Abstract This study is to examine the effects of income and sociodemograhic factors on the household expenditure of western fast food in China. The data will be from urban household surveys conducted by the State Statistical Bureau of the People's Republic of China. Ordinary Least Square (OLS) is adopted in the regression estimation of the model Dec 2003 Table of Content 1.<Tab/>Introduction 2.<Tab/>Research Scope and Objective 3.&…showed first 75 words of 2832 total…

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