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Figure 4-1<br />

Percentage <strong>of</strong> expenditure on 10 largest SIC products, by <strong>in</strong>come group,<br />

Female headed households<br />

Wood and wood products,<br />

except furniture<br />

Dairy products<br />

Coal m<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />

Petroleum ref<strong>in</strong>eries & products<br />

<strong>of</strong> petroleum and coal<br />

Cloth<strong>in</strong>g, except footwear<br />

O<strong>the</strong>r food products<br />

Slaughter<strong>in</strong>g, prepar<strong>in</strong>g &<br />

preserv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> meat<br />

R15,000 & R20,000<br />

R10,000 & R15,000<br />

R5,000 & R10,000<br />

R1 & R5000<br />

Agriculture<br />

Sugar factories & ref<strong>in</strong>eries<br />

Gra<strong>in</strong> mill products<br />

0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0% 30.0%<br />

Percent <strong>of</strong> total expenditure<br />

Figure 4-2<br />

Proportion <strong>of</strong> expenditure on 10 largest SIC products, by <strong>in</strong>come group,<br />

Male headed households<br />

Dairy products<br />

Petroleum ref<strong>in</strong>eries & products<br />

<strong>of</strong> petroleum and coal<br />

Coal m<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />

Cloth<strong>in</strong>g, except footwear<br />

O<strong>the</strong>r food products<br />

Tobacco products<br />

R15,000 & R20,000<br />

R10,000 & R15,000<br />

R5,000 & R10,000<br />

R1 & R5000<br />

Agriculture<br />

Slaughter<strong>in</strong>g, prepar<strong>in</strong>g &<br />

preserv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> meat<br />

Sugar factories & ref<strong>in</strong>eries<br />

Gra<strong>in</strong> mill products<br />

0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0%<br />

Percent <strong>of</strong> total expenditure<br />

4.8 Figures 4.1 and 4.2 are <strong>in</strong>tuitively appeal<strong>in</strong>g. In both male and female headed<br />

households gra<strong>in</strong> mill products are important for <strong>the</strong> very poor and fall <strong>of</strong>f rapidly<br />

as a proportion <strong>of</strong> household expenditure as <strong>in</strong>comes <strong>in</strong>crease. <strong>The</strong> same holds<br />

true for sugar products, petroleum, wood, coal and m<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g products although <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>in</strong>itial importance is not that great. In contrast, as <strong>in</strong>comes <strong>in</strong>crease so too does<br />

<strong>the</strong> proportion <strong>of</strong> expenditure on cloth<strong>in</strong>g, footwear and meat.<br />

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