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Table 2 Demographics, city of Buenos Aires only

From: An estimation of CPI biases in Argentina 1985–2005 and its implications on real income growth and income distribution

 

EGH 85/86

ENGH 96/97

ENGH 04/05

Mean

S. D.

Minimun

Maximun

Mean

S. D.

Minimun

Maximun

Mean

S. D.

Minimun

Maximun

Share of food

0.38

0.16

0.02

0.92

0.32

0.15

0.01

0.95

0.31

0.14

0.00

0.95

Relative price of food and non-food

1.13

0.20

0.52

1.68

1.06

0.02

0.99

1.16

1.17

0.06

0.99

1.39

Household expenditure

2031.3

1670.7

122.8

13929.3

1384.9

1225.9

71.9

12,792.5

1375.9

1196.9

52.1

15,337.8

Household income

2122.0

1924.8

0.0

23,933.0

1631.5

1414.7

99.4

14,980.3

1490.2

1521.9

0.0

29,779.5

Household size

3.02

1.44

1

11

2.82

1.68

1

11

2.61

1.46

1

12

Percentage of pop. in Capital Federal (%)

100

0

100

100

100

0

100

100

100

0

100

100

% of members ages 0–4

0.05

0.12

0%

67%

3%

10%

0%

67%

4%

11%

0%

67%

% of members ages 5–9

0.04

0.11

0%

67%

3%

9%

0%

67%

4%

11%

0%

67%

% of members ages 10–15

0.04

0.11

0%

67%

3%

10%

0%

67%

4%

10%

0%

75%

% of members ages 15–19

0.05

0.13

0%

67%

5%

13%

0%

100%

4%

12%

0%

100%

Male head (%)

77

42

0

100

66

47

0

100

64

48

0

100

Spouse present (%)

71

45

0

100

58

49

0

100

55

50

0

100

Head has a job (%)

72

45

0

100

63

48

0

100

72

45

0

100

Spouse has a job (%)

27

44

0

100

26

44

0

100

30

46

0

100

Head and spouse have both a job (%)

24

43

0

100

22

42

0

100

28

45

0

100

Owner occupied (%)

69

46

0

100

68

47

0

100

61

49

0

100

Free housing occupied (%)

7

25

0

100

8

27

0

100

11

31

0

100

Observations

897

1321

2814

Weighted sample

1,005,899

966,500

1,127,851

  1. Source Own elaboration based on expenditure surveys