Skip to main content

Table 4 Average annual alcohol expenditureª per capita by quintile in South Africa ($US), 1995–2011

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

 

(a) 1995

(b) 2000

(c) = (b)- (a) 2000–1995

(d) 2005/06

(e) 2010/11

(f) = (e)-(d) 2010/11–2005/06

Poorest

0.25

0.21

− 0.04*

3.33

2.79

−0.54**

2nd Quintile

0.71

0.67

−0.04

9.19

8.52

−0.67

3rd Quintile

1.57

1.61

0.04

18.46

20.78

2.32*

4th Quintile

3.02

3.14

0.12

42.81

33.51

−9.30***

Richest

8.26

9.82

1.56***

71.61

70.46

−1.15

Total

2.76

3.09

0.33*

29.08

27.21

−1.87*

  1. ªSpending on all alcoholic beverages. Significance levels are denoted as follows: ***1%, **5%, *10%
  2. Note: Consumption expenditures are expressed in 2016 dollars. The averages are computed for the entire population (includes household consumption expenditure of drinkers and non-drinkers)
Back to article page

International Journal for Equity in Health

ISSN: 1475-9276

Contact us