Food Expenditure and Food Consumption before and during Ramadan in Moroccan Households

Table 1

Sociodemographic and socioeconomic characteristics (n = 340).

Characteristics	Values
Age groups
[18–25 years]	66 (19%)
]26–40 years[	111 (33%)
≥40 years	163 (48%)
Gender
Male	177 (52%)
Female	163 (48%)
Area of residence
Urban	240 (70.6%)
Rural	100 (29.4%)
Standard of living
Low	116 (34%)
Middle	137 (40%)
High	87 (26%)
Food expenditure
Before Ramadan (MAD)	1600 [1000; 2000]
During Ramadan (MAD)	2500 [2000; 3000]
Taux de variation pendant Ramadan (%)	50 [22; 67]

Values are expressed as number (p%); values are expressed as median and quartile; MAD = Moroccan dirham (official currency of Morocco).