Adequacy of food spending is related to housing expenditures among lower-income Canadian households

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1464-1473

  Kirkpatrick, Sharon I ^a   Tarasuk, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Expenditures; Food security; Housing; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COST OF LIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BUDGETS; CANADA; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FOOD; FOOD SUPPLY; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCOME; NUTRITION SURVEYS; POVERTY;

EID: 36348940386     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136898000700081X     Document Type: Article

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