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Household income in Sarawak on the up, latest survey finds

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The median income for urban areas in Sarawak rose to RM5,789 last year from RM5,246 in 2016 and in rural areas it increased to RM3,195 last year from RM2,959 in 2016. — Picture by Saw Siow Feng

The survey showed an increase of three per cent to 16.6 of households earning between RM10,000 and RM13,999 last year compared to 13.6 per cent in 2016. “In terms of growth, median income in Sarawak grew by 2.9 per cent per year in 2019 compared to 4.9 per cent in 2016. Moreover, mean income rose 3.4 per cent in 2019,” said the survey.

Limbang registered the highest annual growth rate of median income at 12.8 per cent over the period of 2016 to 2019. While households with three members constituted 18.5 per cent compared to 17.6 per cent in 2016, households with two members made up 17.2 per cent, an increase of 1.4 per cent from 2016.The survey also found out that average household size in rural areas was 3.8 persons.

Households with one income recipient had the highest percentage composition at 53.5 per cent followed by two income recipients and three income recipients at 31.5 per cent and 10.2 per cent, respectively.Based on the findings, income from paid employment is the main source of income, constituting 62.5 per cent of total household income, followed by income from self employment at 15 per cent, income from property and investment and current transfer received .

Based on these findings, the mean income of B40 was found to lie below its median income, which implied that income distribution within this group was positively skewed or skewed to the right to which a larger proportion of lower-income households had pushed down the mean income value.

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