An investigation into food-away-from-home consumption in South Africa

Figures & data

Figure 1. Frequency of fast food purchases in South Africa from 2008 to 2012. Source: Analytix Business Intelligence (2013).

Table 1. Results of the double-hurdle model performed for the combined IES of 2005/6 and 2010/11.

VARIABLES	Expenditure on FAFH	Decision to purchase FAFH	sigma	covariance
LOG(Income)	0.318*** (0.0150)	0.198*** (0.00543)
Age	−0.0121*** (0.000893)	−0.00898*** (0.000408)
Household size	−0.0866*** (0.00487)	−0.0261*** (0.00269)
Female	−0.153*** (0.0213)	0.0154 (0.0128)
Coloured	0.139*** (0.0343)	−0.142*** (0.0198)
Indian/Asian	0.312*** (0.0771)	−0.241*** (0.0466)
White	0.668*** (0.0359)	0.202*** (0.0242)
Rural	−0.449*** (0.0280)	−0.207*** (0.0138)
Survey year 2	1.305*** (0.0209)	0.0138 (0.0127)
Constant	2.673*** (0.212)	−1.841*** (0.0569)	1.390*** (0.0369)	0.802*** (0.0917)
Observations	46 407	46 407	46 407	46 407

Standard errors in parentheses ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1.

Wald chi-square reflects good model fit.

Analytix Business Intelligence, 2013. South Africa brand report – Fast Food consumer trends: 2008–2012.

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