- Title
- Purchasing determinants of food insercurity conditions amongst shoppers in Klipplaat
- Creator
- Ballantine, Nicole Marguerite
- Subject
- Food -- Safety measures
- Subject
- Food supply -- South Africa -- Klipplaat
- Subject
- Households -- South Africa -- Klipplaat
- Subject
- Quality of life -- South Africa -- Klipplaat
- Date Issued
- 2007
- Date
- 2007
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MA
- Identifier
- vital:9404
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/835
- Identifier
- Food -- Safety measures
- Identifier
- Food supply -- South Africa -- Klipplaat
- Identifier
- Households -- South Africa -- Klipplaat
- Identifier
- Quality of life -- South Africa -- Klipplaat
- Description
- This study sought to investigate the purchasing determinants of food insecurity conditions in Klipplaat, in the Eastern Cape. The study comprised a pilot study and main study (n=459) making use of an adapted version of the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale. It was found that food insecurity conditions in Klipplaat were high, with most households experiencing food insecurity conditions between three and ten times per month. Income level was found to have a significant effect on food insecurity conditions in Klipplaat. The availability of efficient transport and refrigeration was also found to significantly influence the experience of food insecurity conditions.
- Format
- xviii, 147 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Arts
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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