*Necmettin Erbakan University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Social Services, Konya, Turkey
**Selcuk University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Child Development and Home Management, Department of Nutrition Education Graduate Degree
The sample group for the survey consisted of 202 teachers working in primary schools in the Seyhan and the Yüreğir central districts of Adana city in 2009. The teachers’ efforts to reduce the food expenditures were examined by considering the iradoption of habits believed to reduce food expenditures: "habits adopted to reduce the kitchen expenditures" and "habits adopted to find affordable store services. "We found that the majority of the sample group have habits that contribute to reducing food expenditures:the average points scored by the group on "habits adoptedto reduce the kitchen expenditures" (%86.6) and "habits adopted to find affordable store services" (%71.3) categories were quite high. In the study we analyzed there lation among a number ofvariables and the factor categories by "Pearson Correlation Coefficient." After some statisticalanalysis, no significant relations were found between the habits adopted and some variables (gender,age, total family income, monthly food expenditures, mode of payment) (p>0.05). But those whodo budget plan (p<0.01), repare shopping list (p<0.01) or/and have bigger family size (p<0.05)were found to score higher in their choice of habits that reduce food expenditures.
Food expenditures, kitchen expenditures, affordable store services, consumers’ habits
