Socio-economic Baseline Survey of Chittagong Hill Tracts - chtdf

HDRCSocio-economic Baseline Survey of Chittagong Hill Tracts9412.3 Expenditure on Food and Non-foodFood expenditure in CHT constitutes the predominant share of household expenditure. Theanalysis revealed that across board household annual expenditure mainly comprised of foodexpenditure (ranging between 89% and 93% of total expenditure). This, in turn, substantiatesthe high level of poverty in CHT. Moreover, it implies that very little amount is left for nonfoodpurposes. The annual food expenditure of an average rural household in the region isabout Tk. 56,000 which shows that an average household manages all their food needs withinTk. 4,639 per month which is equivalent to 165 kg of rice equivalent (@ Tk. 28/kg). Theproportions of food and non-food expenditure by communities as well as composition of foodand non-food expenditure depict an almost similar pattern among the indigenous andBangalee communities (Figure 12.1).Figure 12.1: Household Expenditure Pattern in the CHT (%)Expenditure Pattern: All CHTOther food 5.7Fruits 1.8Fish/meat/egg/milk 23.1Other non-food 6.7Vegetables 15.2Food 89.4(Tk.55,673)Non-food 10.6(Tk.6,609)Cereals 43.6Education 0.6Health 1.0Housing 0.6Clothing 1.7Expenditure Pattern: Indigenous PeopleOther food 5.1Fruits 2Other non food 6.4Fish/meat/egg/milk22.7Education 0.7Healh 0.8Vegetables 16.0Food 89.8(Tk.51,196)Non-food 10.2(Tk.5,842)Housing 0.6Cereals 43.9Clothing 1.8