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Table 2 The comparison between tobacco spending with education, health care, food spending and total expenditure of households by quintile (%)

From: The effect of imposing a higher, uniform tobacco tax in Vietnam

 

Tobacco spending/education spending

Tobacco spending/healthcare spending

Tobacco spending/food spending

Tobacco spending/total expenditure

Total

62.47

56.23

6.36

3.48

Urban-rural

    

Rural

71.36

56.91

6.43

3.67

Urban

42.31

53.79

6.11

2.92

Large city

29.70

31.77

4.95

2.15

Small city and town

41.38

54.25

5.93

2.79

Small town

51.01

72.09

6.83

3.46

Region

    

North Mountain and Midland

63.44

63.52

4.18

2.60

Red River Delta

59.98

57.76

5.04

2.87

North Central Coast

67.87

62.19

6.40

3.69

South Central Coast

83.96

67.19

6.98

4.06

Central Highlands

81.70

75.65

6.22

3.75

Southeast

53.70

47.60

6.82

3.61

Mekong Delta

83.77

52.47

7.48

4.19

Income

    

Very low Income

150.69

97.11

7.83

5.29

Low

108.17

86.99

7.31

4.58

Middle

94.21

67.00

7.40

4.30

Mid-High

68.10

72.69

7.71

4.06

High

46.35

68.92

8.83

3.60

  1. Source: The Vietnam Living Standards Survey 1997–1998