Table 4:
share of expenditures on main groups of goods and commodities | 2002 | 2005 | 2008 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural | |
Food | 25.58 | 37.27 | 24.06 | 37.83 | 22.39 | 41.03 |
Apparel | 6.92 | 9.13 | 5.98 | 8.56 | 5.52 | 7.58 |
Housing | 31.87 | 17.25 | 27.87 | 15.2 | 31.02 | 15.58 |
Furniture & appliances | 6.07 | 7.87 | 5.6 | 7.84 | 5.12 | 7.17 |
Health | 5.72 | 5.39 | 6.29 | 6.35 | 6.39 | 6.21 |
Transportation | 10.62 | 7.16 | 15.37 | 12.01 | 14.65 | 12.98 |
Entertainment, training & Education | 3.42 | 2.46 | 3.7 | 2.56 | 3.4 | 2.17 |
Others | 9.8 | 9.71 | 11.13 | 9.65 | 11.51 | 10.84 |
Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |