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Jamaliah Haji Junid (1993), the pattern of expenditure is
influenced by the total income. Other than that it is also influenced
by the size of a household, living needs such as transportation cost,
household equipments, foods and other daily activities.
A finding by the Statistical Department, Malaysia the impact of
the price increase on consumer goods, lubricant material and
transportation cost is 69.1 percent of the household expenditures
which can be divided into four categories. Table 2.1 shows the
categories of household expenditures in Malaysia.
Table 2.1: Categories of household expenditures in Malaysia
Categories of household expenditures
Percentage
(%)
Housing, water, electricity and fuel 22
Foods and non alcoholic drinks 20.1
Transportation 16.1
Restaurant and hotel 10.9
Source: Statistical Department, Malaysia (2005)
Table 2.2 shows the groupings of monthly household
expenditures in Malaysia. The groupings are food and non
alcoholic drinks, alcoholic drink and cigarettes, clothing and shoes,
housing, water, electricity, gas and fuel, decoration, equipments
and household maintenance, health, transportation and
communication, recreational and cultural services, education,
restaurant and hotel and services goods.
Table 2.2: Average monthly household expenditures groups
Expenditures groups (RM) (%)
Food and non alcoholic drinks
- Rice
36 1.8
- Bread and other grains
44 2.3
- Meat
54 2.8