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Table 7-2:. Percentage of households consuming each product by region
Product
Hanoi,
HCMC
Region
Other
cities Towns NU RRD NCC SCC CH SE MRD
Beans 64 64 52 54 62 57 50 65 62 38
Morning glory 97 99 96 91 98 98 90 79 94 94
Kohlrabi 42 69 45 91 96 68 19 59 12 3
Cabbage 94 92 90 90 94 70 47 78 79 78
Tomato 98 99 95 85 94 78 76 79 89 87
Other vegetables 94 93 91 81 84 91 98 97 98 97
Orange 92 92 68 33 65 57 46 70 60 48
Banana 97 96 87 72 89 88 92 95 93 85
Mango 89 76 68 17 27 22 49 83 65 72
Other fruit 90 83 82 53 57 59 83 91 90 88
All vegetables 100 100 100 100 100 100 00 100 100 100
All fruit 99 98 93 79 92 94 97 99 97 94
Fruits & vegetables 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Avg nbr consumed 8.6 8.6 7.7 6.7 7.7 6.9 6.5 8.0 7.4 6.9
Source: Analysis of the 1998 Vietnam Living Standards Survey,
Table 7-3: . Percentage of households consuming each product by expenditure quintile
Expenditure quintile
Product
Poorest 2 3 4 Richest Total
Beans
38 50 57 59 65 55
Morning glory
86 96 97 96 97 95
Kohlrabi
53 61 58 54 47 54
Cabbage
68 81 83 86 90 82
Tomato
67 87 90 94 98 88
Other vegetables
83 89 91 93 95 91
Orange
26 45 59 70 86 59
Banana
74 85 89 90 94 87
Mango
18 32 45 58 82 49
Other fruit
49 65 74 79 90 73
All vegetables
100 100 100 100 100 100
All fruit
83 90 94 95 98 93
Fruits & vegetables
100 100 100 100 100 100
Avg. nbr.
consumed
5.6 6.9 7.4 7.8 8.4 7.3
Source: Analysis of the 1998 Vietnam Living Standards Survey
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