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Table 3 Median (interquartile range) weekly household expenditures for food as percentage of weekly salary expended for different food groups per week

From: Nutrition transition, double burden of malnutrition, and urbanization patterns in secondary cities of Bangladesh, Kenya and Rwanda

 

Total expenditures for food

Expenditures for fruits

Expenditures for vegetables

Expenditures for dairy

Expenditures for protein legumes

Expenditures for meat

Expenditures for fish

Dinajpur (BG)

39.7% (30.0–50.1)

14.3% (11.1–18.8)

20.1% (15.6–26.0)

8.1% (5.6–11.5)

3.9% (2.6–6.3)

25.7% (20.3–62.2)

22.6% (19.0–52.1)

Rangpur (BG)

36.9% (28.1–47.8)

15.3% (11.3–22.0)

19.2% (15.2–24.8)

8.1% (4.9–11.7)

3.2% (2.2–4.5)

27.3% (21.6–33.5)

22.4% (18.5–26.3)

Bungoma (KE)

47.6% (26.8–79.9)

11.1% (5.7–16.7)

17.8% (10.2–27.0)

24.6% (15.2–31.4)

6.8% (3.9–11.8)

15.9% (10.0–22.4)

15.1% (8.8–20.8)

Busia (KE)

50.8% (33.8–92.7)

10.6% (5.6–15.8)

17.4% (10.5–25.9)

20.5% (12.3–28.4)

6.9% (4.2–12.0)

16.4% (10.5–25.4)

18.2% (12.5–26.6)

Rubavu (RW)

58.7% (34.8–100)

5.9% (0–13.8)

14.3% (4.8–22.2)

0.0% (0–7.4)

47.6% (28.6–63.6)

0.0% (0–18.5)

10.2% (0–20.5)

Rusizi (RW)

65.2% (37.0–100)

11.4% (0–18.8)

17.0% (9.1–31.3)

0.0% (0–10.3)

22.2% (12.0–45.5)

3.7% (0–25.0)

13.7% (3.9–25.0)

  1. BG Bangladesh, KE Kenya, RW Rwanda