Table 4
Detailed consumption patterns over the life cycle, total household consumption

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Detailed consumption patterns over the life cycle, total household consumption
  Late forties Mid-fifties Early sixties Late sixties Early seventies Difference 1
  2002 constant dollars
Residence and properties 14,200 14,000 14,000 13,000 * 14,000 -200
Shelter 8,400 9,200 * 9,700 * 9,100 * 10,200 * 1,800
Other accommodation 900 900 800 600 800 * -100
Household operations 2,400 2,100 * 2,100 * 2,000 * 1,900 * -500
Furnishings and equipment 2,500 1,800 * 1,400 * 1,300 * 1,100 * -1,400
Transportation 7,900 8,100 6,200 * 6,400 * 5,800 * -2,100
Purchased automobiles 2,700 3,200 * 2,400 * 2,700 2,200 * -500
Automobile operation 4,400 4,200 3,200 * 3,200 * 3,100 * -1,300
Public transportation 800 700 600 * 500 * 500 * -300
Food, clothing, and care 17,000 12,700 * 10,100 * 9,800 * 9,200 * -7,800
Food 10,000 7,500 * 5,900 * 5,700 * 5,000 * -5,000
Clothing 4,500 2,900 * 2,000 * 1,700 * 1,500 * -3,000
Personal care 1,200 1,100 700 * 700 * 700 * -500
Health 1,300 1,200 1,500 * 1,700 * 2,000 * 700
Other 8,500 7,500 5,500 * 5,000 * 4,000 * -4,500
Recreation 3,200 2,900 2,500 * 2,500 * 2,000 * -1,200
Reading and printed materials 400 300 300 300 200 * -200
Tobacco and alcohol 2,200 1,800 1,100 * 1,100 * 700 * -1,500
Miscellaneous 2,700 2,500 1,600 * 1,100 * 1,100 * -1,600
  percent
Percent of total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 …
Residence 29.8 33.1 39.1 38.0 42.4 …
Transportation 16.6 19.1 17.3 18.7 17.6 …
Food, clothing, and care 35.7 30.0 28.2 28.7 27.9 …
Other 17.9 17.7 15.4 14.6 12.1 …
*
Statistically different from the late-40s group at the 5% level of significance. Significance testing was done by using bootstrap weights for the SHS samples, and by using a jackknife procedure for the FAMEX sample because bootstrap weights are not available in the FAMEX.
1.
Difference (in dollars) between the early 70s and the late 40s. Numbers may not always add up as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
Survey of Family Expenditures (FAMEX) and Survey of Household Spending (SHS).
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