FOOD DEMAND PATTERNS IN GHANAIAN URBAN HOUSEHOLDS

B. Sakyiamah, S. Asuming-brempong
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This paper analysed food consumption patterns in Ghanaian urban households by comparing food commodity budget shares and estimating price and expenditure elasticities for eleven food commodity groups across different income groups. The Linear Approximation Almost Ideal Demand System (LA/AIDS) was applied to the data. Demand for most of the food commodity groups was found to be elastic. The study concluded that generally, across income groups, food commodities respond negatively to changes in food prices and that cereals/bread, roots/tubers, vegetables, meat and fish will remain an important component of urban household food expenditure. Generally, household demographic characteristics such as age, gender and household size had significant effects on urban food demand patterns.
加纳城市家庭的粮食需求模式
本文通过比较食品商品预算份额和估计不同收入群体中11种食品商品类别的价格和支出弹性,分析了加纳城市家庭的食品消费模式。采用线性近似近似理想需求系统(LA/AIDS)对数据进行处理。对大多数食品类商品的需求是有弹性的。该研究的结论是,总的来说,所有收入群体的粮食商品对粮食价格变化的反应都是消极的,谷物/面包、块根/块茎、蔬菜、肉类和鱼类仍将是城市家庭粮食支出的重要组成部分。一般来说,家庭人口特征,如年龄、性别和家庭规模对城市粮食需求模式有显著影响。
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