XXII. HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE

In 2006 Household Income and Expenditure Survey was conducted by the Central Statistical Organization (CSO) in 80 sample townships in seventeen states and divisions. Household expenditures are classified into two major groups. Food and Beverages and Non-food. Food and Beverages group includes 16 sub-groups and Non-Food group for 17 sub-groups.

The survey is intended to study the level and pattern of expenditures of households in urban and rural areas and derive base weights for computing consumer price index.

A sample of 32,000 urban and rural households was selected using a three-stage stratified random sampling. First-stage sampling was based on township. Second-stage unit was wards and village tracts and the third-stage unit was a household. The sample households were selected by simple random sampling from the list of households in each sample ward and village tract.

Table 22.01 shows monthly household expenditure by State and Division and table 22.02 reveals food and non-food expenditure break down in urban and rural households.