10-9 PER CAPITA ANNUAL PURCHASES OF MAJOR COMMODITIES OF URBAN HOUSEHOLDS BY LEVEL OF INCOME (1998)

Item

 

lowest Income

 

Low Income

Lower Middle

Middle

Upper Middle

High Income

Highest Income

 

Average

Households

# Difficult

Households

Income Households

Income Households

Income Households

Households

Households

 

 

 

Households

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(first five

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(first decile)

percent)

(second decile)

(second quintile)

(third quintile)

(fourth quintile)

(ninth decile)

(tenth decile)

Starches and Tubers (kg)

13.25

12.94

12.71

12.65

12.92

13.05

13.30

13.70

15.18

Soybeans (kg)

0.35

0.27

0.29

0.31

0.30

0.35

0.39

0.42

0.42

Bean Curd (kg)

5.67

5.00

4.85

5.29

5.38

5.60

5.76

6.43

6.93

Edible Vegetable Oil (kg)

7.55

7.13

6.93

7.68

7.67

7.67

7.45

7.59

7.58

Edible Animal Oil (kg)

0.50

0.54

0.55

0.52

0.49

0.49

0.48

0.48

0.49

Pork (kg)

15.88

12.43

11.70

13.96

14.98

16.12

17.16

18.32

19.05

Beef (kg)

2.10

1.48

1.40

1.76

1.97

2.14

2.30

2.52

2.61

Mutton (kg)

1.24

0.78

0.67

0.99

1.16

1.29

1.38

1.55

1.61

Poultry (kg)

4.65

3.13

3.00

3.86

4.31

4.80

5.08

5.77

5.98

Fresh Eggs (kg)

10.76

8.25

8.05

9.10

10.03

10.22

10.63

11.18

12.10

Fish (kg)

4.10

3.03

2.85

3.50

3.85

4.19

4.45

4.82

5.08

Shrimp (kg)

1.03

0.68

0.62

0.81

0.93

1.05

1.14

1.31

1.43

Fresh Vegetables(kg)

113.76

97.82

94.91

104.50

108.78

114.15

118.25

126.24

134.78

Sugar (kg)

1.76

1.54

1.46

1.71

1.73

1.78

1.77

1.86

1.99

Candy (kg)

0.58

0.34

0.33

0.44

0.52

0.56

0.67

0.77

0.93

Cigarettes (pack)

27.25

21.65

20.52

27.31

27.05

27.73

27.57

28.60

31.79

Liquor (kg)

2.60

2.14

2.06

2.56

2.68

2.62

2.60

2.79

2.81

Fruit Wine (kg)

0.13

0.06

0.06

0.08

0.11

0.12

0.16

0.22

0.23

Beer (kg)

6.30

3.75

3.37

4.87

5.81

6.41

7.31

8.14

8.13

Other Liquor (kg)

0.65

0.43

0.35

0.62

0.73

0.69

0.67

0.70

0.65

Fresh Melons and Fruits (kg)

47.86

31.20

28.18

39.11

43.52

48.83

53.96

58.87

63.37

Cake (kg)

3.08

1.86

1.63

2.42

2.75

3.09

3.62

3.88

4.21

Fresh Dairy Products (kg)

6.18

2.87

2.17

3.72

4.95

6.17

7.48

9.03

10.66

Milk Powder (kg)

0.43

0.24

0.22

0.32

0.40

0.43

0.50

0.59

0.60

Sour Milk (kg)

0.64

0.28

0.19

0.34

0.48

0.57

0.80

1.11

1.16

Men's Clothing (piece)

2.05

1.11

0.96

1.47

1.77

2.11

2.40

2.75

3.03

Women's Clothing (piece)

2.77

1.46

1.21

1.86

2.30

2.86

3.32

3.75

4.22

Children's Clothing (piece)

0.99

0.62

0.55

0.76

0.91

1.01

1.13

1.25

1.27

Cotton Cloth (m)

0.36

0.23

0.19

0.23

0.31

0.35

0.39

0.49

0.64

Cotton/Chemical Fiber Blend Cloth(m)

0.14

0.08

0.08

0.11

0.13

0.15

0.15

0.19

0.23

Chemical Fiber Cloth (m)

0.73

0.38

0.32

0.48

0.64

0.75

0.85

1.00

1.12

Woolen Fabric (m)

0.08

0.03

0.03

0.05

0.06

0.08

0.11

0.12

0.17

Silk and Satin (m)

0.07

0.03

0.03

0.03

0.05

0.06

0.08

0.10

0.15

Knitting Wool (kg)

0.19

0.12

0.09

0.14

0.18

0.21

0.22

0.22

0.26

Leather Shoes (pair)

0.74

0.42

0.36

0.55

0.66

0.77

0.86

0.96

0.99

Cloth Shoes (pair)

0.23

0.22

0.21

0.22

0.23

0.22

0.24

0.25

0.26

Other Shoes (pair)

1.44

1.05

0.96

1.20

1.35

1.50

1.54

1.69

1.78