Statistical Yearbook Thailand 2013

Household Income and Expenditure Statistics Statistics of household income and expenditure and their distribution presented in this chapter were obtained from the National Statistical Office. The National Statistical Office conducted survey on household income and expenditure, the first time was in 1957 and it was called household expenditure survey. Later, in 1968-69 the survey title was changed to Socio-economic Survey, which was conducted every 5 years till 1986. Under an economic circumstance and rapid expansion of the country, as well as the needs of data for policy planning and formulation in poverty reduction, NSO has been requested to conduct the Socio-economic Survey every 2 years. When the economic crisis took place in 1997, NSO conducted special rounds of the SES in 1999 and 2001 to obtain indicators for measuring an impact of the crisis to Thai population. However, since 2006 the SES has been conducted annually, that is, in the year of even number, the module of income, expenditure and debt will be surveyed, while in the year of odd number only expenditure module will be surveyed. The survey covered all private, non-institutional households residing permanently in municipal areas and non-municipal areas of all regions. However, it excluded people living in transient hotels and rooming houses, hostels, boarding schools, temples, military barracks, prisons, welfare institutes, hospitals and other such institutions. It also excludes households of foreign diplomats and other temporary residents. Household expenditures Household expenditures refer to expenditure spent on goods or services needed for daily life, the expenditure may be spent in forms of cash or received without pay, (as own-produced, receive from other household’s members or the others, receive as part of work or social welfare or received from employer). Expenditure consists of consumption expenditure, such as expenditure on dwelling, furniture, other household appliance, clothes, shoes, personal stuff/service, medical and health care cost, travel cost, education, entertainment reading and cost on religious activities. And non-consumption expenditure which consists of the amount spent on taxes, gifts and contributions, insurance premiums, lottery tickets, interest paid, and other non-consumption items. Including is expenditures on food, beverages and tobacco, such as all kinds of food (fresh, preserved, finished food, seasoning etc. beverages (alcoholic/non-alcoholic) and tobacco.