United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

872 Comparative International Statistics
No. 1533. CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR SELECTED ITEMS— SELECTED COUNTRIES: 1975 AND 1 9 8 1
/For percent increases in total consumer prices, see table 760. For explanation of average annual percent change, see Guide to
Tabular Presentation] ,
COUNTRY
INDEXES (1 9 6 7 = 1 0 0 )
1 9 7 6 196 1 197 6 1981 1 9 7 5 1 9 6 1 1 9 7 5 196 1 1 9 7 5 1 9 8 1
AVG , ANNUAL PERCENT CHANGE,
1 9 7 5 -1 9 6 1
Food 1
Total Food* Clothing Housing2 Transportation
Clothing
Housing*
Transportation
United States............ 1 6 1 .2 2 7 2 .4 1 7 5 .4 2 7 4 .6 1 4 2 .3 1 6 6 .9 1 6 4 .5 2 9 3 .5 1 5 0 .6 2 6 0 .0 7 .8 4 .6 10.1 1 0 .9
Australia................... 1 7 6 .7 3 2 8 .9 1 6 5 .8 3 1 8 .9 184.1 3 2 3 .9 1 9 9 .6 3 5 5 .5 (NA) (N A) 1 1 .5 9 .9 10.1 (N A)
Austria....................... 1 5 7 .2 2 1 7 .1 1 4 9 .4 1 9 7 .4 1 4 1 .7 1 8 3 .2 1 7 4 .4 2 5 4 .1 1 6 1 .4 2 3 6 .6 4 .B 4 .4 6 .5 6.6
Canada..................... 1 6 0 .1 2 7 3 .9 180.1 3 2 3 .0 . 1 3 6 .9 2 0 9 .4 1 6 0 .7 2 7 3 .1 1 5 0 .3 2 7 6 .0 10.2 7 .3 9 .2 1 0 .7
France....................... 1 7 6 .9 3 3 3 .6 1 8 2 .8 3 3 6 .0 1 6 6 .2 2 9 1 .7 1 8 0 .6 3 5 6 .6 1 9 2 .0 3 6 4 .3 1 0 .7 9 .B 12.0 ,1 2 .3
G erm any, F.R............ 1 4 4 .1 186.1 1 3 5 .0 1 6 6 .0 1 4 3 .2 1 8 7 .8 1 5 3 .7 2 0 6 .0 1 51 .0 1 9 7 .1 3 .6 4 .6 5 .0 4 .5
Italy........................... 1 6 6 .9 4 6 1 .6 1 8 5 .2 4 5 1 .6 1 9 4 .6 5 1 3 .9 1 7 3 .6 4 6 1 .7 2 0 7 .5 5 6 8 .8 1 6 .0 1 7 .6 1 7 .7 1 8 .3
Japan.............. 2 0 4 .5 2 9 5 .7 2 2 0 .9 3 0 3 .4 2 1 7 .5 3 0 0 .0 1 7 4 .3 2 3 5 .6 1 7 0 .2 2 6 1 .2 5 .4 5 .5 5 .2 7 .4
Netherlands. 1 7 5 .3 2 5 3 .8 1 5 5 .9 2 0 6 .6 1 9 0 .6 2 8 4 .7 1 7 3 .9 2 6 8 .9 1 6 7 .8 2 4 3 .4 5 .0 5 .6 7 .5 6 .4
Sweden...................... 1 6 4 .3 3 0 3 .3 1 8 9 .5 3 2 4 .6 1 4 1 .9 2 0 9 .4 1 7 7 .0 3 5 9 .6 (NA) (N A ) 1 1 .4 6 .7 1 2 .5 (NA)
United Kingdom........ 2 1 6 .5 4 7 3 .9 2 4 3 .8 5 0 7 .5 1 8 7 .5 3 1 0 .7 2 0 8 .7 4 6 6 .9 2 2 4 .4 5 0 3 .2 1 3 .0 8.8 1 5 .2 1 4 .4
NA Not available. ’Restaurant meals, alcohol, and tobacco are included for some countries; excluded for
others. 2 Includes shelter, utilities, and household furnishings and operations. However, actual coverage and measurement
methods wiry significantly from country to country.
Source: U.S. Bureau ot Labor Statistics, H a n d b o o k o f L a b o r S ta tistics, periodic.
N o . 1534. L ab or F o rce Particip ation R ates, By Sex and Age-group— S e le c te d C ountries:
1960 a n d i9 6 0
[Participation rates represent percent of population of each specified group In labor force]
C O U N T R Y
1 5 - 1 9 Y E A R S
O L D
2 0 - 2 4 YEARS
O L D
2 5 - 5 4 Y E A R S
O L D
5 5 - 6 4 YEARS
O L D
6 5 YEARS AND
O V E R
1 9 6 0 1 9 8 0 1 9 6 0 1 9 8 0 1 9 6 0 I 9 6 0 1 9 6 0 1 9 0 0 1 9 6 0 I 9 6 0
‘50.1 ' 5 7 . 0 R.cn
Male.................................... ‘ 59.8 ‘6 1 . 2 91.4 86.2 95.7 BA.O 8 4 J 71.2 l o i 18.2
Female............................ ’ 39.0 ‘5 2 . 6 46 . 5 89.3 4 2 . 8 6 3 . 6 37 . 0 4 0 . 8 9,0 7.5
Canada: Total................................................ 48.5 55 . 2 69 . 5 7 9 . 0 63.4 7 7 . 4 5 5 . 6 5 3 . 8 18,1 e.B
Mate............................................. 50.4 5 6 . 0 90 . 6 86.2 96 , 3 9 4 . 8 87 . 9 76.1 30 . 7 19.7
Female.......................................... 45.1 5 2 . 2 49 . 7 73 . 0 3 0 . 6 60.1 22 J 3 3 . 6 6.0 4.3
F rance: Total.................................................. *5 0 . 2 22.0 76.5 73 . 7 7 0 . 6 7 9 . 8 59 . 3 53.4 19.1 5.0
Male............ ........................... ...... * 5 4 . 9 2 5 . 7 90 . 0 8 0 . 2 96.3 9 6 . 4 80.3 68.5 31.1 7.5
Female............................ ........ ...... *4 5 . 2 1 6 , 3 63 . 0 6 7 . 5 46.1 6 3 . 0 4 0 . 2 3 9 . 7 12,0 3.3
Germany, F.R.: Total..................................... *7 3 , 7 3 5 . 0 81.4 7 2 . 9 6 8 . 9 74.1 5 2 . 9 44.1 13.9 4.7
Male.................................. *7 4 . 9 3 6 . 7 90 . 3 7 6 . 0 9 6 . 7 9 3 . 5 8 3 . 0 67.4 23 , 2 7.7
Female.............................. *7 2 . 4 3 3 . 3 7 2 . 0 6 8 . 5 45.1 6 3 . 9 28 . 2 28.1 7.9 3.0
Italy: Tote!..................................................... . 35 6 . 2 ■3 1 . 1 6 2 . 4 65.1 4 8 2 . 7 ‘6 5 . 8 (NA) (NA) *24.4 *1 1 . 5
Male.................................................. 3 67.1 3 3 3 , 3 77 . 4 7 2 . 5 ‘ 9 5 . 2 493.1 (NA) (NA) 5 40 . 2 5 19.3
Female............................ ................,. 34 5 . 2 3 2 6 . 9 48.0 57 . 9 ‘3 2 . 4 * 3 9 . 9 (NA) (NA) *1 1 . 5 *5.2
Japan: Total................................................... 6 0 . 8 1 7 . 9 79.1 68.6 76 . 0 7 6 . 8 66 . 4 61.2 39.6 26.3
Mate................................................ 52.7 17.4 0 7 . 8 66.6 9 6 . 0 0 7 . 0 65 . 6 6 5 . 0 56,9 40.9
Female....... ......... .......................... 49 . 0 18 . 5 7 0 . 6 6 8 . 7 5 7 . 6 5 6 . 7 4 6 . 7 43 . 0 25.6 15.5
Sweden: Total................................................ ‘ ■61.1 ‘ 55.5 7 3 . 8 8 3 . 1 7 6 . 2 8 9 . 3 64.1 66.8 2 5 . 8 8.7
Mate...................................... ...... 1*8 2 . 5 “ 5 5 . 3 60 . 4 6 4 . 5 66.1 9 5 . 4 6 9 . 2 78 . 7 4 4 .4 14.2
Female......................................... “ 5 9 . 6 ■ 5 5 . 8 6 6 . 7 8 1 . 6 5 6 . 0 8 2 . 9 4 0 . 3 55.3 10.4 3.7
United Kingdom; Total.............................. . 65 . 9 5 3 . 9 7 6 . 2 78.7 6 6 . 9 8 0 . 3 60 . 2 59 . 9 1 2.7 5.3
Male............................... 71.4 5 6 . 3 9 3 . 5 8 8 . 5 96.1 9 6 . 9 97 . 5 82 . 9 24 . 6 8.9
Female.......................... 60 . 2 5 1 . 4 6 2 . 5 68.4 4 0 . 4 6 3 . 6 28 . 4 39 . 0 5. 2 2.9
NA Not available. 'Persons 16-19 years old. *1962 data. Persons 14-19 years old. Persons 25-59 years old.
4 Persons 60 years old and over. *1963 data.
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation ahd Development, Paris, France, unpublished data- Data compiled from national
publications.