Household Expenditure Levels, Rials/Month/Household by Category (1965-1971)
Companion table to the shares file above (WB 1974 Table 9.1), same survey, absolute rial values instead of %.
Related_Laws
Laws related to this measure. Correlation = how closely this law tracks this measure's story. Expected causation = how strongly we would expect it to have moved the line. Neither is a claim of proof.
1974CorrelationExpected causationAct on the Adjustment and Stabilization of Rents
This law provides for the adjustment and stabilization of rental rates.
Why this link: These household-expenditure breakdowns by category (which include housing) capture the cost-of-living pressure that motivated the 1974 rent-control law; they provide context for why rent stabilization became a policy priority.
Caveat: These series run only through 1971, three years before the law's passage, so they show the pre-law conditions that prompted it rather than any measurable post-law effect.
Lag: Not applicable; series predates the law.