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From: Equity of expenditure changes associated with a sweetened-beverage tax in Tonga: repeated cross-sectional household surveys

Fig. 1

Comparison of 2009 and 2015/16 soft drink expenditure outcomes in Tonga. Notes: Household income was equivalised by household age composition using the OECD measure (see Methods) and categorised into tertiles. Expenditure was inflation adjusted. Food expenditure (used to calculate food budget share) excludes takeaway expenditures. All measures include all households. Increases and decreases are a comparison of 2015/16 outcomes after SB tax introduction with 2009 outcomes. Data source: Tonga Household Income and Expenditure Survey data, Department of Statistics, Tonga

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