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Four decades of household food purchases: changes in inequalities of nutritional quality in France, 1971-2010
[Quatre décennies d'achats alimentaires : évolutions des inégalités de qualité nutritionnelle en France, 1971-2010]

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  • France Caillavet

    (ALISS - Alimentation et sciences sociales - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique)

  • Nicole Darmon

    (UMR MOISA - Marchés, Organisations, Institutions et Stratégies d'Acteurs - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - Montpellier SupAgro - Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques - CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier - CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier)

  • Flavie Létoile

    (ALISS - Alimentation et sciences sociales - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique)

  • Veronique Nichèle

    (ALISS - Alimentation et sciences sociales - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique)

Abstract

Socioeconomic inequalities affect all areas of consumption. Disparities in food consumption have nutritional consequences that may contribute to social inequalities in health. Drawing on 40 years of representative data at the household level (1971-2010), this paper examines changes in the major food groups and nutritional quality in at-home consumption by income and education. In a global trend of improving nutritional quality over the period, the study provides evidence of a positive trend for all income quartiles and for four levels of education. Inequalities were significant at the beginning of the period but on the decline in the 2000s: they were very pronounced between education levels in the 1970s but appear to be on the verge of disappearing by 2010; according to income level, they were limited and on the decline until 2010, but still persist.

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  • France Caillavet & Nicole Darmon & Flavie Létoile & Veronique Nichèle, 2019. "Four decades of household food purchases: changes in inequalities of nutritional quality in France, 1971-2010 [Quatre décennies d'achats alimentaires : évolutions des inégalités de qualité nutritio," Post-Print hal-02530632, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-02530632
    DOI: 10.24187/ecostat.2019.513.2003
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    1. Caillavet, France & Fadhuile, Adélaïde & Nichèle, Véronique, 2019. "Assessing the distributional effects of carbon taxes on food: Inequalities and nutritional insights in France," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 163(C), pages 20-31.
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    1. Bonnet, Céline & Détang-Dessendre, Cécile & Orozco, Valérie & Rouvière, Elodie, 2022. "Spatial spillovers, living environment and obesity in France: Evidence from a spatial econometric framework," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 305(C).
    2. France Caillavet & Nicole Darmon & Flavie Létoile & Véronique Nichèle, 2019. "Four Decades of Household Food Purchases: Changes in Inequalities of Nutritional Quality in France, 1971-2010," Economie et Statistique / Economics and Statistics, Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques (INSEE), issue 513, pages 69-89.

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