Factors Affecting Food Away from Home: Are Food Secure and Food Insecure Households Different?

Suwen Pan, Helen H. Jensen () and J. Malaga

Staff General Research Papers from Iowa State University, Department of Economics

Abstract: The paper considers interaction among participation in the Food Stamp Program (FSP), food security status and food away from home expenditures. Current Population Survey-Food Security Supplement data and a Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System with a bootstrapping two-step method are used. The results show that FSP participation is endogenously related with food security status and significantly affects total food expenditure. Food security status also has a significant effect on the likelihood of eating out and share of food away from home (FAFH) expenditures. The effects of FSP participation on FAFH are insignificant.

Keywords: food insecurity; Food Stamps Program; low income food demand; food away from home (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: Written

Published in Journal of Food Distribution Research, 2007, Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 106-112.

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