本市,北京某报以《本市居民平均月花销1232元》为题的消息中说:“今年前9个月,本市居民食品支出增幅低于消费总支出增幅,居民恩格尔系数为30.5%,同比下降1.6个百分点。”文中还说:“居民恩格尔系数是指食品支出占总支出的比值,国际上通常用来衡量一个国家和地区人民生活水平状 In the news about the city’s average daily spending of 1232 yuan on residents in Beijing, a newspaper in Beijing said: “In the first 9 months of this year, the city’s residents ’food expenditure growth rate was lower than the growth rate of total expenditure on consumption. The residents’ Engel’s coefficient was 30.5 %, A year-on-year decrease of 1.6 percentage points. ”The article also said:" The resident Engel’s Coefficient refers to the ratio of food expenditure to total expenditure and is commonly used internationally to measure the standard of living of people in a country or region