Household Production and Consumption in Finland 2001

food obtained through hunting, fishing, mushroom and berry picking, and
consumed in the household. These data are compiled by Statistics Finland. As
in the case of housing, some tax-like charges such as fishing and hunting
licence fees were allocated as taxes on production to SNA food.
Non-SNA food includes the production of meals and snacks, baking,
preserving and related activities, such as buying groceries and other acquisition
of appliances and utensils for the preparation of food.
Market equivalents to providing meals and snack at home, include
restaurant and other meal services, snacks, takeaway meals, as well as food
available from kiosks. Ready-to-eat foods such as ice creams, crisps and sweets
are defined in the Satellite Account as final consumption goods available in the
market. Prepared meals from shops are also regarded as final consumption
goods, even though some of them need to be heated before they can be
consumed. Heating requires energy and a suitable appliance, such as a
microwave oven, which is why prepared meals should in principle be classified
as intermediate consumption goods. However the interpretation adopted in
this Satellite Account is that they are generally perceived as ready-to-eat meals
and therefore are not included in the household production. A detailed
classification is presented in Appendix 3.
Food included in and food excluded from the core accounts are recorded
separately in the Satellite Account.
Providing clothing and clothing care
Clothing production comprises both the manufacture of garments and their
care. Clothing production in Finnish households is very rare. Most clothes are
bought ready-made from shops: in the Household Satellite Account, therefore,
provision of clothing consists mainly of the amount of time and money spent
in searching, selecting and buying clothes.
The care of clothing, on the other hand, is primarily undertaken by
households. This comprises washing, ironing or mangling and the repair of
clothes. Market equivalent services include laundry services and clothing repair
services (Appendix 3). Providing clothing consists exclusively of non-SNA
production as the core national accounts do not include own-account
production of clothing or its care.
Providing care
Caregiving is divided between childcare and the care of adults who require
help, such as the disabled and the frail elderly. It consists of looking after
children or adults who are in need of care, which primarily means assuming
responsibility for these people’s welfare and security. Equivalent market
services include day care services for children provided privately or by the local
authorities, organised playground activities and other similar services. Elderly
care includes the services of day care centres and nursing homes (Appendix 3).
Production related to the care of a household member is not included as
such in the national accounts. The home care of an own child or an adult in
need of help is supported by means of parents’ allowances, home care
allowances and family nursing support. In the Satellite Account these
28 Statistics Finland National Consumer Research Centre