Household Food Expenditure Patterns of Tortila Makers According to the Food Security Level in Palopo City

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the pattern of household food expenditure by tortilla makers according to the level of food security in the City of Palopo. Sampling was done by purposive sampling with the census method, namely by interviewing 39 housewives who are members of the IKM making tortillas (Khilan). The level of household food security is grouped into 2 categories namely high and low categories. Where household food security can be measured through access to household food measured through the share of food expenditure. The results showed that there were differences in the proportion of food expenditure between households with high food security (RTKPT) and households with low food security (RTKPR). Food expenditure on RTKPT was higher in fish/shrimp/squid/shell food types by 29.38% and rice 21.53% as well as in RTKPR where expenditure of both types of food was also high namely fish/shrimp/squid/shellfish by 24% and rice 20.93%, but in RTKPR expenditure for tobacco/betel/cigarettes is also quite high at 10.16% while in RTKPT it is only 4.74%. However, when seen from the total proportion of food expenditure, the RTKPR is higher than the RTKPT.