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Revista de la Universidad Industrial de Santander. Salud
Print version ISSN 0121-0807On-line version ISSN 2145-8464
Abstract
TORRES-PABON, Giselle. What do we eat? Socio-economic conditions and households food consumption in Colombia. Rev. Univ. Ind. Santander. Salud [online]. 2020, vol.52, n.3, pp.251-260. Epub July 18, 2020. ISSN 0121-0807. https://doi.org/10.18273/revsal.v52n3-2020007.
Introduction:
Households consume (or not) the food that their socio-economic conditions allow them (or not).
Objective:
To analyze the products that Colombian households consume based on their socio-economic conditions.
Methodology:
1. Descriptive analysis, and 2. Cluster analysis, Ward link. I worked on the Households Budgets survey (Encuesta Nacional de Presupuesto de los Hogares 2016-2017). The Colombian National Department of Statistics conducted the survey.
Results:
Two large groups of household typologies are evident: those that consume food mainly outside the home and those households that spend their household budget on food to eat at home.
Conclusions:
Results show social stratification in food consumption of Colombian households.
Keywords : Eating; Food; Social class; Household; Budgets; Cluster analysis; Obesity; Public policy.
