The effect of socio-economic status and area of residence on household food variety in Morocco

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 727-749

  Anzid, Karim ^a   Elhamdani, Fatima Zahra ^a   Baali, Abdellatif ^a   Boétsch, Gilles ^b   Levy Desroches, Susan ^c   Lôpez, Pilar Montero ^d   Cherkaoui, Mohamed ^a  

^a CADI AYYAD UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c Consultant Epidemiologist in Private Practice ^*  (Luxembourg)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Area of residence; Food variety; Household; Marrakesh; Morocco; Ouarzazate; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT SEXUALITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SELECTION; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; RESIDENT POPULATION; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MOROCCO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MALE; MOROCCO; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICA; MARRAKECH [(CTY) MARRAKECH-TENSIFT-AL HAOUZ]; MARRAKECH-TENSIFT-AL HAOUZ; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; OUARZAZATE; SOUSS-MASSA-DRAA;

EID: 70450253357     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460903099996     Document Type: Article

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