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AppendixTable A.1.

Average Expenditure per Day by Category of Goods and Services for the Poor ($)

	Bangladesh				India
	All	Rural	Urban	Bhutan	All	Rural	Urban	Maldives	Nepal	Pakistan	Sri Lanka
	2010	2010	2010	2012	2011–2012	2011–2012	2011–2012	2009	2010	2011–2012	2012–2013
National consumption aggregates
Food	1.04	1.04	1.03	0.90	0.91	0.92	0.87	0.75	1.05	0.96	0.89
Nonfood nondurables	0.25	0.25	0.26	0.35	0.30	0.29	0.30	0.57	0.31	0.32	0.19
Health	0.05	0.05	0.04	0.03	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.03		0.05	0.03
Education	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.07	0.03	0.02	0.04	0.03	0.03	0.02	0.01
Durable goods	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.02	0.02	0.02		0.03		0.01
Housing	0.18	0.18	0.22	0.18	0.21	0.20	0.23	0.17	0.05	0.27	0.32
Total	1.56	1.56	1.59	1.53	1.52	1.52	1.52	1.56	1.46	1.63	1.44
Standardized consumption aggregates
Food	1.00	1.00	0.98	0.83	0.86	0.87	0.77	0.73	0.97	0.92	1.08
Nonfood nondurables	0.29	0.29	0.31	0.38	0.35	0.35	0.31	0.31	0.27	0.35	0.30
Health	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.01	0.06	0.06	0.05	0.06	0.09	0.06	0.05
Education	0.04	0.03	0.04	0.05	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.06	0.03	0.03	0.07
Durable goods	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.14	0.04	0.01	0.02
Housing	0.18	0.18	0.22	0.25	0.23	0.20	0.39	0.25	0.11	0.27	0.18
Total	1.56	1.56	1.59	1.54	1.52	1.52	1.57	1.54	1.52	1.63	1.69

	Bangladesh				India
	All	Rural	Urban	Bhutan	All	Rural	Urban	Maldives	Nepal	Pakistan	Sri Lanka
	2010	2010	2010	2012	2011–2012	2011–2012	2011–2012	2009	2010	2011–2012	2012–2013
National consumption aggregates
Food	1.04	1.04	1.03	0.90	0.91	0.92	0.87	0.75	1.05	0.96	0.89
Nonfood nondurables	0.25	0.25	0.26	0.35	0.30	0.29	0.30	0.57	0.31	0.32	0.19
Health	0.05	0.05	0.04	0.03	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.03		0.05	0.03
Education	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.07	0.03	0.02	0.04	0.03	0.03	0.02	0.01
Durable goods	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.02	0.02	0.02		0.03		0.01
Housing	0.18	0.18	0.22	0.18	0.21	0.20	0.23	0.17	0.05	0.27	0.32
Total	1.56	1.56	1.59	1.53	1.52	1.52	1.52	1.56	1.46	1.63	1.44
Standardized consumption aggregates
Food	1.00	1.00	0.98	0.83	0.86	0.87	0.77	0.73	0.97	0.92	1.08
Nonfood nondurables	0.29	0.29	0.31	0.38	0.35	0.35	0.31	0.31	0.27	0.35	0.30
Health	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.01	0.06	0.06	0.05	0.06	0.09	0.06	0.05
Education	0.04	0.03	0.04	0.05	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.06	0.03	0.03	0.07
Durable goods	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.14	0.04	0.01	0.02
Housing	0.18	0.18	0.22	0.25	0.23	0.20	0.39	0.25	0.11	0.27	0.18
Total	1.56	1.56	1.59	1.54	1.52	1.52	1.57	1.54	1.52	1.63	1.69

Notes: All amounts are based on 2011 purchasing power parity. India's consumption aggregates reported are based on the Uniform Recall Period.

Source: Authors’ estimates based on South Asia Harmonized Micro Dataset (accessed September 15, 2017).