Household Food Consumption and Expenditure: 1984
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MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD Household Food Consumption and Expenditure: 1984 Annual Report of the National Food Survey Committee LONDON HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE © Crown Copyright 1986 First published 1986 ISBN 0 11 242759 6 THE NATIONAL FOOD SURVEY COMMITTEE C W CAPSTICK, CMG, BSc, MS Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Chairman G A H ELTON, CB, DSc, PhD, CChem, FRSC, FIBioL, FIFST<» Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food A W ASHBY, MS A H J BAINES, MA, PhD<J RN CROSSETT, BSc, B Agric, D Phil<3 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food GI FORBES, FRACMA, FACOM, MFCM, LRCS&P, DTM&H, DPH, DMSA, DIH Scottish Home and Health Department J A HEADY, MA, PhD(2< Royal Free School of Medicine DOROTHY F HOLLINGS WORTH, OBE, BSc, CChem, FRSC, FIBiol, FIFST, SRD<2 J M SLATER, BSc, MS, PhD Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food R K SKINNER, MSc, MD, MRCPath Department of Health and Social Security I B KNIGHT, BSc (Econ) Office of Population Censuses and Surveys RG WHITEHEAD, BSc, PhD, MA, FIBiol<4 MRC Dunn Nutrition Unit J A BEAUMONT, BSc, PhD<4 Institute of Grocery Distribution PROFESSOR C RITSON, BA, MAgriSc<4» University of Newcastle Upon Tyne Secretaries D H BUSS, PHD, FIFST Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food G CROFT, BSc, MSc, FSS Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Up to February 1985 : Up to August 1985 <From March 1985 <From August 1985 Preface The National Food Survey Committee exists to keep the Survey under continuous review, to recommend such changes as appear desirable in the Survey, and to publish annual and other reports. The Ministry, however, has overall responsibility for the Survey, for processing the results and arranging publication of the Committee's Reports. The Social Survey Division of the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys is responsible for the selection of the Survey sample and for supervising and contracting-out the fieldwork and coding of the Survey to a commercial agency. The Committee wishes to renew its thanks to the Social Survey Division of the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, to the British Market Research Bureau Limited for carrying out the fieldwork and coding of the Survey, to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and in particular to the many housewives who have given freely of their time to provide the basic information from which the Survey tabulation have been derived. Commentaries on the Survey's findings are published quarterly in British Business. Unpublished data from the Survey may be obtained on payment of a fee. Enquiries should be addressed to the National Food Survey Branch of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Room 419, Whitehall Place (West), London SW 1A 2HH (telephone 01 -233 - 5088). Contents Paragraphs I INTRODUCTION 1-2 П NATIONAL FOOD SURVEY RESULTS, 1984 3 National averages, Great Britain 4-19 Averages for social, economic and other groups 20-31 Special analyses ..... 32-34 Nutritional value 35-38 1П TABLES Page Table 1 Changes in incomes, prices and consumers' expenditure, 1981-1984 17 Average consumption, expenditure and prices relating to all households in the National Food Survey Sample Table 2 Household food expenditure and total value of food obtained for consumption: 1984 compared with 1983 21 Table 3 Percentage changes in average expenditure, food prices and real value of food purchased: quarters of 1984 compared with corresponding quarters of 1983 . 22 Table 4 Indices of expenditure on food purchased for household consumption, 1980-1984 . 23 Table 5 Indices of prices of food purchased for household consumption, 1980-1984 . 24 Table 6 Indices of the real value of food purchased for household consumption, 1980-1984 . 25 Table 7 Household food consumption and expenditure, main food groups, annual national averages, 1983 and 1984 26 Table 8 Consumption and purchases of individual foods; quarterly and annual national averages 28 Pages Table 9 Expenditure on individual foods and percentage of households purchasing during Survey week; quarterly and annual national averages .. 33 Table 10 Prices of individual foods; quarterly and annual national averages ...... 38 Table 1 1 Percentage of households purchasing seasonal types of food during the Survey week ... 43 Regional and type of area averages of consumption, expenditure and relative food price levels Table 12 Expenditure on seasonal, convenience and other foods, together with comparative indices of food prices and the real value of food purchased 47 Table 13 Consumption of main food groups; annual averages 48 Income group averages of consumption, expenditure and relative food price levels Table 14 Expenditure on seasonal, convenience and other foods, together with comparative indices of food prices and the real value of food purchased . 53 Table 15 Consumption of main food groups; annual averages ....... 54 Table 16 Expenditure on main food groups; annual averages 57 Household composition group averages of consumption, expenditure and relative food price levels Table 17 Expenditure on seasonal, convenience and other foods, together with comparative indices of food prices and the real value of food purchased . 63 Table 18 Consumption of main food groups; annual averages 64 Table 19 Expenditure on main food groups; annual averages 67 Table 20 Total food expenditure per head and per household of certain household composition groups within income groups; annual averages ... 70 Pages Table 21 Consumption of main foods by certain household composition groups within income groups; annual averages ....... 71 Age of housewife group averages of consumption, expenditure and relative food price levels Table 22 Expenditure on seasonal, convenience and other foods, together with comparative indices of food prices and the real value of food purchased . 79 Table 23 Consumption of main foods groups; annual averages 80 Table 24 Expenditure on main food groups; annual averages 83 Housing tenure group averages of consumption, expenditure and relative food price levels Table 25 Expenditure on seasonal, convenience and other foods, together with comparative indices of food prices and the real value of food purchased 89 Table 26 Consumption of main food groups; annual averages ....... 90 Table 27 Expenditure on main food groups; annual averages 93 Freezer-owning and other household group averages of consumption, expenditure and relative food price levels Table 28 Expenditure on seasonal, convenience and other foods, together with comparative indices of food prices and the real value of food purchased . 99 Table 29 Consumption of main food groups; annual averages 100 Table 30 Expenditure on main food groups ; annual averages 102 Special analyses MEALS EATEN OUTSIDE THE HOME Table 31 All meals Ю7 Table 32 Mid-day meals by children aged 5- 14 years . 109 SOFT DRINKS Table 33 Purchases, expenditure and prices ... Ill Pages Average nutritional value of household food Table 34 National quarterly and annual averages .. 117 Table 35 Contributions made by groups of foods to the nutritional value of household food; national averages 119 Table 36 Regional and type of area averages . 123 Table 37 Income group averages ..... 125 Table 38 Household composition averages ... 127 Table 39 Averages for household composition groups within income groups ...... 129 Table 40 Age of housewife group averages ... 136 Table 41 Housing tenure group averages .... 138 Table 42 Averages for freezer-owning and other households 140 Table 43 Indices of nutritional value for money of selected foods; national averages 142 IV APPENDICES APPENDIX A Structure of the Survey 145 TABLES Table 1 Local Authority Districts surveyed ... 153 Table 2 Quarterly composition of the sample of responding households by type of area .... 154 Table 3 Composition of the sample of responding households 155 Table 4 Average number of persons per household in the sample of responding households ... 156 Table 5 Composition of the sample of responding households: analysis by income group and household composition 157 Table 6 Main Survey classification of foods, 1984 . 158 Pages Table 6a Supplementary Survey classification of foods; 1984 164 Table 7 Estimates of the standard errors of the yearly national averages of expenditure, purchases and prices, 1984 167 Table 8 Estimates of the percentage standard errors of average per caput food consumption by households of different composition ..... 172 Table 9 Estimates of the percentage standard errors of average per caput food expenditure by households of different composition ..... 174 APPENDIX В Demand analyses and estimates of demand parameters 177 TABLES Table 1 Estimated income elasticity of household food expenditure 178 Table 2 Estimates of income elasticities of demand for individual foods ...... 179 Table 3 Estimates of price elasticities of demand for certain foods, 1979-1984 183 Table 4 Annual indices of average deflated prices, purchases and demand, 1979-1984 189 Table 5 Estimates of price and cross-price elasticities of damand for certain foods, 1977 - 1984 204 Table 6 Annual indices of average deflated prices, purchases and demand taking into account the effect of cross-price elasticities for related commodities, 1977-1984 .. .. 206 Table 7 Estimates of own-price and cross-price elasticities of demand for broad food groups, 1977-1984 209 Table 8 Annual indices of average deflated prices, purchases and demand for broad food groups, 1977-1984 210 GLOSSARY 211 I Introduction I Introduction 1 This Annual Report presents the results for 1984 of the National Food Survey of Great Britain. It contains the full range of tables necessary to update the material in earlier Reports and comments briefly on developments in household food consumption and expenditure. Trends in personal income, expenditure and retail prices in the United Kingdom (Table 1) 2 As background to the National Food Survey results, Table 1 presents informtion from the UK National Accounts and Retail Price Index on trends in personal disposable incomes, consumers' expenditure and retail prices. This shows that, in real terms, personal disposable income per head rose by some 1 .9 per cent between 1983 and 1984.