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

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  • Capps, Oral
  • Tedford, John R.
  • Havlicek, Joseph

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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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  • Capps, Oral & Tedford, John R. & Havlicek, Joseph, 1983. "Impacts of Household Composition on Convenience and Nonconvenience Food Expenditures in the South," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 15(2), pages 111-118, December.
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    5. Muellbauer, John, 1979. "McClements on equivalence scales for children," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 12(2), pages 221-231, October.
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    7. McClements, L. D., 1977. "Equivalence scales for children," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 8(2), pages 191-210, October.
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    3. Gundry, Tami J. & Bacon, J. Richard & Toensmeyer, Ulrich C. & Shippy, R. Dean, 1989. "Analysis Of Consumer Preferences For Package Sizes For Beef And Pork Products As Related To Their Demographic Characteristics," Journal of Food Distribution Research, Food Distribution Research Society, vol. 20(1), pages 1-15, February.

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