In-kind benefits and household behavior: The impact of SNAP on food-away-from-home consumption

Food Policy ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 75 ◽  
pp. 134-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaheer Burney
Keyword(s):  
Household Behavior ◽  
Food Away From Home ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Home Consumption

scholarly journals Effects of salt labelling and repeated in-home consumption on long-term liking of reduced-salt soups

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 1130-1137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Astrid A Willems ◽  
Danielle HA van Hout ◽  
Nicolien Zijlstra ◽  
Elizabeth H Zandstra
Keyword(s):  
Choice Behaviour ◽  
Salt Reduction ◽  
Central Location ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Reduced Salt ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Home Consumption ◽  
Location Test ◽  
At Home

AbstractObjectiveThe present study investigated the impact of salt labelling and repeated in-home consumption on liking of reduced-salt soups.DesignParticipants received a chicken noodle soup to be consumed twice weekly at home for 5 weeks. Three soups were included: (i) regular-salt soup as available on the market; (ii) 22 %-reduced-salt soup; and (iii) 32 %-reduced-salt soup. The soups were tasted blind or with the label: ‘same great taste, less salt and more herbs’. In total, there were six experimental groups. All groups received the same soup over the whole period. Desire and liking were measured at each time of consumption.SettingIn-home and central location test.SubjectsFrench consumers (n 646).ResultsThere was no significant difference in liking between the three soups when consumed at home, whereas the reduced-salt soups were less liked than the regular-salt soup in the central location test. Labelling did not boost liking scores, which is probably explained by the fact that all soups were similarly liked when eaten at home.ConclusionsThe surprising results of the present study in France suggest that a salt reduction of up to 32 % in a chicken noodle soup did not affect long-term liking score as assessed by consumers at home. In addition, initial liking measured at the central location was not predictive of liking after repeated in-home consumption. How far we can go in reducing salt in other products without compromising product quality, and how this impacts consumers’ choice behaviour and in turn table salt use at home, are still unanswered questions.

scholarly journals Wife's Labor Force Participation and Family Expenditures for Prepared Food, Food Prepared at Home, and Food Away from Home

1996 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodolfo M. Nayga
Keyword(s):  
Labor Force ◽  
Home Ownership ◽  
Consumer Expenditure ◽  
Food Away From Home ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Food Expenditures ◽  
The One ◽  
Prepared Food ◽  
The Impact ◽  
At Home

This study examines the effects of a wife's participation in the labor force and other socioeconomic factors on family expenditures for prepared food, food prepared at home, and food away from home using the Bureau of Labor Statistics 1992 consumer expenditure survey. On the one hand, results indicate that the number of children, home ownership with mortgage, seasonality, region, wife's age, and income are important determinants of expenditures on food prepared at home. A wife's education and participation in the labor force, on the other hand, affect expenditures on prepared food and food away from home. The impact of both these factors is greater on food away from home than on prepared food expenditures.

Tobacco cessation and household spending on non-tobacco goods: results from the US Consumer Expenditure Surveys

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin S Rogers ◽  
Dhaval M Dave ◽  
Alexis Pozen ◽  
Marianne Fahs ◽  
William T Gallo
Keyword(s):  
Tobacco Cessation ◽  
Fourth Quarter ◽  
Consumer Expenditure ◽  
Full Sample ◽  
Food Away From Home ◽  
Household Spending ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Income Quartile ◽  
At Home

ObjectivesTo estimate the impact of tobacco cessation on household spending on non-tobacco goods in the USA.MethodsUsing 2006–2015 Consumer Expenditure Survey data, 9130 tobacco-consuming households were followed for four quarters. Households were categorised during the fourth quarter as having: (1) recent tobacco cessation, (2) long-term cessation, (3) relapsed cessation or (4) no cessation. Generalised linear models were used to compare fourth quarter expenditures on alcohol, food at home, food away from home, housing, healthcare, transportation, entertainment and other goods between the no-cessation households and those with recent, long-term or relapsed cessation. The full sample was analysed, and then analysed by income quartile.ResultsIn the full sample, households with long-term and recent cessation had lower spending on alcohol, food, entertainment and transportation (p<0.001). Recent cessation was further associated with reduced spending on food at home (p<0.001), whereas relapsed cessation was associated with higher spending on healthcare and food away from home (p<0.001). In the highest income quartile, long-term and recent cessations were associated with reduced alcohol spending only (p<0.001), whereas in the lowest income quartile, long-term and recent cessations were associated with lower spending on alcohol, food at home, transportation and entertainment (p<0.001).ConclusionsHouseholds that quit tobacco spend less in areas that enable or complement their tobacco cessation, most of which may be motivated by financial strain. The most robust association between tobacco cessation and spending was the significantly lower spending on alcohol.

scholarly journals Ascertaining the Impact of the 2000 USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans on the Intake of Calories, Caffeine, Calcium, and Vitamin C from At-Home Consumption of Nonalcoholic Beverages

2011 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Senarath Dharmasena ◽  
Oral Capps ◽  
Annette Clauson
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin C ◽  
Nutrient Intake ◽  
Daily Intake ◽  
Dietary Guidelines ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Dietary Guidelines For Americans ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Nonalcoholic Beverages ◽  
Home Consumption

Obesity is one of the most pressing and widely emphasized health problems in America today. Beverage choices made by households have impacts on determining the intake of calories, calcium, caffeine, and vitamin C. Using data from the Nielsen Homescan Panel over the period 1998-2003, and a two-way random-effects Fuller-Battese error components procedure, we estimate econometric models to examine economic and demographic factors affecting per-capita daily intake of calories, calcium, caffeine, and vitamin C derived from the consumption of nonalcoholic beverages. Our study demonstrates the effectiveness of the USDA 2000 Dietary Guidelines in reducing caloric and nutrient intake associated with nonalcoholic beverages.

scholarly journals Food-Away-from-Home Expenditure in Mexico during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Micro-Econometric Analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Aguilar-Lopez ◽  
Aleš Kuhar
Keyword(s):  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Functional Form ◽  
Step Method ◽  
Budget Share ◽  
Food Away From Home ◽  
Response Data ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Censored Response ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The propagation of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) reshaped the relationship between income and food-away-from-home (FAFH) expenditure in Mexico during 2020. Although the number of households participating in this market fell across income deciles and regions due to the pandemic, the impact on their budget shares is not uniform. Using data from the Encuesta Nacional de Ingresos y Gastos de los Hogares (ENIGH) 2020, we estimated an Engel curve of the Working-Lesser functional form for FAFH. Among the independent variables are the number of family members 65 years of age and older, and dummies to indicate whether the household experienced food insecurity or received remittances. The estimation was carried out following the Heckman two-step method, suitable for censored-response data. The results suggest that the budget share for FAFH drops as income increases. The number of older adults and food insecurity discourage the decision to participate in FAFH expenditure and increase its budget share, whereas remittances encourage participation and reduce its budget share. The corrected conditional elasticity is 0.4609; the sign and the magnitude indicate that FAFH is a necessity good.

scholarly journals The Impact of Credit on Village Economies

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph P Kaboski ◽  
Robert M Townsend
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
Household Behavior ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Agricultural Investment ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Asset Growth ◽  
General Equilibrium Effect ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Village ◽  
Equilibrium Effect

This paper evaluates the short- and longer term impact of Thailand's “Million Baht Village Fund” program, among the largest scale government microfinance iniatives in the world, using pre- and post-program panel data and quasi-experimental cross-village variation in credit per household. We find that the village funds have increased total short-term credit, consumption, agricultural investment, and income growth (from business and labor), but decreased overall asset growth. We also find a positive impact on wages, an important general equilibrium effect. The findings are broadly consistent qualitatively with models of credit-constrained household behavior and models of intermediation and growth. (JEL D14, G21, O12, O16, O18)

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