Food shopping transition: Socio-economic characteristics and motivations associated with use of supermarkets in a North African urban environment

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1410-1418

  Tessier, Sophie ^a   Traissac, Pierre ^a   Bricas, Nicolas ^b   Maire, Bernard ^a   Eymard Duvernay, Sabrina ^a   El Ati, Jalila ^c   Delpeuch, Francis ^a  

^a University Montpellier 1 et 2   (France)

^b UMR MOISA   (France)

^c Institut National de Nutrition Tunis   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Developing country; Food retail; Nutrition transition; Socio economic factors; Supermarkets; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TUNISIA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUNISIA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957228095     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980010000601     Document Type: Conference Paper

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