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Impacts of Household Composition on Convenience and Nonconvenience Food Expenditures in the South

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Oral Capps Jr. ,
John R. Tedford  and
Joseph Havlicek Jr.
Oral Capps Jr.
Affiliation:
Agricultural Economics and Statistics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
John R. Tedford
Affiliation:
Economics and Finance, Clarkson College of Technology
Joseph Havlicek Jr.
Affiliation:
Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland
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The importance of the role played by household size and the age-sex characteristics of household membership in consumer expenditure and demand studies has been discussed by Barton, Blokland, Buse and Salathe, McClements (1977), Muellbauer (1974, 1980), Prais and Houthakker, and Price.

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Research Article
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , December 1983 , pp. 111 - 118
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1983

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