Household Production and Consumption in Finland 2001

Figure 14. SNA and non-SNA household production by income quintile
€/ /household /year
45,000
SNA production
40,000
35,000
30,000
25,000
Non-SNA production
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
0
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5
In the lowest income quintile the share of SNA production is 9 per cent and in
the highest income quintile almost 16 per cent.
Looking at the share of non-SNA production attributable to different
principal functions, we find that housing accounted for the largest (around
40%) and the provision of meals for the second largest proportion (30–35%) of
the value of household output in most household types (Figure 15). Among
young people living alone, the principal function of housing accounted for
about one-half of non-SNA production.
In single-person households over 65, the value of the provision of meals
was somewhat greater than the value of housing. In families with small
children, childcare accounted for 30 per cent of the total value of household
production, while housing and the provision of meals both accounted for
around 27 per cent. The share of the childcare and adult care varied widely
between different household types. Among single parents the figure was 14
per cent, in families with schoolchildren 8 per cent and in others less than 4
per cent.
In most households clothing accounted for around 10 per cent of output.
The figure for volunteer work was also almost 10 per cent in most households,
but for elderly people living alone, young couples and time-pressed
single-parent households and families with small children, the figure was no
more than around 5 per cent. Pet care accounted for between 2 and 6 per cent
of the value of household production. With the single exception of families
with children, pet care accounted for a larger proportion of household
production than the care of people.
50 Statistics Finland National Consumer Research Centre