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Food Expenditure Patterns of Single-Person Households

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  • Sexauer, Benjamin H.
  • Mann, Jitendar S.

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Single-person households differ widely in their food purchases according to income, age, and sex. Young upper income men spend more than half their food dollars dining out, while elderly lower income women spend only about 10 percent. The young spend more than three times per week than the elderly on soft drinks. Men spend more on prepared foods, (like frozen dinners) than women, and lower income young men spend more on prepared foods than any other of the 12 subgroups studied. Single-person households spend more on food than do multiperson households per person.

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  • Sexauer, Benjamin H. & Mann, Jitendar S., 1979. "Food Expenditure Patterns of Single-Person Households," Agricultural Economic Reports 305711, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uerser:305711
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.305711
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    1. Lee, Ming-Hsuan & Lai, Wei-Ling, 2024. "Does being single bring freedom or burden? Examining the expenditure patterns of single-person households in Taiwan," Journal of Asian Economics, Elsevier, vol. 92(C).
    2. Buse, Rueben C. & Cox, Thomas L., 1986. "The Changing Structure of Food Demand: Some New Evidence," Staff Papers 200440, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics.

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