EXPENDITURE PATTERN

In Nepal, the majority of poor spend more than 70 percent of their income in consumption expenditure. They spend almost all of their income on food in order to survive. Sometimes they consume more than what their income is. They are unaware of nutritional value of their foods and suffer from malnutrition and different kinds of diseases. The distribution of food consumption is always in favor of male and income earners. This is true for both rural and urban areas.