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EXPENDITURE ON FOOD AND NON-FOOD ITEMS IN COIMBATORE AND PALAKKAD

Volume : 85
Issue: Oct-dec
Pages: 585 - 590
Published: July 01, 2023
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Abstract


A study was conducted in Coimbatore and Palakkad with 200 sample households to analyse the expenditure pattern on food and non-food items. The results indicated that the average monthly expenditure on food items in Coimbatore was Rs. 3379.47 and in Palakkad it was Rs. 3668.49. Among the components. the major share was accounted by milk and milk products. followed by cereals, vegetables and non-vegetarian items. For non-food items, the average monthly expense was Rs. 11084.05 in Coimbatore and Rs. 10716.76 in Palakkad, the major components are education, clothing, housing and services.

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585 - 590
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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Expenditure Food Non-food Services
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