Andreea Gabriela BALTAC, PhD Student
Georgeta LIXANDRU BARDAŞU, PhD Student
Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest
Abstract
In Romania 56.8 percent of households are to be found in cities and municipalities and 43.2 percent for the rural areas. Occupational status of household head has a particularly importance and a strong impact over the size and structure of revenue, expenditure and household consumption, as well as on the behavior of household as regards saving and investments. In the current model of the household from Romania, the consumption of food products from own production and those received from the wider family (parents, brothers, children) constitutes one of the ways of covering the needs of households who are experiencing financial difficulties-induced loss of monetary or any reduction in their purchasing power, and fulfil their own needs of food consumption and support of other family members is the main focus of agricultural production made by households.
