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Author-Name: Shiyuan Chen
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Author-Name: Sally Wallace
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Author-Workplace-Name:Andrew Young School of Policy Studies	
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Title:Food Consumption in Jamaica: A Household and Social Behavior
Abstract: This paper explores household food consumption in Jamaica and estimates the effects of related variables on 
the intensity of consumption. Use of data from the 2001 Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions permits estimation of an 
Engel curve that reflects the relationship between household food consumption and related variables. As a means to 
investigate a possible neighborhood effect on food consumption, spatial correlations pertaining to neighborhood food 
consumption were tested and estimated. The estimated results can be used to help formulate policies that may produce 
more effective food support distribution programs.
Keywords:Food Consumption, Jamaica, food, consumption, Engel, spatial, poverty
Length: 38 pages
Creation-Date: 2009-02-01
File-URL: http://icepp.gsu.edu/files/2015/03/ispwp0901.pdf
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Handle: RePEc:ays:ispwps:paper0901