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	Table  304 (Society, Welfare)
	Food Stamp Holders in selected districts (1986-1992)
	Soc 304e
Year	Number & Percentage	Matale	Kurunegala	Puttalam	Anuradhapura	Galle	Matara
1986	Number	210,127	724,853	314,891	317,109	356,525	n.a
	%	49.9	50.7	52.5	44.2	37.6	n.a
1987	Number	218,062	744,155	331,487	n.a	364,720	n.a
	%	51.7	52.0	55.3	n.a	38.5	n.a
1988	Number	230,165	766,208	378,041	n.a	383,451	n.a
	%	54.6	53.6	63.1	n.a	43.6	n.a
1989	Number	227,375	755,759	350,707	255,757	379,785	386,728
	%	54.0	52.5	58.5	35.6	40.1	49.7
1990	Number	n.a	719,185	335,094	268,092	353,380	362,385
	%	n.a	50.3	55.9	37.3	37.3	46.6
1991	Number	169,486	692,069	328,832	308,323	320,805	335,704
	%	42.2	48.4	54.8	43.0	33.55	43.2
1992	Number	169,512	601,349	304,541	321,410	276,976	319,382
	%	40.2	42.0	50.8	44.8	29.2	41.1
© ２００７， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)
Source:
Ministry of Planning and Plan Implementation
key;
Food stamps are given to very poor people.
Revised:  2007(y)/0３(m)/3１(d)
Chief Editor:
Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
The Head, Department of Management Studies
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka