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iv, 23 pages : digital, PDF file. |
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Economic research report ; no. 20 |
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Economic research report (United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service) ; no. 20.
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Cover title. |
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System requirements: PDF reader. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Title from Web page (viewed Oct. 25, 2006). |
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"August 2006." |
| Summary |
By allocating their food budgets in accordance with USDA's Thrifty Food Plan (TFP), which serves as a national standard for a low-cost nutritious diet, low-income U.S. households can meet recommended dietary guidelines. This study sought to determine whether selected types of low-income households allocate their food budgets in accordance with the TFP. In addition to expenditures for total food and food-at-home, the study looked at four large food at home categories: meats, cereals and bakery goods, fruits and vegetables, and dairy products. The analysis found that low-income households as a whole spent about 86 percent of the TFP costs for food-at-home. These households spent slightly over the TFP amount (102 percent) on cereals and bakery goods, but only 53 percent of the TFP costs on fruits and vegetables. Simulations for specific types of low-income households indicated that expenditures by female-headed households with children and married couples with children were least likely to equal the TFP expenditures. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 21-22). |
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Poor -- Nutrition -- United States.
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Grocery shopping -- United States.
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Food preferences -- United States.
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Cost and standard of living -- United States.
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Cost and standard of living. (OCoLC)fst00880673
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Food preferences. (OCoLC)fst00930981
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Grocery shopping. (OCoLC)fst00948034
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Poor -- Nutrition.
(OCoLC)fst01071130
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Added Author |
Stewart, Hayden.
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United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service.
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| Standard No. |
AU@ 000042070178 |
| Gpo Item No. |
0042-V (online) |
| Sudoc No. |
A 93.73:20 |
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