Table 2. Mean household allocations by income quartiles.

		Total		Income Quartile 1		Income Quartile 2		Income Quartile 3		Income Quartile 4
Allocation category	Description	Mean	Percent	Mean	Percent	Mean	Percent	Mean	Percent	Mean	Percent
Food	Rice, produce, meat, etc.	3614.1	28.9	2940.7	41.7	3323.2	37.7	3798.3	34.0	4407.7	19.1
Education	Tuition, books, room and board	904.2	7.2	519.1	7.4	847.7	9.6	1103.5	9.9	1155.3	5.0
Productionmeans	Items for farming, business,trade	2647.7	21.2	519.5	7.4	670.4	7.6	1498.3	13.4	7913.8	34.2
Transportation	Gas, oil, repairs, motorcycles	299.4	2.4	136.3	1.9	240.2	2.7	317.8	2.8	506.3	2.2
Healthcare	Treatment, medicine, gifts to health staff	732.8	5.9	736.6	10.4	623.3	7.1	826.6	7.4	746.4	3.2
Construction	Building and repair of home or business	1755.9	14	956.5	13.6	1353.4	15.4	1164.5	10.4	3556	15.4
Charity	Gifts for mourning, forcommunity	514.7	4.1	327.7	4.6	380.0	4.3	391.6	3.5	961.5	4.2
Durable goods	Furniture, electronic devices	472.7	3.8	114.7	1.6	282.4	3.2	450.1	4.0	1049.4	4.5
Utilities	Electricity, gas, water, phone	470.1	3.8	286.8	4.1	377.5	4.3	480.5	4.3	738.9	3.2
Daily goods	Toiletries, kitchen supplies	237.3	1.9	202.3	2.9	230.4	2.6	262.0	2.3	255.3	1.1
Social activities	Entertainment, travel, weddings, holidays	30.6	0.2	12.4	0.2	26.8	0.3	17.9	0.2	65.6	0.3
Insurance	Property, health, etc.	20.3	0.2	9.3	0.1	20.1	0.2	20.6	0.2	31.6	0.1
Gifts	Offerings to family and friends	21.3	0.2	20.2	0.3	13.7	0.2	17.9	0.2	33.4	0.1
Tobacco/Alcohol	Cigarettes, tobacco, liquor	137.7	1.1	85.4	1.2	109.9	1.2	160.6	1.4	195.9	0.8
Loan interest	Interest paid on loans	131.9	1.1	89.5	1.3	53.6	0.6	187.7	1.7	198	0.9
Other	Expenditures not listed above	572.9	4.6	93.0	1.3	257.3	2.9	492.7	4.4	1456.2	6.3
Total		12517.5	100.0	7055.3	100.0	8806.2	100.0	11180.9	100.0	23106.2	100.0

Note: Data are reported in 1000 VND.