Where do we go? Households socioeconomic conditions and grocery in Colombia

Abstract:

This article aims to analyze the relationship between Colombian households' socioeconomic conditions and the places they frequent for obtaining food during the period 1993-2014. The question to be answered is: how do the socioeconomic conditions of households affect the chances (odds) of choosing a type of food supply place in Colombia in that period? I used the National Survey of Quality of Life (ENCV), conducted by the Colombian National Department of Statistics for 1993, 1997, 2010, and 2014. The methodology followed is quantitative. The results are divided into two parts. The first presents a descriptive analysis. The second one exposes an inferential statistical analysis, a multinomial regression, in which the dependent variable is the modalities that households use for the food supply (1. Commercial, 2. Non-commercial, and 3. Both). The independent variables correspond to the households' socioeconomic characteristics: number of women, number of people, educational level, sector (Urban / Rural). I can say that Colombian households are using more commercial modalities, and women are vulnerable to food access.

Keywords:
food practice; households; socioeconomic conditions; grocery; food; change; food security; Colombia