Additional Mathematics Project Work Form 5

The Household Expenditure Survey (HES) 2013

Name of members group: Amalina bt Ibrahim Siti Aisyah bt Othaman Siti Rabiatul Adawiyah bt Abd. Rahman Syahirah bt Mohd. Noor

INTRODUCTION
The Household Expenditure Survey (HES) was first conducted in the year 1957/58. Beginning 1993/94 it was carried out at an interval of five years and the recent survey was under taken in 2009/2010. The survey covered private households in urban and rural areas. The main objective of HES was to collect information on the level and pattern of consumption served as the basis for determining the good and services to be included in the basket of the Consumer Price Index (CPI). It was also used to represent the expenditure pattern of consumption expenditure by households on a comprehensive range of goods and services. This information served as the basis of determining the goods and services to be included in the basket of the Consumer Price Index (CPI). It was also used to represent the expenditure pattern of households in Malaysia. However, over the years, demand for data from the survey has increased and it is now used for several purposes. HES has become an invaluable source of information for government and private sectors, researchers and university students.