The puzzle of the missing meat： Food away from home and China＇s meat statistics

From 1985, an increasing gap has emerged between the official statistical measures of meat production and meat consumption in China, which has raised concerns from many researchers using such data. In this paper we report the results of 428 observations（survey of 107 urban and rural households×4 qua...

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Published in:农业科学学报：英文版 2015 (6), p.1033-1044
Main Author: XIAO Hong-bo CHEN Qiong WANG Ji-min Les Oxley MA Heng-yun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
中国
农村家庭
国家统计局
拼图
消费量
统计指标
肉类
食品
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Summary:From 1985, an increasing gap has emerged between the official statistical measures of meat production and meat consumption in China, which has raised concerns from many researchers using such data. In this paper we report the results of 428 observations（survey of 107 urban and rural households×4 quarters） from 7 provinces conducted in 2010, and compare them with the official statistical data from the National Bureau of Statistics of China（NBSC）. We conclude that the main reason for the discrepancy is due to the underreporting of consumption, which is due mainly to the omission of consumption away from home.
ISSN:2095-3119
2352-3425