Table 2:
Wave 2005 (N=742) | Wave 2007 (N=838) | |||||||
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Mean | S.D. | % Total | % Resp. | Mean | S.D. | % Total | % Resp. | |
Dining out | 1,795 | 2,996 | 4.5 | 89.2 | 1,761 | 2,932 | 4.5 | 86.8 |
Housekeeping services | 432 | 1,407 | 1.1 | 49.9 | 390 | 1,230 | 1.0 | 47.5 |
Gardening services | 486 | 1,621 | 1.2 | 41.9 | 429 | 1,235 | 1.1 | 40.2 |
Home repair services | 1,403 | 3,587 | 3.5 | 59.5 | 1,412 | 3,780 | 3.6 | 58.4 |
Vehicle maintenance | 632 | 803 | 1.6 | 88.3 | 558 | 736 | 1.4 | 84.5 |
Dishwasher | 21 | 107 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 24 | 113 | 0.0 | 4.8 |
Washing machine/Dryer | 71 | 267 | 0.0 | 9.5 | 82 | 294 | 0.0 | 10.3 |
Substitutable consumption | 4,841 | 5,784 | 12.1 | 98.4 | 4,656 | 6,097 | 12.0 | 97.1 |
Substitutable consumption (excl. durables) | 4,749 | 5,758 | 11.8 | 98.3 | 4,549 | 6,069 | 11.7 | 96.8 |
Substitutable consumption (incl. mat.) | 6,540 | 7,162 | 16.3 | 99.9 | 6,266 | 7,436 | 16.1 | 99.4 |
Total consumption | 40,120 | 28,141 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 38,856 | 26,459 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Wave 2009 (N=825) | Wave 2011 (N=837) | |||||||
Mean | S.D. | % Total | % Resp. | Mean | S.D. | % Total | % Resp. | |
Dining out | 1,472 | 1,959 | 4.1 | 86.8 | 1,683 | 2,349 | 4.8 | 84.7 |
Housekeeping services | 291 | 927 | 0.8 | 43.6 | 296 | 857 | 0.8 | 41.6 |
Gardening services | 348 | 803 | 1.0 | 42.7 | 363 | 830 | 1.0 | 43.2 |
Home repair services | 1,176 | 2,720 | 3.3 | 54.5 | 1,059 | 3,083 | 3.0 | 53.6 |
Vehicle maintenance | 556 | 724 | 1.5 | 82.9 | 545 | 726 | 1.5 | 83.3 |
Dishwasher | 18 | 103 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 18 | 99 | 0.0 | 3.8 |
Washing machine/Dryer | 69 | 278 | 0.0 | 9.1 | 45 | 204 | 0.0 | 8.0 |
Substitutable consumption | 3,930 | 4,402 | 10.9 | 97.4 | 4,009 | 4,768 | 11.3 | 97.2 |
Substitutable consumption (excl. durables) | 3,843 | 4,350 | 10.6 | 97.2 | 3,946 | 4,750 | 11.2 | 97.1 |
Substitutable consumption (incl. mat.) | 5,320 | 5,274 | 14.7 | 99.2 | 5,402 | 5,940 | 15.3 | 99.5 |
Total consumption | 36,122 | 23,155 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 35,348 | 21,247 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Monetary measures are expressed in 2011 US dollars using the Consumer Price Index of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. ”% Total” is the percentage of total spending. ”% Resp.” is the percentage of respondents reporting any spending on [x].