Abstract
Using the 1996 National Survey of Family Income and Expenditure Survey this study investigated the effect of employment status on food expenditure patterns of elderly households. The effect of employment status of elderly households was not significant in food-at-home expenditures while it was significant in food-away-from-home expenditures. As the results of this study income age family size education number of earners home ownership and region were found to influence the food-at-home expenditures of elderly households whereas income family size number of earners and education were significantly associated with the food-away-from-home expenditures of elderly households.