Average Monthly Household Expenditure and Consumption in Jordanian Dinar in Palestine by Commodities and Services Groups, (1996-2017) 

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Commodities and Services Groups Year
1996 1997 1998 2001 2004 2005 2006 2007 2009 2010 2011 2017
Number of Households in the Sample 4,500 3,275 2,836 3,022 3,098 2,152 1,281 1,231 3,848 3,757 4,317 3,739
Average Household Size 6.9 7.1 7.0 6.9 6.6 6.5 6.4 6.4 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.5
Food cash expenditure 229.3 222.9 220.3 183.1 192.6 198.8 208.1 223.8 284.3 322.4 339.7 285.1
Bread and cereals 42.6 37.0 34.2 28.2 31.5 30.6 32.3 34.8 48.6 51.0 54.3 43.6
Meat and poultry 55.8 57.9 61.4 45.9 48.1 52.3 53.3 59.8 72.5 82.3 85.3 69.2
Fish and sea products 4.3 4.1 3.9 3.5 3.9 3.9 4.3 4.2 6.8 7.5 7.4 6.0
Dairy products and eggs 19.6 20.0 18.8 17.2 17.0 16.7 18.3 18.7 23.2 25.4 27.7 24.9
Oils and fats 10.3 7.9 9.4 5.8 6.9 6.8 8.4 8.1 10.3 13.6 13.9 8.8
Fruits and nuts 21.7 21.2 21.4 17.1 17.4 17.9 17.0 18.6 23.5 25.6 26.6 23.7
Vegetables, legumes and tubers 30.0 31.9 31.0 28.9 26.7 26.1 28.0 30.0 37.3 43.1 43.1 42.3
Sugar and confectionery 14.2 12.6 11.7 11.7 11.2 12.5 13.0 13.3 15.1 17.5 18.8 13.6
Non-alcoholic beverages 10.7 10.7 11.1 8.5 8.6 8.9 9.0 10.5 12.8 15.1 16.3 14.8
Other foods 10.1 9.7 8.9 8.1 10.3 10.9 11.5 11.5 14.4 17.0 19.1 14.5
Take away food and meals in restaurant 9.9 9.9 8.5 8.1 11.0 12.1 13.0 14.4 19.8 24.3 27.3 23.8
Own produced food in kind  10.2 9.3 7.8 7.0 8.2 7.8 7.8 9.6 12.9 10.2 11.3 5.3
Total Food Consumption 239.4 232.2 228.1 190.1 200.7 206.6 216.0 233.3 297.2 332.7 351.0 290.4
Non-food cash expenditure 311.1 304.7 287.1 295.3 305.9 334.2 345.6 342.0 445.2 490.3 519.0 513.4
Clothing and footwear 50.0 49.8 46.0 33.7 35.4 42.2 38.1 43.6 55.2 55.9 62.2 48.6
Housing 39.3 41.5 39.8 50.9 52.6 51.7 55.2 40.3 68.9 76.7 82.6 81.6
Furniture and utensils 31.1 25.6 22.6 24.0 24.2 28.1 26.4 26.9 30.3 35.2 40.2 31.1
Household operations 8.3 7.6 7.2 8.0 7.9 8.7 9.5 11.2 12.3 13.9 13.8 12.2
Medical care 20.5 22.9 21.4 19.4 28.9 21.5 28.3 28.5 41.7 35.1 34.9 33.0
Transport and Communication 63.7 61.8 55.4 60.0 69.2 77.5 81.0 88.6 114.0 103.0 139.1 173.2
Education 20.4 20.3 19.5 25.6 17.9 19.5 23.3 20.9 27.3 31.9 28.8 38.0
Recreation 18.5 16.0 16.7 17.2 13.1 15.1 11.6 14.8 16.4 31.4 13.8 14.5
Personal care 13.1 11.9 11.4 11.6 13.2 14.7 14.9 16.2 21.0 13.4 26.2 20.0
Tobacco and cigarettes 25.5 27.8 25.2 23.9 23.2 27.1 27.3 28.1 32.3 24.4 43.1 50.2
Alcoholic beverages 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.1 38.7 0.1 0.1
Other non-food expenditure 20.5 19.4 21.8 20.8 20.1 27.8 30.0 22.1 25.1 0.2 33.5 10.4
Social Protection - - - - 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.5
Own produced non-food in kind  86.7 92.1 84.8 99.4 94.0 92.8 92.0 100.8 108.2 111.2 115.8 142.8
Other than foods 1.5 1.1 1.0 1.4 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.3 2.2 1.4 1.9 0.3
Imputed rent value of the dwelling 85.2 91.0 83.8 98.0 92.9 91.6 90.9 99.4 105.9 109.8 113.9 142.6
Total N‎on-Food Consumption 397.9 396.7 371.9 394.7 400.0 427.1 437.6 442.7 553.4 601.5 634.8 656.2
Total Consumption 637.3 628.9 600.0 584.9 600.7 633.7 653.6 676.0 850.6 934.1 985.8 946.7
Own produced food in kind  10.2 9.3 7.8 7.0 8.2 7.8 7.8 9.6 12.9 10.2 11.3 5.3
Own produced non-food in kind  86.7 92.1 84.8 99.4 94.0 92.8 92.0 100.8 108.2 111.2 115.8 142.8
Cash Transfer 20.0 19.2 15.8 15.0 15.5 22.5 18.5 19.7 24.3 29.3 32.7 71.3
Taxes 2.6 2.1 1.0 2.4 5.2 3.4 3.3 1.7 4.2 5.0 5.1 7.0
Non-Consumption Expenditure 28.9 30.7 22.7 14.5 16.1 24.9 15.0 20.8 31.3 39.9 48.9 58.2
Total Cash Expenditure 591.8 579.5 546.9 510.4 535.2 583.8 590.5 607.8 789.3 886.9 945.4 934.9
(-): means that observations in the cell are insufficient