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Table 6 Proportion of consumption expenditure spent on alcoholª in South Africa, 1995–2011

From: Equity in household spending on alcoholic beverages in South Africa: assessing changes between 1995 and 2011

 

(a)

(b)

(c) = (b)-(a)

(d)

(e)

(f) = (e)-(d)

1995

2000

2000–1995

2005/06

2010/11

2010/11–2005/06

Poorest

0.10%

0.09%

−0.01%

1.16%

0.82%

−0.34%*

2nd Quintile

0.12%

0.13%

0.01%

1.60%

1.20%

−0.40%*

3rd Quintile

0.13%

0.16%

0.03%

1.83%

1.63%

−0.20%

4th Quintile

0.11%

0.15%

0.04%

2.00%

1.26%

−0.74%***

Richest

0.08%

0.11%

0.03%

0.71%

0.63%

−0.08%

Total

0.09%

0.12%

0.03%

1.03%

0.84%

−0.19%**

  1. ªSpending on all alcoholic beverages. Significance levels are denoted as follows: ***1%, **5%, *10%. The averages are computed for the entire population (includes household consumption expenditure of drinkers and non-drinkers)
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