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Senior Citizens: Food Expenditure Patterns and Assistance

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  • Gallo, Anthony E.
  • Salathe, Larry E.
  • Boehm, William T.

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The Older Americans Act of 1965, amended in 1972, states that many senior citizens eat inadequately because they lack financial means, knowledge, and mobility to purchase and prepare nourishing foods. This report examines how food purchasing patterns of senior citizens compare with other age groups. The age of household head exerts a considerable influence on family food expenditure patterns. Households in which the head was 65 years or over spent more per person on food prepared at home and less on food away from home than households headed by persons of other age groups.

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  • Gallo, Anthony E. & Salathe, Larry E. & Boehm, William T., 1979. "Senior Citizens: Food Expenditure Patterns and Assistance," Agricultural Economic Reports 307703, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uerser:307703
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.307703
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    1. West, Donald A., 1978. "Food Expenditures By Food Stamp Participants And Nonparticipants," Food Review/ National Food Review, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, vol. 0(1), June.
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    1. Majumdar, Deepa, 1988. "An analysis of the impacts of household size and composition on food expenditure in Haiti," ISU General Staff Papers 198801010800009867, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
    2. Morgan, Karen J., 1986. "Socioeconomic Factors Affecting Dietary Status: An Appraisal'," 1986 Annual Meeting, July 27-30, Reno, Nevada 278063, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).

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