography , public economics , econometrics , sociology , social science , aggregate expenditure , anthropology
Canadian ethnic differences in consumption patterns were examined using the Canadian 1990 Survey of Family Expenditures. Tobit analysis was used to estimate the income elasticities of 14 expenditure categories. The results indicate that spending patterns differ significantly among the different groups in Canada.