Household Nutrition Habits and Food Consumption in Turkey
Abstract
Food consumption and the accompanying nutritional
quality of the diet are determined both by income and price as well as by a
broad range of the other factors. Changing demographics and household
composition, woman’s labor force participation, new concerns about health-diet
links as well as changes in the food markets can all affect the types and
amounts of food consumed. Specifically, the major objective of this study is to
develop methodologies and to analyze the effects of socioeconomic and
demographic factors on nutrition demand and consumption behavior of households.
To accomplish these objectives in this study, the food consumption survey data
collected from the national representatives of Turkish households, who live in
urban and rural areas. This study also investigated nutrition consumption for
socioeconomic and demographic groups in both rural and urban areas in Turkey.
According to results of the model, fat income elasticity is considerably higher
at 0.57, while those for protein-calorie and carbohydrates are 0.47, 0.43 and
0.38. Thus a given increase in household expenditure will lead to a much larger
proportionate rise in consumption of protein and fat than it will for
carbohydrate and total calorie intake.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Cuma Akbay
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0000-0001-7673-7584
Türkiye
Publication Date
December 31, 2018
Submission Date
October 21, 2018
Acceptance Date
January 1, 2019
Published in Issue
Year 2018 Volume: 21
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