A01=Roberta D. Baer
American Food
Author_Roberta D. Baer
Carne Asada
Category=JHM
Category=WB
Chicken Salad
Chop Suey
consumption
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food
Food Beliefs
Food Consumption Patterns
higher
Higher Household Incomes
household
households
income
Increased Dairy Consumption
Intra-household Distribution
Intrahousehold Distribution
knowledge
La Costa
Lenten Foods
lower
Lower Household Incomes
Mexican Food
Northwestern Mexico
Nutrition Outreach
nutritional
Nutritional Anthropology
Nutritional Knowledge
Nutritional Problems
patterns
Pe Rc
Saguaro Cacti
Semana Santa
Sonoran Data
Wife's Income
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9789056995768
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 28 Jul 1998
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Using data collected from 105 households in Sonora, Mexico, the author combines detailed ethnographic research with quantitative analyses of income, diet, and nutritional status to examine the dietary patterns of residents who "cook and cope among the cacti." Employing a new analytical concept of "available income" - which can differ greatly from total income and provide valuable insight into why people eat what they do - the work explores a variety of social and cultural factors that affect food expenditure and consumption. Home production of food and the extent to which women are employed outside of the home are just two of the many variables discussed that influence available income and how it is used. But even among groups with similar available incomes, variables of ethnicity, prestige, nutritional knowledge, and the desire for consumer goods come into play.
