Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/179072 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Citation: 
[Journal:] Agricultural and Food Economics [ISSN:] 2193-7532 [Volume:] 4 [Issue:] 10 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Heidelberg [Year:] 2016 [Pages:] 1-20
Publisher: 
Springer, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
Using a national household survey and a newly established food security scale, socio-demographic factors affecting the level of household food insecurity in Mexico were identified. Households more likely to be food insecure include those with younger, less-educated household heads, headed by single, widowed or divorced women, with disabled household members, with native language speakers, with children, as well as rural and lower-income households. The model was also estimated for the rural and lower-income subpopulation, finding that low levels of education, native language speakers, and number of kids are factors associated with higher levels of food insecurity.
Subjects: 
Food security scale
Household food insecurity
Mexico
JEL: 
D10
D60
I10
I30
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Document Type: 
Article

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