Household Income and Expenditure Survey Analysis Report

2005 Household Income and Expenditure Survey Report3.2. Household Expenditure3.2.1. Total Annual Household Expenditure by StateTable 12 shows the total annual household expenditure was estimated at $211 million in 2005.Expenditures on food, housing & related expenses, and transportation & communications were the highest,totaling to about $83 million, $37 million, and $20 million, respectively. The combined contributions fromthese three groups made up 66% of the total national expenditures. Education group had the lowestexpenditure value of less than a million dollars or 0.2%, showing that households spend the least on goodor services relating to education. Pohnpei and Chuuk households contributed close to $80 million each tothe national expenditure.Table 12. Total Expenditure by Expenditure Groups and State: 2005AMOUNT (US$ 000)Expenditure group Total Yap Chuuk Pohnpei KosraeTotal 210,734 38,934 79,716 77,988 14,096Food 83,132 15,303 37,836 24,579 5,413Housing, household maintenance, repairs &operations 36,608 7,213 13,328 13,525 2,542Transportation & communication 19,536 4,210 6,373 7,155 1,798Gifts 13,057 1,186 4,724 6,699 448Fuel, light & water 10,737 1,880 3,789 4,322 746Furniture, equipment & accessories 8,598 1,675 2,773 3,565 585Income tax 7,717 1,193 1,877 3,941 705Clothing & footwear 7,716 841 2,717 3,739 418Alcohol, tobacco, sakau, & betelnut (ATSB) 7,478 2,456 1,934 2,870 219Medical care 4,145 827 877 2,115 326Recreation 3,476 849 805 1,491 331Education 489 213 164 104 8Other expenses 8,046 1,088 2,518 3,883 556Source: 2005 HIESAbout a third to half of total household expenditures in the states was on food. Other major expenditureswere Housing and Transportation. Expenditures on the Alcohol, tobacco, sakau & betelnut (ATSB) groupwas among the major expenditures in Yap (Figure 6). Gifts were among the major expenditures forhouseholds in Pohnpei and Chuuk.Total household food consumption increased by about $1 million between 1998 and 2005. Also, totalhousehold expenditure of Fuel, light and water increased by more than 50% from $6 million to $10 million.On the other hand, total household consumption of ATSB declined (see 1998 HIES Report). It is expectedfor this expenditure group to be significantly understated due to cultural factors.Figure 6. Household Expenditure by State: 2005YAPCHUUKFuel, light,water5%Educ.,medical,recreation5%ATSB6%Trans. &comm.11%Other15%Housingexpenses19%Food46%Fuel, light &wa te r5%Furniture &equip't3%Gifts6%Trans. &comm.8%Other14 %Housingexpenses17 %Food47%POHNPEIKO SRAEEdu.,medical, &recreation5%Fuel, light &wa ter6%Gifts9%Trans.&comm.9%Other23%Housingexpenses17 %Food31%Fuel, light &wa ter5%Edu., med.& re c .5%ATSB6%Trans. &comm.11%Other15 %Housingexpenses19 %Food39%Division of Statistics,Office of Statistics, Budget & Economic Management, Overseas Development Assistance and Compact Management 11