Seafood is an important food commodity in Spain, the second largest consumi
ng nation of seafood in the world. Today, several changes in demographics,
socioeconomic factors, and lifestyle changes have affected demand for seafo
od products. Double-hurdle models allow an examination of Spanish household
expenditures on these products and explicitly account for the value of wom
en's time. The empirical evidence shows that the set of statistically signi
ficant factors in the participation and expenditure equations is not the sa
me for fresh and processed seafood goods. Income and household demographic
variables are important determinants of both participation and expenditures
on seafood products. In addition, the value of-women's time affects expend
itures on processed products, which include frozen, cured, and canned seafo
od goods.