Consumption-Savings Pattern of Low Income Households towards a Sustainable Livelihood – A Gender Perspective

• Main Authors: Mohd, Saidatulakmal, Shakil, Nurul Syifaa Mohd, Azhar, Nur Azirah Zahida Mohamad
• Other Authors: Loke, Yiing Jia
• Format: Book Section
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Sains Malaysia 2016
• Subjects: H1-99 Social sciences (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.usm.my/30445/1/Pages1-8%20from%20HSSEC-2016-PROCEEDINGS-2.pdf; http://eprints.usm.my/30445/

A report by Khazanah Research Institute on the State of Households in 2015 revealed that majority of Malaysian households owned items such as cars, motorcycles, refrigerators, televisions, mobile phones, satellite TVs and internet subscriptions and that most low-income households acquired these i...