FOOD CONSUMPTION PATTERN IN PAKISTAN: RECENT INTERPROVINCIAL EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE

Abstract

Food consumption pattern of households living in Pakistan has attained great importance by the researchers. Hence the said study is to analyze the food consumption pattern to conduct descriptive statistics through the adult equivalent (AE) approach by calculating the average monthly consumption per AE for 13 food items and average monthly relative share of each food items. Using the cross sectional household level data (PSLM: round 1 (2004-2005) collected by the Fderal Bureau of Statistics, Islamabad,
We come to know that the sequence of the use of 13 food items in Pakistan is very close to the natural phenomenon of prevailing conditions in Pakistan.As Milk, Meat and Cereals are used as major food items by the majority of the households in Pakistan On other hand the use of Jams and Biscuits is very small in four provinces of Pakistan. All these results have been estimated keeping in view the average relative share and per adult equivalent approach.