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.
