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 Technical information:(202) 606-6900 USDL-94-546

 Media contact: 606-5902 FOR RELEASE: 10:00 A.M. EST

 Monday, Nov. 7, 1994

 CONSUMER EXPENDITURES IN 1993

 Average annual expenditures per consumer unit continued to

 rise at a moderate rate, increasing about 3 percent from 1992 to

 1993, according to results from the Consumer Expenditure Survey

 released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of

 Labor. Expenditures had risen about 1 percent in 1992 and 4

 percent in 1991. The increase in expenditures from 1992 to 1993

 matched the increase in general price levels, as measured by the

 Consumer Price Index (CPI).

 The percent changes in expenditures from 1992 to 1993 varied

 among the major components of spending. The largest increases were

 for health care and entertainment which rose by 9 percent and 8

 percent, respectively. Food expenditures rose 3 percent, and

 housing rose 2 percent. Expenditures on apparel and services

 declined by 2 percent over the period. Consumer Expenditure Survey

 data for 1991, 1992, and 1993 are shown below.

 Annual expenditures of all consumer units and percent changes,

 Consumer Expenditure Survey, 1991-93

 Percent change

 Item 1991 1992 1993 1991-92 1992-93

 Number of consumer units 97,918 100,019 100,049

 Income before taxes(1) $33,901 $33,854 $34,868

 Average age of reference 47.5 47.6 47.8

 person

 Average number in

 consumer unit:

 Persons 2.6 2.5 2.5

 Earners 1.4 1.3 1.3

 Vehicles 2.0 1.9 1.9

 Percent homeowner 63 61 63

 Average annual $29,614 $29,846 $30,692 0.8 2.8

 expenditures

 Food 4,271 4,273 4,399 0 2.9

 Food at home 2,651 2,643 2,735 -.3 3.5

 Food away from home 1,620 1,631 1,664 .7 2.0

 Housing 9,252 9,477 9,636 2.4 1.7

 Apparel and services 1,735 1,710 1,676 -1.4 -2.0

 Transportation 5,151 5,228 5,453 1.5 4.3

 Health care 1,554 1,634 1,776 5.1 8.7

 Entertainment 1,472 1,500 1,626 1.9 8.4

 Personal insurance and 2,787 2,750 2,908 -1.3 5.7
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 Other expenditures 3,392 3,274 3,218 -3.5 -1.7

 (1) Income values are derived from "complete income reporters" only.

 The strength of the Consumer Expenditure Survey data is the

 ability to associate expenditures by consumers with the demographic

 characteristics of those consumers. A soon-to-be-published report

 will include tables showing the data classified by income quintile,

 income class, size of consumer unit, number of earners, type of

 consumer unit, age of the reference person, region of residence,

 housing tenure, race, type of area (urban-rural), and occupation.

 These are standard classifications that have been published in

 prior reports and bulletins. The report will be sent to all

 persons on the Consumer Expenditure Survey mailing list.

 Bulletins that include integrated Consumer Expenditure Survey

 data are published at 2-year intervals. The next bulletin will

 include CE Survey data for 1992 and 1993 and is scheduled for

 publication in spring 1995. It will include tables of average

 annual expenditures, income, and characteristics for the same

 classifications that are shown in the annual report but with

 additional detail. Also included are tables showing average annual

 data over a 2-year period for the following characteristics: Income

 before taxes cross-tabulated by either age, consumer unit size, or

 region; single consumers by gender cross-tabulated by either income

 or age; and selected Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). The

 bulletins also include analyses of expenditure data as they apply

 to various topics of interest. The same tables that will be

 included in the bulletin will be available on diskette prior to the

 publication of the bulletin. The data on diskette will be

 available in late November.

 The 1993 Diary and Interview microdata are now available on

 public use tapes. These tapes are available for annual data back

 to 1980. The 1993 EXPN public use tapes which include non-

 expenditure information and more detailed expenditure records than

 are found on the Interview survey tapes will be available in the

 near future. Tabulations of integrated data for 1993 with more

 detail than is shown in this news release or in the annual report

 are available.

 For further information, contact the Division of Consumer

 Expenditure Surveys, Office of Prices and Living Conditions, Bureau

 of Labor Statistics, 2 Massachusetts Ave., NE., Washington, DC

 20212-0001 or call 202-606-6900.

 Information in this release will be made available to sensory

 impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-606-7828, TDD

 phone: 202-606-5897, TDD message referral phone number: 1-800-

 326-2577.