Food insecurity in South Australian single parents: an assessment of the livelihoods framework approach

Law, Iain R; Ward, Paul; Coveney, John

doi:10.1080/09581596.2011.619963

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“…During the financial years 2007-2008 alone, overall food prices rose by 3.9%, while some basic food prices rose more sharply: cheese by 14.2%, milk by 12.1%, poultry by 11.0%, and bread by 6.8% [2]. Food cost plays a significant role in mediating food choice among low socioeconomic status (SES) groups [1, 3, 4], who often have to cut back on food spending to make room for other essentials such as housing and utilities [5–8], leading to decreased food security [9]. This paper is predicated on the suggestion that the effects of food insecurity on families on low incomes may help to explain the higher prevalence of overweight in low-income populations.…”

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“…However, this increases among at-risk groups who have lower incomes including unemployed (11.3%), rental households (15.8%) [18], those identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander (23%) [20], and recently arrived refugees (71%) [21]. Single parents are also considered an at-risk group with reported levels of food insecurity as high as 23% [9, 17]. Diets of food insecure people are likely to lack variety and be of poor quality with lower levels of micronutrients [22–25].…”

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“…They also consumed less wholemeal products and vegetables than the general population. Other studies have found that affordability of healthy foods could be a primary reason for people from low SES backgrounds not choosing healthy food [9, 19, 38, 41]. It has also been suggested that the cost of healthier foods varies substantially from place to place [44, 45], thus impacting on affordability.…”

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Food Stress in Adelaide: The Relationship between Low Income and the Affordability of Healthy Food

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Healthy food is becoming increasingly expensive, and families on low incomes face a difficult financial struggle to afford healthy food. When food costs are considered, families on low incomes often face circumstances of poverty. Housing, utilities, health care, and transport are somewhat fixed in cost; however food is more flexible in cost and therefore is often compromised with less healthy, cheaper food, presenting an opportunity for families on low incomes to cut costs. Using a “Healthy Food Basket” methodology, this study costed a week's supply of healthy food for a range of family types. It found that low-income families would have to spend approximately 30% of household income on eating healthily, whereas high-income households needed to spend about 10%. The differential is explained by the cost of the food basket relative to household income (i.e., affordability). It is argued that families that spend more than 30% of household income on food could be experiencing “food stress.” Moreover the high cost of healthy foods leaves low-income households vulnerable to diet-related health problems because they often have to rely on cheaper foods which are high in fat, sugar, and salt.

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“…Furthermore, while FAO reports focus on global malnutrition, often in developing countries, research has shown that people in affluent societies also suffer from food insecurity. In the US, approximately 14% [14] and 5%-8% of Australians indicated that over the past 12 months they had experienced food insecurity at least once [15,16]. It is in this Western context that food redistribution organisations have been established, and so it is the focus of this review.…”

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Charity Starts … at Work? Conceptual Foundations for Research with Businesses that Donate to Food Redistribution Organisations

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Abstract:As global concern about sustainability, food waste, and poverty increases, there is an urgent need to understand what motivates businesses to adopt pro-social and pro-environmental behaviours. This paper suggests that food redistribution organisations hold both pro-social and pro-environmental aims, due to their concern with reducing food surplus and food insecurity. To achieve this, they must motivate food businesses to donate their surplus food. However, little is known about the values, attitudes, and motives of food industry donors. The purpose of this paper is to provide a theoretical and conceptual overview to set out principles from which empirical data on food redistribution will be analysed or critiqued. Specifically, it explores pro-social and pro-environmental literature, as these fields have examined the motivations behind donations and reducing environmental impact. This review highlights that charitable giving of food is different to other inorganic material, such as money. Thus, future research is needed to capture the unique temporal, emotional, social, and environmental factors that motivate food donations. This information may contribute to the development of strategies that target and motivate people from the food industry to become food donors. Alternatively, it may reveal concerns about food donations, and highlight the need for other approaches to food waste and food insecurity.

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“…During the financial year 2007-8, overall food prices rose 3.9%, while some basic food prices rose more sharply: cheese by 14.2%, milk by 12.1%, poultry by 11.0% and bread by 6.8% [9]. Food cost plays a significant role in mediating food choice among low socio-economic status (SES) groups [10,11], who often have to cut back on food spending to make room for other essentials such as housing and utilities [12][13][14][15], leading to decreased food security [16].…”

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The Social Determinants of Food Purchasing Practices: Who Chooses Price-before-Health, Taste-before-Price or Organic Foods in Australia?

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A survey of the extent to which cost, taste and health considerations impact food purchasing practices in Australia was conducted. Data were gathered from a national computer assisted telephone survey of 1109 randomly sampled householders and analysed using multiple logistic regression analysis. 88% of respondents considered the taste of food before its price, with females and people on higher incomes more likely to do so. 52% of respondents said that they considered the price of food before its health and nutritional benefits, with males, younger people and people with lower educational qualifications more likely to do so. 49% said that they purchase organic food, with people with 1 child, full-time employed and people never married more likely to do so. Overall, gender, income, education, work status, age and family size are all important predictors of food purchasing practices in Australia.

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Food insecurity in South Australian single parents: an assessment of the livelihoods framework approach

Cited by 18 publications

References 39 publications

Food Stress in Adelaide: The Relationship between Low Income and the Affordability of Healthy Food

Food Stress in Adelaide: The Relationship between Low Income and the Affordability of Healthy Food

Charity Starts … at Work? Conceptual Foundations for Research with Businesses that Donate to Food Redistribution Organisations

The Social Determinants of Food Purchasing Practices: Who Chooses Price-before-Health, Taste-before-Price or Organic Foods in Australia?

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