National Accounts Statitics Household budget survey, 2009 March 31, 2010 In 2009, the average available monthly budget per household (all households) amounted to 47639 RSD. Households from urban area, in 2009, disposed of 50326 RSD on average monthly level, while households from other area disposed of 43785 RSD on average monthly level. Of the total available budget, the money receipts make 94.6% and the receipts in kind make 5.4%. Within households from urban area the money receipts make 99.0% and receipts in kind make 1.0%, while within households from other area these ratios are 87.3% and 12.7%. The largest share of money receipts (all households) makes the salaries and wages of the employed – 48.4% and pensions – 32.8%. The individual consumption expenditures of the households of the Republic of Serbia (all households) amounted to 42548 RSD, of which the expenditures for food and beverages make the largest share of 41.2%. The individual consumption expenditures of the households from urban area amounted to 44478 RSD (39.8% for food and beverages), and the individual consumption expenditures of the households from other area amounted to 39779 RSD (43.5% for food and beverages). Available budget structure – all households I In money • Salaries and wages of the employed - the Republic of Serbia average – 45.7% - Central Serbia (without the City of Belgrade) – 42.5% - Vojvodina – 44.3% - the City of Belgrade – 53.1% • Pensions (old-age, family, disablement and other) - the Republic of Serbia – 31.0% - Central Serbia (without the City of Belgrade) – 29.4% - Vojvodina – 30.0% - the City of Belgrade – 35.0% • Customer and investment credits - the Republic of Serbia – 1.3% • Other receipts (savings, insurance premiums, etc.) - the Republic of Serbia – 5.0% II In kind • Natural consumption - the Republic of Serbia – 5.3% - Central Serbia (without the City of Belgrade) – 8.1% - Vojvodina – 4.9% - the City of Belgrade – 0.8% Household budget distribution – all households I Total expenditures • Average monthly expenditures for individual consumption, by household - the Republic of Serbia – 42548 RSD - Central Serbia (without the City of Belgrade) – 38282 RSD - Vojvodina – 44288 RSD - the City of Belgrade – 49730 RSD II Consumption – expenditures structure • Food and non-alcoholic beverages - Central Serbia without the City of Belgrade – 43.2% - Vojvodina – 38.2% - the City of Belgrade – 41.9% • Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels - Vojvodina – 17.4% - Central Serbia (without the City of Belgrade) – 15.7% - the City of Belgrade – 15.2% • Health care - Central Serbia (without the City of Belgrade) – 1240 RSD - the City of Belgrade – 2444 RSD • Communications - Central Serbia without the City of Belgrade – 1359 RSD - Vojvodina – 1726 RSD - the City of Belgrade – 1795 RSD • Other expenditures – the Republic of Serbia - transport – 9.0% - clothing and footwear – 5.1% - household furniture, equipment and maintenance – 4.4% - recreation and culture – 4.9%. In the Communication by the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, LP11 (no 78 of 31 March 2010) published are the data obtained through Household Budget Survey, which has been conducted since 2003 according to international standards and recommendations of EUROSTAT, ILO and UN, thus providing international data comparability. The survey collects the data on income, expenditure and household consumption, i.e. the data on basic elements of individual consumption. Besides, the survey compiles also the data on some important living standard indicators (dwelling conditions, supply with durable consumer goods, etc.), as well as some basic data related to demographic, economic and social features of households. A survey unit is taken to be every single - or several – member household, selected according to the sample plan. A household is: a) a community of persons, whose members live and prepare food together and jointly spend the earned income; b) a single person, living, preparing food and spending the earned income on his/her own. The survey applies the method of the diary keeping (a household keeps a consumption diary for fifteen, i.e. sixteen days), regarding individual consumption of goods and services and the interview method on the basis of questionnaires, where the reference period for durables is twelve months, for semi-durables – three months and for earnings, agriculture, hunting and fishing - three months. In this survey, a two-stage stratified sample is applied, with enumeration districts as primary and households as secondary selection units. The basic geographic stratums are the territories of Central Serbia and Vojvodina. Every fifteen days, 200 households are interviewed, i.e. 4800 households annually. Of the total number of households envisaged for interview in the 2009 (4800 for the Republic of Serbia), the number of 4592 households (96%) was interviewed. According to the EUROSTAT recommendations, balance approach is not applied in the survey (income and expenditure balance); however, applied is the concept of ‘consumption expenditures’ (individual consumption expenditures), which are classified pursuant to the Classification of individual consumption by purpose (COICOP-HBS). The value of goods and services for individual consumption is registered, regardless of the fact whether they were purchased for cash money or on credit. The value of products or services of own production (natural consumption) is registered according to purchase prices. The published data relate to available and spent budget of individual consumption in 2009 and they present average monthly values per a household, expressed in dinars (RSD). The data are published for the Republic of Serbia, Central Serbia, Central Serbia (without the City of Belgrade), the City of Belgrade and Vojvodina, for all households, separately for urban and the other area. Starting from 1999 the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia has not at disposal and may not provide available certain data relative to AP Kosovo and Metohia and therefore these data are not included in the coverage for the Republic of Serbia (total). Contact person Nataša Mijakovac, Head Statistics of population consumption Phone: 2412 922, Ext. 242 Email:nmijakovac@stat.gov.rs