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Average Bi-Weekly Household Expenditure by Commodity/Service Section by
Quarterly Expenditure Group |
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Quartile Expenditure
Group |
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Commodity/Service
Section |
Overall |
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The Lowest
25% |
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The Second
25% |
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The Third
25% |
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The Highest
25% |
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Value |
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Value |
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Value |
(%) |
Value |
(%) |
Value |
(%) |
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Food |
2555 |
29.4 |
1251 |
43.9 |
2137 |
38.2 |
2761 |
32.7 |
4073 |
22.7 |
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Housing |
2696 |
31.0 |
676 |
23.7 |
1500 |
26.8 |
2515 |
29.8 |
6095 |
34.0 |
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Fuel & Light |
205 |
2.4 |
128 |
4.5 |
186 |
3.3 |
215 |
2.5 |
290 |
1.6 |
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Alcoholic Drinks &
Tobacco |
94 |
1.1 |
69 |
2.4 |
91 |
1.6 |
94 |
1.1 |
120 |
0.7 |
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Clothing & Footwear |
642 |
7.4 |
122 |
4.3 |
303 |
5.4 |
586 |
6.9 |
1558 |
8.7 |
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Durable Goods |
327 |
3.8 |
52 |
1.8 |
161 |
2.9 |
296 |
3.5 |
800 |
4.5 |
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Miscellaneous Goods |
402 |
4.6 |
119 |
4.2 |
255 |
4.6 |
397 |
4.7 |
837 |
4.7 |
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Transport |
691 |
7.9 |
201 |
7.0 |
378 |
6.8 |
598 |
7.1 |
1589 |
8.9 |
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Miscellaneous Services |
1088 |
12.5 |
231 |
8.1 |
582 |
10.4 |
988 |
11.7 |
2550 |
14.2 |
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All
Sections (HK$) |
8701 |
100.0 |
2850 |
100.0 |
5595 |
100.0 |
8450 |
100.0 |
17912 |
100.0 |
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Number of
Households |
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(household) |
1516000 |
100.0 |
379000 |
25.0 |
379000 |
25.0 |
379000 |
25.0 |
379000 |
25.0 |
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Note:
Results are obtained from the Household Expenditure Survey carried out from
Oct. 1994 to Sept. 1995. |
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