1986 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Analysis of Food Demand by Age Sex.

Research Project

Project/Area Number	60560231
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Agro-economics
Research Institution	The University of Tokyo
Principal Investigator	MORISHIMA Masaru The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Agric., Professor, 農学部, 教授 (50113634)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	MATSUBARA Shigeaki Ishikawa Agriculture Eexperimental Station, Derector of Research Planning and Ma, 企画経営部, 部長 (70273886)
Project Period (FY)	1985 – 1986
Keywords	demand of rice / demand of livestock products / family income and expendeture survey / multiple linear regression / 年令別性別食料需要
Research Abstract	Recent food demand in Japan is analyed using "Family Income and Expenditure Survey" ( Prime Minister's Office, Japan ). We estimated the amount of food demanded by each household menber according to his age and sex, applying the linear regression models and find: 1. The amount of rice demanded by women aged 20--40 is decreading, but the young men and women have demanded as much rice as before. 2. Much more amount of beef and chiken are demanded by every household members, especially by young men and women. 3. Meat proucts like as ham,sausages and bacon are demanded mainly by young men and women. 4. Milk products like as butter and cheese are demanded mainly by middle aged women.