A survey conducted by the Statistics Center in Abu Dhabi revealed that household spending in the emirate on food and beverages decreased to 12% during the past year, compared to 20% in 2014, indicating that the rest of what families spent on food and drink was directed to spending on entertainment, culture, restaurants and hotels .

The preliminary indicators of the Household Income and Expenditure Survey for 2019 showed that citizens have become more spending on education with an increased tendency to enroll their children in private schools, after most citizenship families previously tended to enroll their children in government schools.

Significant change

In detail, the Statistics Center in Abu Dhabi reported that the Household Income and Expenditure Survey in the Emirate of 2019 showed that there has been a significant change in the pattern of household spending and consumption in the past year, compared to the pattern of spending and consumption prevailing during the past years.

Hanan Al Marzouqi, Director of the Income and Prices Division at the Center, Director of the “Household Income and Expenditure Survey Project,” said that the initial indicators showed that household spending in Abu Dhabi on food and beverages declined from 20% in 2014 to 12% during the past year, as families directed the rest What she spent on food and drink, on spending on entertainment, culture, restaurants and hotels.

Education

Al Marzouqi added, in statements on the sidelines of honoring the participants in conducting the survey, that the indicators also showed the growing spending of Abu Dhabi residents in general on education, especially citizens who are spending more than before on education, while increasing their tendency to enroll their children in private schools, after most of Citizen families tend to enroll their children in public schools.

She pointed out that the survey also recorded the movement of many residents of Abu Dhabi city to live in areas outside the city, especially in new areas such as Mohammed bin Zayed City, Shahama, Samha and Baniyas, as well as the islands surrounding the city.

consequences

Al-Marzouqi indicated that the results of the survey are expected to be announced in detail in May, after checking and processing the data, explaining that the survey data also includes the methods of purchase and whether most of them are concentrated in the purchase from sales outlets or from websites, and from inside or outside Abu Dhabi city, and from Inside or outside the country.

It showed that the survey included 63 major indicators through four visits to families per month, and included many economic, social and environmental sectors.

Sample survey

Hanan Al Marzouqi, Director of Income and Prices at the Statistics Center in Abu Dhabi, Director of the Household Income and Expenditure Survey Project 2019, said that the sample for the survey included 8784 families residing in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, distributed over the city of Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Al Dhafra, noting that 40 government agencies contributed to the survey It was conducted by 160 researchers over the course of a year and ended in late January.

The survey showed increased spending on entertainment, culture, restaurants and hotels.