Socio-economic determinants of household food expenditure in a low income township in South Africa

Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 449-453

  Sekhampu, Tshediso Joseph ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Determinants; Food expenditure; Low income households; South Africa; Township

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892587440     PISSN: 20399340     EISSN: 20392117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2012.v3n3p449     Document Type: Article

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