Honors Theses
Date of Award
Spring 5-8-2022
Document Type
Undergraduate Thesis
Department
Economics
First Advisor
John Conlon
Second Advisor
Cara Passidomo
Relational Format
Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract
Contemporary food access literature in the social sciences centers on models of food decisions emphasizing income, prices, distance, and time. To challenge this analysis, this research conducts interviews with six residents of Oxford, Mississippi, focused on their food habits. These interviews have been summarized, and motivating factors have been extracted and compared back to the literature’s findings. The motivating factors found through the interviews include perceived differences in food quality, store opening/closing hours, partner/family preferences, family/cultural influences, and perceived risks from the COVID-19 pandemic. In contrast to the literature, spaciotemporal concerns were less dominating among participants than the above factors, leading to results opposing the intuition from the literature.
Recommended Citation
Hirsch, James, "Family History, Cultural Custom, and Personal Preference: The Accents of Food Access in Oxford, Mississippi" (2022). Honors Theses. 2714.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/2714
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