Is the minimum enough? Affordability of a nutritious diet for minimum wage earners in Nova Scotia (2002–2012)
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Is the minimum enough? Affordability of a nutritious diet for minimum wage earners in Nova Scotia (2002-2012).
OBJECTIVE This paper aims to assess the affordability of a nutritious diet for households earning minimum wage in Nova Scotia (NS) from 2002 to 2012 using an economic simulation that includes food costing and secondary data. METHODS The cost of the National Nutritious Food Basket (NNFB) was assessed with a stratified, random sample of grocery stores in NS during six time periods: 2002, 2004/2...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Public Health
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0008-4263,1920-7476
DOI: 10.17269/cjph.105.4322