Prioritization of the essentials in the spending patterns of Canadian households experiencing food insecurity.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Food insecurity is a potent determinant of health and indicator of material deprivation in many affluent countries. Food insecurity is associated with compromises in food and housing expenditures, but how it relates to other expenditures is unknown. The present study described households' resource allocation over a 12-month period by food insecurity status.

Design

Expenditure data from the 2010 Survey of Household Spending were aggregated into four categories (basic needs, other necessities, discretionary, investments/assets) and ten sub-categories (food, clothing, housing, transportation, household/personal care, health/education, leisure, miscellaneous, personal insurance/pension, durables/assets). A four-level food insecurity status was created using the adult-s

SUBMITTER: Fafard St-Germain AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10260842 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature