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LSMS-ISA Tanzania Section G: Food Consumption and Expenditures

EPAR TECHNICAL REPORT #165

Wed, 10/05/2011

AUTHORS: Karina Derksen-Schrock, Kristen Holway, C. Leigh Anderson, Mary Kay Gugerty

ABSTRACT: 

This is “Section G” of a report that presents estimates and summary statistics from the 2008/2009 wave of the Tanzania National Panel Survey (TZNPS), part of the Living Standards Measurement Study – Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA). We present our analyses of data related to consumption of priority foods, total value of consumption, levels of food consumption and production, including analyses by zone in Tanzania. We find, for example, that the mean total value of household consumption was higher for agricultural households (US$27.28) compared to non-agricultural households (US$26.59), but the mean per capita value of household consumption was higher for non-agricultural households (US$7.32) compared to agricultural households (US$5.24). The mean per capita value of weekly consumption for the Southern zone was only US$5.34, compared to the highest mean per capita value of US$6.63 in the Eastern zone. The Central zone still had the lowest per capita value of consumption at US$4.40.

The other reports in our series analyzing data from the 2008-2009 wave of the TZNPS include:

  • Section A: Introduction and Overview (EPAR Technical Report #154)
  • Section B: Median Farmer Profile (EPAR Research Brief #167)
  • Section C: Household Characteristics and Education (EPAR Technical Report #160)
  • Section D: Farm Characteristics, Crops, and Productivity (EPAR Technical Report #161)
  • Section E: Livestock and Livestock By-Products (EPAR Technical Report #164)
  • Section F: Farm Inputs (EPAR Technical Report #163)
  • Section H: Nutrition (EPAR Technical Report #166)
  • National and Zonal Highlights (EPAR Technical Report #184)
  • Gender (EPAR Research Brief #190)
  • Input Use (EPAR Research Brief #179)
  • Market Access (EPAR Research Brief #196)
  • Intercropping (EPAR Research Brief #216)
  • Maize Cultivation (EPAR Research Brief #187)
  • Paddy Cultivation (EPAR Research Brief #188)
  • Legume Cultivation (EPAR Research Brief #189)
  • Sorghum & Millet Cultivation (EPAR Research Brief #224)

TYPE OF RESEARCH: Data Analysis

RESEARCH TOPIC CATEGORY: Household Well-Being & Equity; Food Security & Nutrition

GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS: East Africa Region and Selected Countries

DATASET(S): LSMS & LSMS-ISA

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