Food Purchase Behaviors for Low, Medium and High Income Families

Elena Toma ()

International Journal of Academic Research in Environment and Geography, 2014, vol. 1, issue 2, 33-39

Abstract: Food consumption and purchasing behavior depend on different factors like income level, access to markets, consume patterns, etc. The paper aims to identify, on different levels of family’s income, the frequency of acquiring foods and the sources for purchasing the main food products. We applied a questionnaire to 80 household from Braila County and these were completed by the person which make the majority of shopping activities inside family. To emphasize our results we processed the collected data with SPSS by using descriptive statistic method. Research findings indicate the importance of selfconsumption for urban low income level families and the importance of fresh and healthy foods for families with higher income.

Keywords: Food consumption; food purchasing behavior; level of income; households consumption (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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