The role of dwelling type on food expenditure: a cross-sectional analysis of the 2015-2016 Australian Household Expenditure Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore differences in proportion of food budget and total food expenditure by dwelling type.

Design

A cross-sectional study using data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2015-2016 Household Expenditure Survey. Food expenditure was examined on multiple categories: fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, pre-prepared meals, meals in restaurants, hotels and clubs, and fast food and takeaway meals, using two-part models and zero-one inflated beta regression models. Dwelling types were categorised as separate house, semi-detached house, low-rise apartment and high-rise apartment.

Setting

Australia, 2015-2016.

Participants

Seven thousand three hundred and fifty-eight households from greater capital city areas.

Results

Households living in high-rise

SUBMITTER: Oostenbach LH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8145465 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature