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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Oct 30.
Published in final edited form as: Rev Econ Stat. 2020 Feb 28;102(1):113–128. doi: 10.1162/rest_a_00794

Table 2:

Household level consumption spending (US dollars per year)a

Wave 2005 (N=742) Wave 2007 (N=838)

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
a

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].