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Title	What classification is used for the HIES?
Date	2015-12-15
The HIES follows household income standard proposed by the Canberra Group¹⁾ For consumption expenditure, 12 categories are used according to COICOP²⁾. 1) A group dedicated to establishing standard for household income distribution during 1996~2000 2) Classification of individual consumption recommended for use by the System of National Accounts and the ILO.