The meat consumption of the rich is 8 times that of the poor.
▫ Examining the food budget allocation data of urban households indicates the structural stability of the share of bread and cereals in all deciles, where the main consumption gap is revealed in the amount of accessibility to protein items.
▫ The analysis of the composition of food expenses of the urban household shows that basic items such as bread and cereals have a fixed and inflexible part (about 18 to 20 percent) of the livelihood basket of all cost deciles.
▫ However, the comparative study of the first and tenth deciles indicates a structural deviation in the consumption of protein items; So the share of spending on meat and protein products in the 10th decile reaches almost 25%, while low-income households necessarily decrease the share of these items and increase the share of fruits and vegetables.