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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 2.
Published in final edited form as: Fisc Stud. 2009 Dec 1;30(3-4):435–459. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.2009.00103.x

Table 6.

Percent distribution of self-selected reference period for three high-frequency categories, CAMS

Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 3 Wave 4
Food at home last week 39.1 51.3 50.6 51.5
last month 30.4 23.9 27.9 27.7
last 12 months 28.6 21.9 18.0 17.0
no money spent 1.9 3.0 3.6 3.8
All 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Dining out last week 29.2 38.4 34.8 35.2
last month 27.3 21.3 26.5 26.5
last 12 months 29.4 22.2 21.9 21.0
no money spent 14.2 18.0 16.9 17.3
All 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Gas last week 30.5 41.7 40.4 40.5
last month 26.8 24.2 27.3 29.6
last 12 months 30.1 22.0 19.5 16.9
no money spent 12.6 12.1 12.8 13.0
All 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Sample size varied between 3062 and 3698.