Abstract
This paper explores the relationship between consumer unit type and expenditures on food away from home using microdata from the 1989 Consumer Expenditure Survey. A log‐linear model is used to purge the effects of income and race/ethnicity from the consumer unit type/food‐away‐from‐home expenditure relationship. The income‐and race/ethnicity‐controlled propensities to purchase food away from home among eight consumer unit types are revealed in simple percentage form. These adjusted percentages are discussed in regard to current and future business strategy designed to address industrywide declines in expenditures on food away from home. The results offer support for some existing strategies as well as provide the basis for viable alternatives. Log‐linear purging is shown to be a valuable tool for consumer researchers.
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