Food consumption expenditure of elderly people´s household: an analysis of the national survey of income and expenditure, INEC 2013

 

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Upphovsman: Araya Quesada, Yorleny
Materialtyp: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Utgivningstid:2018
Beskrivning:The aim was to analyze the influence of socioeconomic characteristics on foodexpenditure in Costa Rican households that have at least one adult older than 65 yearsold. For this study the results of the National Household Income and ExpenditureSurvey 2013, of “Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos”, was used. The influenceof the income, the schooling of the head´s household, the area and the family type onthe consumption expenditure in food, as well as the relation between the area andschooling with the income was studied. It was found that food expenditure was lower inlower income households, that represents major percentage of income. The area andschooling are related to income. In older adult´s households food expenditure is higherthan families with older and young people.
Land:Portal de Revistas UCR
Organisation:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Språk:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/26908
Länkar:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/gerontologia/article/view/26908
Nyckelord:Expenditure
older people
food
socioeconomic characteristic
Gasto de consumo
persona adulta mayor
alimentos
características socioeconómicas.