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标题：Cost of Food at Home
期刊名称：Family Economics and Nutrition Review
印刷版ISSN：1085-9985
出版年度：1996
卷号：Spring 1996
出版社：U.S. Department of Agriculture, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion

Cost of Food at Home

Cost of food at home estimated for food plans at four cost levels, March 1996, U.S. average(1)

                                   Cost for 1 week

Sex-age group               Thrifty   Low-cost   Moderate-
                             plan       plan     cost plan

FAMILIES
Family of 2:(2)
 20 - 50 years              $55.10    $69.60      $85.80
 51 years and over           51.90     66.90       82.80

Family of 4:
 Couple, 20 - 50 years
  and children--
  1 - 2 and 3 - 5 years      80.10     100.20     122.50
  6 - 8 and 9 - 11 years     92.00     117.80     147.00

INDIVIDUALS(3)
Child:
 1 - 2 years                 14.40     17.70       20.70
 3 - 5 years                 15.60     19.20       23.80
 6 - 8 years                 19.10     25.50       31.80
 9 - 11 years                22.80     29.00       37.20

Male:
 12 - 14 years               23.60     32.80       40.70
 15 - 19 years               24.40     33.80       42.10
 20 - 50 years               26.30     33.70       42.00
 51 years and over           23.80     32.10       39.60

Female:
 12 - 19 years               23.60     28.30       34.40
 20 - 50 years               23.80     29.60       36.00
 51 years and over           23.40     28.70       35.70

                            Cost for 1 week   Cost for 1 month

Sex-age group                   Liberal           Thrifty
                                 plan               plan

FAMILIES
Family of 2:(2)
 20 - 50 years                 $107.10            $238.70
 51 years and over               99.10             225.00

Family of 4:
 Couple, 20 - 50 years
  and children--
  1 - 2 and 3 - 5 years         150.90             347.10
  6 - 8 and 9 - 11 years        177.30             398.50

INDIVIDUALS(3)
Child:
 1 - 2 years                     25.10             62.50
 3 - 5 years                     28.40             67.60
 6 - 8 years                     37.00             82.90
 9 - 11 years                    42.90             98.60

Male:
 12 - 14 years                   47.90            102.40
 15 - 19 years                   48.70            105.60
 20 - 50 years                   51.10            114.00
 51 years and over               47.50            102.90

Female:
 12 - 19 years                   41.50            102.20
 20 - 50 years                   46.30            103.00
 51 years and over               42.60            101.60

                                 Cost for 1 month

Sex-age group               Low-cost   Moderate-   Liberal
                              plan     cost plan     plan

FAMILIES
Family of 2:(2)
 20 - 50 years              $301.40    $372.10     $464.00
 51 years and over           290.20     358.60      429.60

Family of 4:
 Couple, 20 - 50 years
  and children--
  1 - 2 and 3 - 5 years      434.00     531.00      653.70
  6 - 8 and 9 - 11 years     510.40     637.00      768.10

INDIVIDUALS(3)
Child:
 1 - 2 years                  76.60      89.70      108.70
 3 - 5 years                  83.40     103.00      123.20
 6 - 8 years                 110.70     137.70      160.40
 9 - 11 years                125.70     161.00      185.90

Male:
 12 - 14 years               142.10     176.30      207.40
 15 - 19 years               146.30     182.30      211.00
 20 - 50 years               145.80     182.20      221.20
 51 years and over           139.30     171.50      205.80

Female:
 12 - 19 years               122.80     149.00      180.00
 20 - 50 years               128.20     156.10      200.60
 51 years and over           124.50     154.50      184.70

(1) Assumes that food for all meals and snacks is purchased at the store and prepared at home. Estimates for the thrifty food plan were computed from quantities of foods published in Family Economics Review 1984(1). Estimates for the other plans were computed from quantities of foods published in Family Economics Review 1983(2). The costs of the food plans are estimated by updating prices paid by households surveyed in 1977-78 in USDA's Nationwide Food Consumption Survey. USDA updates these survey prices using information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI Detailed Report, table 4, to estimate the costs for the food plans.

(2) Ten percent added for family size adjustment. See footnote 3.

(3) The costs given are for individuals in 4-person families. For individuals in other size families, the following adjustments are suggested: 1-person--add 20 percent; 2-person--add 10 percent; 3-person--add 5 percent; 5- or 6-person--subtract 5 percent; 7- or more-person--subtract 10 percent.