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Estimation of age- and gender-specific food availability from household budget survey data

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 July 2008

VGS Vasdekis ,
S Stylianou  and
A Naska
VGS Vasdekis*
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics, Athens University of Economics and Business, 76 Patission Street, 10434 Athens, Greece
S Stylianou
Affiliation:
Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Medical School, University of Athens, 75 Mikras Asias Street, Athens, Greece
A Naska
Affiliation:
Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Medical School, University of Athens, 75 Mikras Asias Street, Athens, Greece
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*Email [email protected]
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Abstract

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Objective

To derive estimates of age–gender specific food availability, based on data collected at household level.

Design

Two alternative modelling approaches are described leading to linear and non-linear optimisation, respectively. The idea of penalised least squares is used for estimation of model parameters. The effect of household characteristics can be incorporated into both modelling approaches.

Setting

Household budget survey data from four European countries (Belgium, Greece, Norway and the United Kingdom), circa 1990.

Keywords

Household budget survey dataNon-parametric modelsSemi-parametric modelsPenalised least squares
Type
Research Article
Information
Public Health Nutrition , Volume 4 , Issue 5b , October 2001 , pp. 1149 - 1151
Copyright
Copyright © CABI Publishing 2001