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Household Expenditures on Vegetables in Malaysia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Andrew K.G. Tan ,
Steven T. Yen ,
Abdul Rahman Hasan  and
Kamarudin Muhamed
Andrew K.G. Tan
Affiliation:
School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Putrajaya, Malaysia
Steven T. Yen
Affiliation:
STY Health Econometrics, Knoxville, Tennessee
Abdul Rahman Hasan
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics Malaysia, Putrajaya, Malaysia
Kamarudin Muhamed
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics Malaysia, Putrajaya, Malaysia
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Abstract

Factors associated with purchase likelihoods and amounts spent on fresh and preserved vegetables in Malaysia are investigated. A sample selection system is applied to data from a national survey in Malaysia. Statistical test supports separate analyses for urban and rural households. Income and sociodemographic characteristics such as ethnicity, location of residence, household size, and education are closely associated with household expenditure patterns of fresh and preserved vegetables. Urban-rural differences are also uncovered in these effects. Several observations are noted vis-à-vis the expenditure patterns for fresh and preserved vegetables in Malaysia.

Keywords

censoringMalaysiasample selection systemvegetablesD1OD12
Type
Research Article
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 46 , Issue 4 , November 2014 , pp. 615 - 634
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 2014

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