Table 3. 2. ii


Relative expenditure per person on food in rural and Kingston households (ratio of King-
 ston to rural averages). Jamaica Expenditure Survey, 1958

 d g Household type 1/
 Food group
 2A 2A + C1 2A +C2


All food (less alcoholic drinks) 1.98 2.07 1.81
Cereals and bakery products 1.64 1.87 1.78
Sugar, sweets and condiments 1.18 1.08 1.21
Roots and starchy vegetables 0.96 0.95 0.79
Other fresh vegetables 3.02 2.82 1.88
Fresh fruit 2.09 2.05 3.22
Tinned and dried fruit and vegetables 1.50 1.44 0.56
Fresh meat and fish 2.72 2.60 3.15
Tinned pickled meat and fish 1.69 2.06 1.42
Milk products and eggs 2.28 2.14 2.33
Oils and fats 1.32 1.66 1.33

 1/ See footnote 1 to Table 3. 3. i.