Question pretext
During the PERIOD SPECIFIED, did you or any member of your family consume food not elsewhere classified such as sugar and sugar products, cooking oil, margarine, sauces, salt, other spices and seasoning, prepared meals bought outside and eaten at home, and others?
Interviewer instructions
Food Not Elsewhere Classified
Purchases by the families under this subsection may not be on a daily basis because these food commodities are common stocks at home and used almost daily. It may be difficult to account for the quantity of each item. However, an attempt to get a realistic estimate of consumption on an average/normal week should be made in order not to underestimate or overestimate consumption. For example, if sugar was bought in 5 kgs. and this lasted for 2 weeks, then 2.5 kgs. must be reported.
Item 1. Sugar - This group includes refined centrifugal, brown sugar, muscovado, molasses, and panocha, etc..
Item 2. Sugar Products - This includes all derivatives of sugar such as chocolate, candies, chewing gums, syrup, caramel, cotton candies, as well as all other confectioneries which are either sugar based or coated with sugar.
Item 3. Cooking Oil - Include in this item all cooking oils such as vegetable or animal oil (e.g., Wesson oil. lard, "purico", Baguio oil, Mazola) and other liquid oil.
Item 4. Margarine - This includes all other products such as Star Margarine, Dari-Creme, Milkrema, Golden Crown, etc..
Item 5. Sauces - Report the average weekly consumption of the family on mayonnaise, catsup, patis, toyo, powdered sauce mixes and other sauces.
Item 6. Salt - In reporting salt consumption, an estimate of how long a package of salt is consumed can be the basis for estimating the value of consumption.
Item 7. Other Spices and Seasonings - This item includes garlic, ginger, vinegar, vetsin, laurel leaf, black pepper, mustard, Maggi bouillon, Knorr cubes and other spices and seasonings and condiments not covered by item (1) to (6) in this section.
Item 8. Prepared Meals bought outside and eaten at home - The amount of meals bought from outside the home and consumed by the family at home is to be reported in this item.
Include in this section under the In Cash/On Credit column the value of the meals taken from a family-operated "Carinderia" or similar source since they should be treated as if the family spent on these.
However, do not consider in this section meals bought from outside and consumed at home during special family occasions as these are to be entered under (H1) Special Family Occasions.
Item 9. Other Food Not Elsewhere Classified - Report in this item the amount consumed of other food items other than alcoholic beverages and tobacco, covered neither by food groups (A1.1) to A1.8) nor by Items 1-8 of this section. These food items include ice, natural honey, gelatin (e.g., Jell-O, Jelly Ace), ready mixed gelatin/leche flan, etc.
