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4.9 <strong>The</strong> most <strong>in</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>g difference between male and female headed households is<br />

how tobacco products are <strong>the</strong> fifth most important expenditure item for very poor<br />

male headed households while <strong>the</strong>y do not feature <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> ten most important<br />

expenditure items for female headed households.<br />

Changes <strong>in</strong> Expenditure Patterns<br />

4.10 Tables 4.3, 4.4 and 4.5 record <strong>the</strong> rand value <strong>of</strong> differences <strong>in</strong> expenditure on <strong>the</strong><br />

relevant SIC products for <strong>in</strong>dividual households between <strong>the</strong> various <strong>in</strong>come<br />

categories. For example <strong>the</strong>re is an annual R465 difference <strong>in</strong> spend<strong>in</strong>g on<br />

agricultural products between households with <strong>in</strong>comes <strong>of</strong> R1 – R5,000 and<br />

those earn<strong>in</strong>g R5,001 – R10,000.<br />

4.11 Table 4.3 is for all households while Table 4.4 reports for female headed<br />

households and Table 4.5 for male headed households.<br />

4.12 As with <strong>the</strong> section above, <strong>the</strong> level <strong>of</strong> detail is so great as to make casual<br />

<strong>in</strong>terpretation very difficult. Figure 4.3 illustrates <strong>the</strong> ten greatest expenditure<br />

changes for <strong>the</strong> poorest households.<br />

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