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Household demand for food away from home (fafh) in Nigeria: the role of education

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  • Kolawole Ogundari

    (University of Delaware, USA)

  • Adegoke Oluwatosin Aladejimokun

    (University of Ibadan, Nigeria)

  • Sadiat Funmilayo Arifalo

    (The Federal University of Technology, Nigeria)

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the demand characteristics of household consumption of food-away-from-home (FAFH) with a focus on the role of education of household head in Nigeria. Using 2003/2004 Nigeria Living Standard Survey (NLSS) data, we employ the Cragg’s Double-Hurdle (DH) model, which estimate jointly, households decisions to consume FAFH and how much to spend on FAFH or the demand for FAFH. The empirical results show that education of household head decreases the demand and probability of consuming FAFH, while household income and households with younger age cohorts increase the demand and probability of consuming FAFH in the study. The findings also reveal that education reduces the demand for FAFH for the wealthier households twice as much as it does for the poorer households.

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  • Kolawole Ogundari & Adegoke Oluwatosin Aladejimokun & Sadiat Funmilayo Arifalo, 2015. "Household demand for food away from home (fafh) in Nigeria: the role of education," Journal of Developing Areas, Tennessee State University, College of Business, vol. 49(2), pages 247-262, April-Jun.
    • Handle: RePEc:jda:journl:vol.49:year:2015:issue2:pp:247-262
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    1. Fujioka Soichiro & Fukushige Mototsugu, 2019. "The Future of Demand for Food Away from Home and Prepared Food: Cohort and Age Effects in Japan," Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization, De Gruyter, vol. 17(1), pages 1-17, May.
    2. Kehinde Paul Adeosun & Mary Greene & Peter Oosterveer, 2022. "Informal ready-to-eat food vending: a social practice perspective on urban food provisioning in Nigeria," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 14(3), pages 763-780, June.

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    Keywords

    food away from home; expenditure; double hurdle; Engel curve; Nigeria;
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    JEL classification:

    • C01 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - General - - - Econometrics
    • D11 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Theory
    • I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education

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