ECONOMICAL ANALYSIS OF THE CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE PATTERN IN EGYPT

Document Type : Original Article

Abstract

The study aimed at the study of patterns of consumer Convention in Egypt through the evolution of the relative
importance of the individual spending and major food groups in rural and urban Egypt, estimating consumer spending functions and elasticities spending and major food groups in urban and rural areas of Egypt. The study relied on a descriptive and a standard analytical method, in addition to the method of quantitative analysis using some statistical methods of analysis of both the general trend simple and multiple regression and linear progress in the two images and double logarithmic. The research found to lower spending at the level of food and drink group, garments, fabrics, housing and related items,