Exploring Food Purchase Behavior of Low-Income Households: How Do They Economize?
| dc.creator | Leibtag, Ephraim S. | |
| dc.creator | Kaufman, Phillip R. | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T17:56:44Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T04:21:57Z | |
| dc.description | This report compares food purchases by U.S. households of different income levels and finds that low-income shoppers spend less on food purchases despite some evidence that they face generally higher purchase prices. Households can economize on food spending by purchasing more discounted products, favoring private-label (generic) products over brand, pursuing volume discounts, or settling for a less expensive product (for example, less lean beef within a product class. A 1998 sample of food store purchase data shows that low-income households adhere to these practices when possible, but that the typically smaller size of food stores in urban and rural locations may sometimes preclude them from doing so. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.33711 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/33711/files/ai047477.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/33711 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/548807 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | ||
| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/33711 | |
| dc.title | Exploring Food Purchase Behavior of Low-Income Households: How Do They Economize? | |
| dc.type | Text |