BUDGETING FOR FOOD ON A LOW-INCOME IN THE UK - THE CASE OF LONE-PARENT FAMILIES

Authors
DOWLER E
Citation
E. Dowler, BUDGETING FOR FOOD ON A LOW-INCOME IN THE UK - THE CASE OF LONE-PARENT FAMILIES, Food policy, 22(5), 1997, pp. 405-417
Citations number
47
Journal title
Food policy → ACNP
ISSN journal
03069192
Volume
22
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
405 - 417
Database
ISI
SICI code
0306-9192(1997)22:5<405:BFFOAL>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
In the UK, lone-parent households are often low income households: a s ummary account is given of the reasons, Methods for investigating budg eting strategies for food are reviewed, with results of recent studies in the UK, The negative nutritional consequences, as measured by nutr ient intakes and dietary variety, of budgeting strategies currently ad opted by poorer lone-parent households are discussed, (C) 1998 Elsevie r Science Ltd. All rights reserved.