Household income and expenditure survey (HIES) : analytical report II: household expenditure 2016

Abstract

The household income and expenditure survey 2016 captured the consumption expenditure incurred by households. Household consumption expenditure is the value of consumer goods and services acquired, used or paid for by a household for the satisfaction of the needs and wants of its members. The consumption expenditure includes four main broad components; - expenditure on food items - expenditure on non-food items/ services - expenditure on durable goods - expenditure on rent For collecting food and non- food expenditures, and services acquired by households, HIES 2016 used a predefined list of commonly incurred expenses, by the households during the given reference period. The reference period varied from one week to 12 months, depending on the type of expense. This included items ‘received’ in kind and as gifts by the household but those were not valued in monetary terms and are not included in deriving the household expenditures. The expenditure values used here, reflects only those items/services which have been purchased/acquired by the household. The different expenditure components and the reference period for which information was collected in the survey is summarized.