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Convenience and Nonconvenience Food Use in Single‐Person and Multi‐Person Households
Author(s) -
Richardson S.,
Pearson J.M.,
Capps O.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
home economics research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1552-3934
pISSN - 0046-7774
DOI - 10.1177/1077727x8501400102
Subject(s) - liberian dollar , convenience food , business , consumption (sociology) , food consumption , environmental health , agricultural economics , food science , economics , medicine , social science , chemistry , finance , sociology
Households surveyed in the 1977–78 USDA Nationwide Food Consumption Survey were classified as either single‐person or multi‐person households, and the use of convenience and nonconvenience foods by each household size was studied. Trends in food use, based on share of the home food dollar spent on different types of foods, were similar for single‐person and for larger households. Both groups allocated the largest share of the home food dollar, slightly over half, to nonconvenience foods. Major demographic factors affecting convenience and nonconvenience food use were similar for the different household sizes. Nonconvenience foods contributed more nutrients than convenience foods for both single‐person and larger households, and levels of most nutrients were positively associated with the share of the home food dollar allocated to non convenience foods. In many cases nutrient levels were negatively associated with the share of the home food dollar spent on convenience foods.