Abstract
The family income and expenditure survey uses two types of classifying methods to analyze living expenditures-commodity classification (classification according to the commodities purchased irrespective of use) and usage classification (classification according to the purpose of purchase: household consumption or use as gifts). As such, we can obtain the expenditure on gifts by calculating the difference between the relevant data items under commodity classification and under usage classification.
The expenditure on fruits as gifts was confirmed by a time series - the share of the expenditure on fruits as gifts in the total fruit expenditure rose from 9% in 1970 to 17% in 2008. This shows that while household consumption of fruits and (by extension) total fruit purchases by households have been decreasing over the long term, household expenditure on fruits as gifts has remained largely constant. Consequently, the share of the expenditure on fruits as gifts has increased.
Following this, the monthly expenditure on fruits as gifts based on the city was presented. There are gifts based on the city was presented. There are eight cities wherein during some months,the share of the expenditure on fruits as gifts exceeded 50%. Further, the crop yields of the fruits used as gifts are high in these regions.
