An empirical study of food consumption in urban households of Zhengzhou city

Hou, Pengfei; Zhang, Dan; Cheng, Shikun

doi:10.31497/zrzyxb.20210806

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“…For households whose housing tenure was leased, the odds of animal-source foods consumption being affected were increased by a factor of 1.419–1.695, holding other variables constant. Households with leased housing tenure had a higher per capita consumption level [ 56 ] and were more vulnerable to the pandemic. The odds ratios show that households with leased housing tenure consumed more pork, and fewer dairy products.…”

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“…Compared with other types of household structures, extended households have more household members. One study has shown that, the larger the family size, the smaller the per capita consumption of animal-source foods, but the total consumption of animal-source foods will increase accordingly [ 56 ]. In addition, those households with seniors or children are more likely to buy beef [ 31 ].…”

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Did Household Income Loss Have an Immediate Impact on Animal-Source Foods Consumption during the Early Stage of the COVID-19 Pandemic?

Shen

Zhong

2023

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The outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 caused extensive impact on household income and foods consumption. However, little attention has been paid to the immediate impact of income loss on animal-source foods consumption in the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper aims to narrow this gap, and a total of 1301 valid samples of household food consumption surveys in Wuhan and Nanjing were obtained through specially designed online questionnaires. The surveys show that there were 69.6% (Wuhan) and 42.2% (Nanjing) of surveyed households whose animal-source foods consumption were affected, and there were 47.4% (Wuhan) and 18.9% (Nanjing) of surveyed households who suffered income loss. Furthermore, this paper makes an empirical study on the linkage between income loss and animal-source foods consumption. The results show that the pandemic affected household income, resulting in an immediate impact on animal-source foods consumption. This immediate impact may have been due to the combination of price increases, income loss and insufficient savings, which led to a “perfect storm” for animal-source foods consumption. Moreover, household income loss affected various animal-source foods consumption differently. For households suffering income losses, the odds of pork, beef and mutton, poultry, aquatic products, eggs and dairy products consumption being affected were increased by a factor of 1.894, 2.140, 2.773, 2.345, 1.802, 2.835, respectively, holding other variables constant. The results may be related to residents’ consumption habits and food prices. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the reduction of animal-source foods consumption may have led to a state of tension concerning an increase in the development of nutrition intake and health, which may have led to increased food security risks.

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confidence: 99%