| 23-40 Average Monthly Household Expenditure | ||||||||||
| by Commodity/Service Section by Quartile Expenditure Group | ||||||||||
| Quartile Expenditure Group | ||||||||||
| Commodity/Service Section | Overall | The Lowest 25% | The Second 25% | The Third 25% | The Highest 25% | |||||
| Value | (percent) | Value | (percent) | Value | (percent) | Value | (percent) | Value | (percent) | |
| Food | 5612 | 25.7 | 2917 | 36.3 | 4650 | 31.5 | 5929 | 27.9 | 8953 | 20.8 |
| Housing | 7009 | 32.2 | 2275 | 28.3 | 4539 | 30.7 | 6413 | 30.1 | 14813 | 34.4 |
| Electricity, Gas and Water | 631 | 2.9 | 402 | 5.0 | 559 | 3.8 | 659 | 3.1 | 906 | 2.1 |
| Alcoholic Drinks & Tobacco | 226 | 1.0 | 150 | 1.9 | 211 | 1.4 | 213 | 1.0 | 331 | 0.8 |
| Clothing & Footwear | 958 | 4.4 | 211 | 2.6 | 538 | 3.6 | 933 | 4.4 | 2150 | 5.0 |
| Durable Goods | 988 | 4.5 | 226 | 2.8 | 553 | 3.7 | 1036 | 4.9 | 2136 | 5.0 |
| Miscellaneous Goods | 1053 | 4.8 | 397 | 4.9 | 715 | 4.8 | 1029 | 4.8 | 2073 | 4.8 |
| Transport | 2009 | 9.2 | 598 | 7.4 | 1146 | 7.8 | 1869 | 8.8 | 4424 | 10.3 |
| Miscellaneous Services | 3310 | 15.2 | 851 | 10.6 | 1866 | 12.6 | 3194 | 15.0 | 7329 | 17.0 |
| All Sections (HKD) | 21797 | 100.0 | 8026 | 100.0 | 14778 | 100.0 | 21275 | 100.0 | 43114 | 100.0 |
| Number of Households | ||||||||||
| (household) | 1624000 | 100.0 | 406000 | 25.0 | 406000 | 25.0 | 406000 | 25.0 | 406000 | 25.0 |
| Note: Results are obtained from the Household Expenditure Survey carried out from October 1999 to September 2000. | ||||||||||