Table 8.

Estimated median and mean annual spending, conditional on positive spending in last 12 months by reference period for five types of irregularly purchased goods

Annual totals calculated from reported amount last month or last 12 months
	Medians ($)			Means ($)
	N	last month	last 12 months		last month	last 12 months
Clothing
specified annual first	519	1,350	1,000	508	2,461	1,863
chosen annual	272	1,200	1,000	267	2,331	1,633
chosen month	256	2,400	1,200	253	3,087	1,825
Trips and vacations
specified annual first	462	1,200	2,000	453	4,240	3,131
chosen annual	340	900	2,000	333	3,686	3,127
chosen month	93	4,800	2,000	90	8,631	2,779
Home repairs and maintenance
specified annual first	454	1,200	1,200	443	4,793	3,493
chosen annual	287	900	1,500	283	4,756	3,714
chosen month	131	2,400	1,100	130	7,871	2,424
Health care
specified annual first	503	1,200	1,000	497	2,668	1,885
chosen annual	307	1,200	1,100	303	2,871	2,193
chosen month	184	1,800	1,000	181	3,811	1,823
Gifts
specified annual first	467	1,200	1,000	459	2,552	2,184
chosen annual	285	1,200	1,000	283	2,908	2,263
chosen month	169	1,200	1,000	163	2,721	1,930
Weighted average
specified annual first		1,232	1,230		3,302	2,479
chosen annual		1,074	1,345		3,328	2,609
chosen month		2,292	1,189		4,546	2,046
specified annual first		1,232	1,230		3,302	2,479
chosen		1,510	1,289		3,763	2,408

Outliers (top 1% of sample) excluded for means, but not from medians.