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Consumer Expenditures in 2001 Consumer units spent $39,518 on average in 2001, an increase of 3.9 percent over the previous year. Expenditures rose 2.8 percent in 2000 and 4.1 percent in 1999. The increase in spending in 2001 was more than the 2.8-percent annual average rise in general price levels over the year, as measured by the Consumer Price Index. This report shows the latest results from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Survey. The Survey collects information on the buying habits of American consumers and consists of two components: A Diary or recordkeeping survey completed by participating consumer units for two consecutive 1-week periods; and an Interview survey, in which expenditures of consumer units are obtained in five interviews conducted at 3-month intervals. Results in this report are based on integrated data from both surveys. Housing is the major expense Total expenses ($39,518) of consumer units by budgetary component Housing accounted for the largest expense by consumer units in 2001, making up 33 percent of total expenditures. Transportation was the second largest at 19 percent of total expenses and food the third, 13 percent of total expenses. Other expenses (e.g., personal care products, education, alcohol and tobacco) comprised 10 percent of total expenditures. Personal insurance and pensions 10% Entertainment 5% Health care 6% Other 10% Housing 33% Transportation 19% Clothing 4% Food 13% Food away from home a significant share of total food expenses Food away from home accounted for 42 percent of total food expenses for all consumer units in 2001 ($2,235 out of $5,321). Whereas food at home expenses grew 2.2 percent over the 2000-2001 period, food away from home expenses rose 4.6 percent. Consumer units spent $349 on alcohol in 2001, a 6.2-percent decline from 2000. Food and alcohol expenses of consumer units Food (Total) Food at home $3,086 Food away $2,235 Alcohol $349 $5,321 98 Family Economics and Nutrition Review
Expenditures vary by age Expenses of consumer units vary by age of the head. Units headed by a 35- to 44-year-old had total expenses of $46,908, compared with $23,099 for units headed by a 75-year-old and over. Housing accounted for 34 to 35 percent of expenses for both groups. Health care, however, made up 4 percent of expenses for units headed by a 35- to 44-year-old and 15 percent for those headed by a 75-year-old and over. Total expenses of consumer units by budgetary component, by age of head 100 80 60 40 20 $46,908 $23,099 Other Personal insurance and pensions Entertainment Health care Transportation Clothing Food Housing 0 35- to 44-year-old 75-year-old and over Expenses higher in the West Total expenses of consumer units, by region Consumer units in the West had the highest total expenditure ($43,261) and units in the South the lowest ($36,285). Housing contributed to this regional expense difference, being $15,000 for consumer units in the West and $11,375 for units in the South. Consumer units in the West and South spent similar amounts on health care ($2,129 and $2,194, respectively). West $43,261 Midwest $39,548 South $36,285 Northeast $41,169 Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2003, April). Consumer Expenditures in 2001. Report 966. 2003 Vol. 15 No. 1 99
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