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Household Food Demand Analysis in India
Author(s) -
Abdulai Awudu,
Jain Devendra K.,
Sharma Ashok K.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.157
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1477-9552
pISSN - 0021-857X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1477-9552.1999.tb00816.x
Subject(s) - almost ideal demand system , commodity , agricultural economics , economics , fish <actinopterygii> , rural area , geography , socioeconomics , biology , production (economics) , microeconomics , fishery , market economy , medicine , pathology
Price and expenditure elasticities and estimates of the effect of household demographic variables on Indian food items are estimated using a recent household survey data in rural and urban areas. Using a linear approximate almost ideal demand system (LA/AIDS), the results indicate that for commodity groups (milk and milk products; cereals and pulses; edible oils; meat, fish, and eggs; vegetables and fruits; other foods) demand is elastic only for milk and milk products in both rural and urban areas of India. The impact of demographic variables such as region, household size, education level of household head, and seasonality, was generally significant.