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Table 5 Household monthly per capita consumer expenditure by household occupation in rural Rajasthan, 2004–05 and 2009-10*

From: The national employment guarantee scheme and inequities in household spending on food and non-food determinants of health in rural India

Item

MPCE in current prices in 2004–05 by type of household in INR (USD)

Percent increase in MPCE from 2004–05 to 2009-10† (in constant prices)

Labourer

Self- employed agriculture

Other households

All households

Labourer

Self-employed agriculture

Other households

All households

(N = 706)

(N = 1696)

(N = 1139)

(N = 3541)

All items

485 (11.1)

610 (14.0)

652 (15.0)

591 (13.6)

26.2

20.9

22.8

21.0

All food items

261 (6.0)

339 (7.8)

352 (8.1)

324 (7.4)

28.3

15.7

14.9

16.8

 Cereal foods

79 (1.8)

87 (2.0)

89 (2.0)

86 (2.0)

19.0

11.2

15.5

13.3

 Non-cereal foods

182 (4.2)

252 (5.8)

264 (6.1)

238 (5.5)

32.4

17.2

14.7

18.1

  Milk / fruits and related products‡

71 (1.6)

137 (3.2)

129 (3.0)

120 (2.8)

38.4

10.3

6.8

10.5

All non-food items

224 (5.1)

271 (6.2)

300 (6.9)

267 (6.1)

23.7

27.4

32.1

26.3

 Medical care

34 (0.8)

45 (1.0)

33 (0.8)

39 (0.9)

−19.3

−18.8

3.5

−15.0

 Education

8 (0.2)

17 (0.4)

20 (0.5)

16 (0.4)

82.3

81.6

140.4

90.0

  1. *Computed from NSSO’s consumer expenditure survey in 2004–05 and 2009–10.
  2. †Sample size in the 2009–10 survey was 760 households for labourer, 951 in self-employed agriculture and 872 in other households.
  3. ‡Milk/fruit and related products are a subset of non-cereal foods.