Inequality of Thai Households in Food and Beverages Expenditure

Abstract

The study of the inequality of Thai households in food and beverages expenditure had two objectives which the first one was to explain the inequality of Thai households in food and beverages expenditures and the second objective was to find out the factors influencing on Thai households in food and beverages expenditure between 2000 and 2011. This study was employed the Gini Co-efficient to  indicated an inequality of Thai households in food and beverages expenditure and also employed the quantiles regression analysis to indicated the factors influencing on Thai households in food and beverages in both 2000 and 2011.  Results showed that  an inequality of Thai households in food and beverages expenditure had been reduced except Bangkok which had an upward trend. Furthermore, Area of residence,  number of household member, household average income, household main occupation, number of household earner and region of residence were the factor influencing the variation of  Thai household in food and beverages statistically both in 2000 and 2011 models.