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Table 02 (Gen.)

Socio-Economic Conditions (1953 - 2003/04) (2/2)

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Year

1953

1963

1973

1978/79

1981/82

1986/87 (a)

1996/97 (a)

2003/04 (b)

Income Distribution

Avearage Income

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

/Spending Units /Month (Rs)

169

193

311

921

1,652

2,728

8,744

15,400

/Income Reciever /Month (Rs)

108

134

228

606

1,108

1,817

5,760

10,754

Income shares of Income Receivers (

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

1st Decile

1.51

1.17

1.80

1.19

1.17

1.09

1.27

1.07

2nd Decile

3.56

2.70

3.17

2.57

2.45

2.45

2.77

2.52

3rd Decile

3.56

3.56

4.38

3.57

3.41

3.40

3.86

4.10

4th Decile

4.37

4.57

5.70

4.80

4.51

4.39

4.93

4.69

5th Decile

5.71

5.55

7.10

5.93

5.53

5.69

6.10

5.76

6th Decile

6.31

6.82

8.75

7.37

6.86

6.79

7.44

7.30

7th Decile

7.94

8.98

10.56

9.10

8.54

8.37

9.12

8.70

8th Decile

10.39

11.46

12.65

11.36

10.68

11.08

11.55

11.20

9th Decile

14.16

16.01

15.91

15.36

14.87

15.37

15.68

15.47

10th Decile

42.49

39.24

29.98

38.73

41.93

41.37

37.28

39.70

Gini Coefficient (one Month Income)

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

Spending Units

0.46

0.45

0.35

0.43

0.45

0.46

0.43

0.46

Income Receivers

0.50

0.49

0.41

0.50

0.52

0.52

0.48

0.50

Housing Conditions (% of Households)

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

Avilability of Electricity

4.1

7.0

8.0

13.1

15.8

26.5

56.8

74.9

Wattle and Daub Walls

59.5

54.9

44.2

38.9

43.4

39.7

23.3

12.5

Brick Walls

28.9

34.3

25.0

25.2

26.2

35.0

54.0

55.4

Clay Floors

50.7

40.3

44.9

45.4

41.9

39.3

25.9

14.5

Cement Floors

24.7

38.6

45.0

54.4

52.5

58.5

73.2

77.9

Thatched Roof

56.7

49.3

35.1

31.7

36.3

25.0

10.5

5.6

Tiled Roof

27.6

36.6

33.6

42.9

39.1

45.4

58.3

58.6

Water Supply & Sanition (% of Households)

Pipe Borne Water

11.3

5.6

21.0

21.8

18.4

22.6

31.0

38.9

Separate Toilets

53.8

37.6

} 58.7

56.5

60.5

76.5

88.3

90.1

Common Toilets

27.7

30.5

14.9

9.6

6.6

5.2

4.4

Without Toilets

18.5

31.9

41.3

28.6

29.9

16.9

6.5

5.6

Avilability of Household Equipment (% of Households)

Radio

n.a.

20.0

25.4

49.9

60.7

67.1

73.6

78.3

Sewing Machine

n.a.

22.0

26.2

31.3

30.7

37.2

41.5

43.6

Refrigerator

0.9

1.0

1.3

2.3

2.9

8.1

16.8

29.7

Telephone

n.a.

0.8

0.3

0.7

0.9

1.4

4.5

24.5

Bicycle

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

21.5

31.5

34.0

40.5

46.6

Motor Cycle / Scooter

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

0.9

2.4

5.3

12.0

16.3

Motor Car / Van

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

1.9

2.3

3.0

3.4

5.8

Televition

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

3.8

19.6

50.6

70.8

Washing Machine

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

0.8

2.9

7.6

Air Conditioner

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

0.3

0.9

Personal Computer

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

0.4

4.1

Consumer Expenditure

/Spending Units /Month (Rs)

162

191

310

877

1,570

2,175

8,592

15,471

/Person /Month (Rs)

34

36

58

179

318

534

2,012

3,936

Consumer Expenditure Sheres (%)

Food

59.9

56.3

55.4

56.7

56.5

52.2

48.4

37.9

Clothing and Apparel

7.9

9.6

7.6

10.6

7.7

7.6

6.3

8.3

Housing

3.6

7.3

6.8

5.8

5.9

7.8

10.8

10.7

Medical

1.3

2.8

1.6

1.7

1.6

2.2

2.4

3.4

Education

2.0

1.8

2.2

1.6

1.6

2.1

2.3

3.0

Transport and Communication

2.6

2.3

3.4

4.5

3.9

4.9

5.3

8.8

Fuel and Light

2.0

4.4

4.2

3.9

5.2

4.6

3.9

4.4

Consumer Durables

3.2

0.4

6.0

4.6

6.4

5.2

6.7

8.9

Interest on Debt

0.7

0.8

0.1

0.4

0.5

0.9

2.1

1.5

Other

16.8

14.3

12.7

10.2

10.7

12.5

11.8

13.1

© ２０１０， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)

Revised: 2010(y)/06(m)/30(d)

Source;

Chief Editor:

Economic and Social Statistics Of Sri Lanka

　　 Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)

key;

The Former Head, Department of Management Studies

(a) Excluding Nothern and Estren Province

University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

(b) Excluding Kilinochchi,Mullativu and Mannar districts

n.a - Not avilable