Table 2.
Average household expenditure per capita in US$ and expenditure shares (%)
| Expenditure | Urban (N=350) | Rural (N=350) | pa value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | ±SD | (Range) | Mean | ±SD | (Range) | ||||
| Total household expenditure (US$) | 2,236 | ±1,877 | (210–14,831) | 1,594 | ±1425 | (110–21,834) | <0.001 | ||
| Food expenditure (US$) | 1,185 | ±909 | (204–11,008) | 980 | ±438 | (152–3,394) | <0.001 | ||
| Percentage of total expenditure (%) | 53.0 | 61.5 | |||||||
| Non-food expenditure (US$) | 1,051 | ±1,476 | (63–13,299) | 614 | ±1,186 | (9–18,875) | <0.001 | ||
| Percentage of total expenditure (%) | 47.0 | 38.5 | |||||||
| Health expenditure (US$) | 115 | ±792 | (0–11,813) | 43 | ±120 | (0–942) | <0.001 | ||
| Percentage of total expenditure (%) | 5.1 | 2.7 | |||||||
| Percentage of non-food expenditure (%) | 10.9 | 7.0 | |||||||
SD: standard deviation, US1: United States dollars based on a currency exchange rate of 855 kyats to 1 US1
a p value of a Mann-Whitney U test