Table 5 Detailed consumption patterns – self-employed versus paid employees, age 25 to 59

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Table 5
Detailed consumption patterns – self-employed versus paid employees, age 25 to 59
Table summary
This table displays the results of detailed consumption patterns – self-employed versus paid employees. This information is grouped by residence and properties, transportation, Food, clothing and care, others, and as a percentage of total (appearing as row headers), grouped by paid employees, and self-employed (appearing as column headers) calculated using dollar and percentage as a unit of measure.
	$
	Paid employees	Self-employed
Residence and properties	19,100	24,100^*
Shelter	11,800	15,100^*
Other accommodation	1,200	1,800
Household operations	3,800	4,500^*
Furnishings and equipment	2,200	2,600
Transportation	10,600	10,900
Purchased automobiles	3,800	4,000
Automobile operations	5,600	5,700
Public transportation	1,200	1,200
Food, clothing and care	14,800	16,800^*
Food	8,200	9,200^*
Clothing	3,400	3,700
Personal care	1,400	1,400
Health	1,800	2,600^*
Others	9,600	11,600^*
Recreation	4,700	5,800^*
Reading and printed material	200	300^*
Tobacco and alcohol	1,700	1,800
Miscellaneous	2,900	3,600
	%
As a percentage of total	100.0	100.0
Residence	35.3	38.0
Transportation	19.5	17.2
Essentials	27.4	26.6
Others	17.7	18.3
* significantly different at the 5% level Note: Figures are rounded to the nearest 100. Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Household Spending, 2008.