working paper series fswp2005 02 determinants of fast food consumption jasper fanning kansas state university thomas marsh washington kyle stiegert wisconsin madison socioeconomic are investigated for both the likelihood consuming fastfood and household expenditure on using 1994 98 usda continuing survey intakes by individuals logit model is used to estimate an empirical relationship between probability individual will consume variables tobit significant impacting included age income size hours at work eating occasion education level waea selected long beach ca july 2002 system research group http www aae wisc edu fsrg january 2005 ii this was supported a grant papers published with intention provoking discussion helping drive future not formally edited all views interpretations recommendations conclusions expressed those author s necessarily