Exploring statistics South Africa's national household surveys as sources of information about household-level food security

Agrekon

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 384-409

  Aliber, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Food expenditure; Food security; Household survey; Hunger; Statistics South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649999347     PISSN: 03031853     EISSN: 20780400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03031853.2009.9523833     Document Type: Article

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