Household size, income and expenditure on food: The case of Cyprus

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 319-328

  Jacobson, David ^a   Mavrikiou, Petroula M ^b   Minas, Christos ^b  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b FREDERICK UNIVERSITY   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Cyprus; Expenditure; Food; Household budget survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951093843     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2009.12.009     Document Type: Article

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