FOOD EXPENDITURES AWAY FROM HOME BY TYPE OF MEAL

A nonnormal and heteroscedastic double-hurdle model is used to study h ousehold expenditures on breakfast, lunch and dinner away from home in the United States. In the 1992-93 period nearly 40% of households pur chased breakfast and about three quarters of households purchased lunc h or dinner in a two-week period. Wife's employment has a positive eff ect on the probability and level of lunch and dinner expenditures but not on breakfast expenditures. Income effects are all statistically si gnificant and positive. The role of household composition, other demog raphics and region are also important.