Table 2000. Education of reference person: annual means, standard errors and coefficient of variation, Consumer Expenditure Survey,

2008

Item

All

consumer

units

Less than college graduate College graduate

Total

Less

than

high

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

with

some

college

Associate’s

degree Total Bachelor’sdegree

Master’s,

professional

doctoral

degree

Number of consumer units (in thousands) .......... 120,770 85,845 17,600 30,761 26,386 11,097 34,925 22,428 12,498

Consumer unit characteristics:

Income before taxes

 Mean ............................................... $63,563 $49,375 $32,909 $48,364 $55,403 $63,964 $98,434 $88,888 $115,564

 SE ................................................... 795.57 676.29 1086.80 896.20 1450.90 1468.10 1645.60 1638.80 3038.10

 CV(%) ............................................. 1.25 1.37 3.30 1.85 2.62 2.30 1.67 1.84 2.63

Income after taxes

 Mean ............................................... 61,774 48,666 32,956 47,903 54,385 62,098 93,991 85,575 109,095

 SE ................................................... 725.62 611.51 1030.10 874.73 1364.40 1274.70 1484.40 1526.20 2870.40

 CV(%) ............................................. 1.17 1.26 3.13 1.83 2.51 2.05 1.58 1.78 2.63

Age of reference person ................................... 49.1 49.6 54.1 51.4 45.0 48.2 47.8 46.5 50.2

Average number in consumer unit:

Persons ........................................................... 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4

Children under 18 ........................................... .6 .6 .7 .6 .6 .7 .6 .6 .6

Persons 65 and older ...................................... .3 .3 .5 .4 .2 .2 .2 .2 .3

Earners ........................................................... 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.4

Vehicles .......................................................... 2.0 1.9 1.5 2.0 1.9 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1

Percent distribution:

Sex of reference person:

Male ................................................................ 47 45 45 45 46 42 51 51 52

Female ............................................................ 53 55 55 55 54 58 49 49 48

Housing tenure:

Homeowner ..................................................... 66 62 53 66 59 70 78 75 81

With mortgage ............................................... 42 36 23 37 39 48 57 56 59

Without mortgage .......................................... 24 26 30 30 20 21 20 19 22

Renter ............................................................. 34 38 47 34 41 30 22 25 19

Race of reference person:

Black or African-American .............................. 12 14 19 14 13 11 8 8 8

White, Asian, and all other races .................... 88 86 81 86 87 89 92 92 92

Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person:

Hispanic or Latino ........................................... 12 14 29 12 9 9 5 6 4

Not Hispanic or Latino ..................................... 88 86 71 88 91 91 95 94 96

Education of reference person:

Elementary (1-8) ............................................. 5 7 32 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.

High school (9-12) ........................................... 35 49 66 100 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.

College ............................................................ 60 44 n.a. n.a. 100 100 100 100 100

Never attended and other ............................... 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 2 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.

At least one vehicle owned or leased ............... 89 86 76 89 88 93 94 94 94

Average annual expenditures

 Mean ............................................... $50,485.67 $42,205.02 $29,903.26 $40,849.92 $47,204.79 $53,385.33 $70,857.87 $66,221.12 $79,198.33

 SE ................................................... 648.62 589.71 702.57 631.53 924.10 1,097.00 938.03 907.90 1,465.30

 CV(%) ............................................. 1.28 1.40 2.35 1.55 1.96 2.05 1.32 1.37 1.85

Food

 Mean ............................................... 6,442.52 5,776.69 4,692.42 5,583.08 6,143.48 7,087.46 8,086.15 7,797.74 8,614.18

 SE ................................................... 80.67 88.22 141.66 126.59 152.72 198.69 106.83 132.79 225.39

 CV(%) ............................................. 1.25 1.53 3.02 2.27 2.49 2.80 1.32 1.70 2.62

Food at home

 Mean ............................................... 3,744.50 3,526.03 3,194.82 3,485.75 3,567.13 4,045.46 4,284.29 4,191.96 4,455.56

 SE ................................................... 55.39 64.07 96.64 91.01 107.17 138.45 88.76 106.08 141.25

 CV(%) ............................................. 1.48 1.82 3.02 2.61 3.00 3.42 2.07 2.53 3.17

Cereals and bakery products

 Mean ............................................... 506.95 477.04 433.22 479.59 475.26 540.13 580.87 571.34 598.63

 SE ................................................... 9.28 9.93 14.77 13.30 17.16 20.42 15.10 17.53 25.38

 CV(%) ............................................. 1.83 2.08 3.41 2.77 3.61 3.78 2.60 3.07 4.24

Cereals and cereal products

 Mean ............................................... 169.60 160.47 159.72 164.50 147.20 183.27 192.18 188.34 199.32

 SE ................................................... 3.73 4.10 8.11 5.51 6.48 10.46 7.06 6.94 13.87

 CV(%) ............................................. 2.20 2.56 5.08 3.35 4.40 5.71 3.68 3.69 6.96

Bakery products

 Mean ............................................... 337.35 316.57 273.50 315.08 328.06 356.86 388.69 382.99 399.31

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2000. Education of reference person: annual means, standard errors and coefficient of variation, Consumer Expenditure Survey,

2008 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Less than college graduate College graduate

Total

Less

than

high

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

with

some

college

Associate’s

degree Total Bachelor’sdegree

Master’s,

professional

doctoral

degree

Bakery products

 SE ................................................... 6.37 6.67 9.51 9.69 12.32 14.30 9.96 12.94 17.21

 CV(%) ............................................. 1.89 2.11 3.48 3.07 3.75 4.01 2.56 3.38 4.31

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 Mean ............................................... 846.32 832.66 837.23 839.27 793.58 905.43 880.08 877.90 884.13

 SE ................................................... 14.78 17.81 30.11 27.31 30.55 43.51 25.20 30.04 36.91

 CV(%) ............................................. 1.75 2.14 3.60 3.25 3.85 4.81 2.86 3.42 4.17

Beef

 Mean ............................................... 238.87 239.28 237.63 240.97 230.30 259.59 237.87 249.20 216.74

 SE ................................................... 5.40 6.69 11.14 10.27 14.32 17.69 9.02 11.49 13.05

 CV(%) ............................................. 2.26 2.80 4.69 4.26 6.22 6.82 3.79 4.61 6.02

Pork

 Mean ............................................... 162.98 168.38 182.31 171.73 153.61 174.87 149.65 151.69 145.83

 SE ................................................... 3.99 4.77 9.94 7.35 7.51 11.79 6.73 8.52 10.33

 CV(%) ............................................. 2.45 2.83 5.45 4.28 4.89 6.74 4.50 5.62 7.08

Other meats

 Mean ............................................... 106.48 104.00 100.26 104.71 99.74 118.37 112.60 109.84 117.74

 SE ................................................... 2.68 3.45 8.82 5.55 5.03 7.43 5.35 6.09 8.74

 CV(%) ............................................. 2.52 3.32 8.79 5.30 5.04 6.28 4.75 5.54 7.42

Poultry

 Mean ............................................... 159.05 154.77 156.13 156.24 142.88 178.59 169.61 167.83 172.93

 SE ................................................... 3.52 4.06 8.29 6.68 6.82 11.36 6.62 8.05 10.45

 CV(%) ............................................. 2.21 2.62 5.31 4.28 4.77 6.36 3.90 4.79 6.04

Fish and seafood

 Mean ............................................... 127.88 115.95 102.44 116.38 121.17 121.75 157.36 146.97 176.72

 SE ................................................... 4.15 5.10 8.32 7.19 8.43 11.71 7.91 11.81 12.78

 CV(%) ............................................. 3.25 4.40 8.12 6.18 6.96 9.62 5.03 8.04 7.23

Eggs

 Mean ............................................... 51.06 50.28 58.46 49.24 45.88 52.27 52.99 52.37 54.16

 SE ................................................... .81 1.03 3.15 1.50 1.96 3.05 1.66 2.14 3.15

 CV(%) ............................................. 1.59 2.06 5.39 3.05 4.27 5.84 3.13 4.08 5.82

Dairy products

 Mean ............................................... 429.54 398.39 355.48 385.67 403.73 487.86 506.55 493.41 531.01

 SE ................................................... 7.12 7.59 15.19 10.17 13.45 21.66 11.82 15.34 22.07

 CV(%) ............................................. 1.66 1.90 4.27 2.64 3.33 4.44 2.33 3.11 4.16

Fresh milk and cream

 Mean ............................................... 168.12 161.44 167.10 156.47 153.56 187.91 184.64 186.61 180.96

 SE ................................................... 2.71 3.11 7.68 4.28 4.80 8.69 4.51 5.24 7.60

 CV(%) ............................................. 1.61 1.93 4.60 2.74 3.13 4.62 2.44 2.81 4.20

Other dairy products

 Mean ............................................... 261.42 236.95 188.38 229.20 250.18 299.96 321.91 306.80 350.05

 SE ................................................... 5.18 5.68 10.02 7.56 10.56 15.94 8.79 11.98 16.30

 CV(%) ............................................. 1.98 2.40 5.32 3.30 4.22 5.31 2.73 3.91 4.66

Fruits and vegetables

 Mean ............................................... 656.88 595.05 553.29 573.23 604.71 699.17 809.71 779.99 865.05

 SE ................................................... 10.42 12.08 20.54 16.53 22.11 31.65 21.62 25.39 27.59

 CV(%) ............................................. 1.59 2.03 3.71 2.88 3.66 4.53 2.67 3.26 3.19

Fresh fruits

 Mean ............................................... 221.93 195.31 182.26 181.23 200.36 244.53 287.72 275.45 310.57

 SE ................................................... 4.63 5.22 8.95 7.61 9.98 15.12 9.60 11.37 14.85

 CV(%) ............................................. 2.08 2.67 4.91 4.20 4.98 6.18 3.34 4.13 4.78

Fresh vegetables

 Mean ............................................... 211.86 188.89 181.94 183.39 190.75 211.20 268.63 260.16 284.41

 SE ................................................... 3.72 4.13 7.64 6.44 7.47 11.71 9.83 11.78 13.11

 CV(%) ............................................. 1.76 2.19 4.20 3.51 3.91 5.55 3.66 4.53 4.61

Processed fruits

 Mean ............................................... 116.39 106.63 92.32 101.06 112.69 129.53 140.52 135.21 150.40

 SE ................................................... 2.42 2.77 4.79 3.03 5.51 7.44 4.76 5.41 8.09

 CV(%) ............................................. 2.08 2.59 5.19 3.00 4.89 5.74 3.38 4.00 5.38

Processed vegetables

 Mean ............................................... 106.70 104.22 96.77 107.55 100.90 113.91 112.84 109.17 119.67

 SE ................................................... 2.54 3.17 5.81 4.51 4.28 6.88 3.58 4.71 6.00

 CV(%) ............................................. 2.38 3.05 6.01 4.19 4.24 6.04 3.17 4.32 5.01

Other food at home

 Mean ............................................... 1,304.81 1,222.90 1,015.60 1,207.99 1,289.85 1,412.87 1,507.09 1,469.32 1,576.73

 SE ................................................... 20.62 25.21 35.27 35.86 42.70 55.28 29.32 37.61 62.15

 CV(%) ............................................. 1.58 2.06 3.47 2.97 3.31 3.91 1.95 2.56 3.94

Sugar and other sweets

 Mean ............................................... 129.23 118.65 105.41 118.62 119.52 136.55 155.38 158.87 148.87

 SE ................................................... 3.02 3.82 5.48 4.99 6.38 8.99 5.14 6.77 9.70

 CV(%) ............................................. 2.34 3.22 5.20 4.20 5.34 6.58 3.31 4.26 6.52

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2000. Education of reference person: annual means, standard errors and coefficient of variation, Consumer Expenditure Survey,

2008 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Less than college graduate College graduate

Total

Less

than

high

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

with

some

college

Associate’s

degree Total Bachelor’sdegree

Master’s,

professional

doctoral

degree

Fats and oils

 Mean ............................................... 104.47 103.83 103.48 104.02 100.31 112.74 106.07 105.46 107.20

 SE ................................................... 2.51 2.91 5.56 4.62 4.39 7.48 4.92 6.43 6.98

 CV(%) ............................................. 2.41 2.80 5.37 4.44 4.38 6.63 4.64 6.10 6.51

Miscellaneous foods

 Mean ............................................... 679.84 629.94 486.12 618.54 687.42 735.05 803.16 770.28 864.39

 SE ................................................... 12.10 14.17 20.06 20.82 27.24 32.61 20.58 26.70 40.13

 CV(%) ............................................. 1.78 2.25 4.13 3.37 3.96 4.44 2.56 3.47 4.64

Nonalcoholic beverages

 Mean ............................................... 342.47 335.47 304.89 335.83 335.19 381.31 359.76 362.48 354.69

 SE ................................................... 5.93 7.17 13.59 11.55 12.42 23.77 9.78 11.33 16.10

 CV(%) ............................................. 1.73 2.14 4.46 3.44 3.70 6.23 2.72 3.12 4.54

Food prepared by consumer unit on

out-of-town trips

 Mean ............................................... 48.80 35.00 15.70 30.99 47.40 47.21 82.73 72.23 101.59

 SE ................................................... 2.34 2.21 1.87 3.41 4.40 5.38 4.74 4.92 8.70

 CV(%) ............................................. 4.80 6.32 11.91 11.00 9.29 11.39 5.73 6.81 8.56

Food away from home

 Mean ............................................... 2,698.03 2,250.66 1,497.60 2,097.33 2,576.35 3,042.00 3,801.86 3,605.78 4,158.62

 SE ................................................... 45.61 47.94 80.75 72.05 78.36 121.24 76.29 93.33 165.42

 CV(%) ............................................. 1.69 2.13 5.39 3.44 3.04 3.99 2.01 2.59 3.98

Alcoholic beverages

 Mean ............................................... 444.17 343.05 163.48 326.39 418.74 473.43 693.88 669.21 738.97

 SE ................................................... 16.52 17.91 17.96 24.77 32.01 42.08 29.63 38.12 44.04

 CV(%) ............................................. 3.72 5.22 10.99 7.59 7.64 8.89 4.27 5.70 5.96

Housing

 Mean ............................................... 17,108.53 14,218.02 10,952.17 13,558.87 15,748.87 17,575.84 24,216.52 22,541.35 27,227.97

 SE ................................................... 192.64 189.77 297.78 257.12 280.58 363.32 304.95 321.70 627.30

 CV(%) ............................................. 1.13 1.33 2.72 1.90 1.78 2.07 1.26 1.43 2.30

Shelter

 Mean ............................................... 10,183.12 8,197.03 6,124.83 7,626.60 9,353.92 10,313.95 15,064.85 14,036.82 16,909.74

 SE ................................................... 139.43 138.00 224.74 197.83 197.69 302.14 241.68 290.32 485.98

 CV(%) ............................................. 1.37 1.68 3.67 2.59 2.11 2.93 1.60 2.07 2.87

Owned dwellings

 Mean ............................................... 6,760.40 5,015.35 2,988.86 4,690.82 5,834.95 7,180.09 11,049.69 10,246.79 12,490.55

 SE ................................................... 112.47 109.79 167.15 180.98 185.40 308.30 240.06 326.42 425.70

 CV(%) ............................................. 1.66 2.19 5.59 3.86 3.18 4.29 2.17 3.19 3.41

Mortgage interest and charges

 Mean ............................................... 3,826.44 2,792.91 1,619.35 2,477.92 3,316.79 4,281.63 6,366.81 6,092.56 6,858.99

 SE ................................................... 83.39 81.09 125.98 139.16 123.30 222.04 196.02 251.54 275.48

 CV(%) ............................................. 2.18 2.90 7.78 5.62 3.72 5.19 3.08 4.13 4.02

Property taxes

 Mean ............................................... 1,758.28 1,301.91 778.26 1,329.98 1,439.92 1,726.42 2,880.01 2,646.30 3,299.43

 SE ................................................... 29.18 24.42 37.29 38.54 44.51 70.67 74.40 79.53 105.29

 CV(%) ............................................. 1.66 1.88 4.79 2.90 3.09 4.09 2.58 3.01 3.19

Maintenance, repairs, insurance, other

expenses

 Mean ............................................... 1,175.69 920.53 591.25 882.92 1,078.24 1,172.04 1,802.86 1,507.93 2,332.14

 SE ................................................... 53.33 40.25 38.30 60.65 91.34 131.67 121.45 69.18 291.07

 CV(%) ............................................. 4.54 4.37 6.48 6.87 8.47 11.23 6.74 4.59 12.48

Rented dwellings

 Mean ............................................... 2,724.45 2,778.52 3,007.45 2,542.88 2,975.56 2,600.12 2,591.55 2,624.47 2,532.47

 SE ................................................... 42.42 52.74 134.81 81.33 106.75 137.35 87.17 113.22 159.22

 CV(%) ............................................. 1.56 1.90 4.48 3.20 3.59 5.28 3.36 4.31 6.29

Other lodging

 Mean ............................................... 698.27 403.16 128.53 392.90 543.40 533.74 1,423.61 1,165.55 1,886.72

 SE ................................................... 31.03 21.79 21.59 46.04 46.05 60.37 77.52 87.94 135.60

 CV(%) ............................................. 4.44 5.40 16.80 11.72 8.47 11.31 5.45 7.54 7.19

Utilities, fuels, and public services

 Mean ............................................... 3,649.24 3,456.98 3,083.64 3,535.58 3,447.33 3,854.14 4,121.81 4,012.09 4,318.70

 SE ................................................... 33.95 40.48 56.51 49.45 69.22 77.34 47.78 59.53 76.06

 CV(%) ............................................. .93 1.17 1.83 1.40 2.01 2.01 1.16 1.48 1.76

Natural gas

 Mean ............................................... 531.24 474.81 417.15 499.49 479.75 486.08 669.94 647.66 709.92

 SE ................................................... 17.52 19.18 24.31 27.51 21.13 24.66 18.96 19.56 29.23

 CV(%) ............................................. 3.30 4.04 5.83 5.51 4.40 5.07 2.83 3.02 4.12

Electricity

 Mean ............................................... 1,353.35 1,314.07 1,246.42 1,359.06 1,278.60 1,380.99 1,449.89 1,415.58 1,511.47

 SE ................................................... 24.07 27.00 45.11 29.27 34.29 38.65 26.35 29.18 37.97

 CV(%) ............................................. 1.78 2.05 3.62 2.15 2.68 2.80 1.82 2.06 2.51

Fuel oil and other fuels

 Mean ............................................... 191.80 183.12 145.35 191.38 150.67 297.28 213.13 203.74 229.96

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2000. Education of reference person: annual means, standard errors and coefficient of variation, Consumer Expenditure Survey,

2008 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Less than college graduate College graduate

Total

Less

than

high

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

with

some

college

Associate’s

degree Total Bachelor’sdegree

Master’s,

professional

doctoral

degree

Fuel oil and other fuels

 SE ................................................... 13.09 14.86 22.35 19.94 17.64 38.20 19.17 25.05 22.04

 CV(%) ............................................. 6.83 8.12 15.38 10.42 11.71 12.85 8.99 12.29 9.58

Telephone services

 Mean ............................................... 1,126.84 1,070.42 924.10 1,073.94 1,101.70 1,218.38 1,265.51 1,235.75 1,318.92

 SE ................................................... 11.24 12.56 21.26 15.43 24.51 30.13 16.92 21.88 26.00

 CV(%) ............................................. 1.00 1.17 2.30 1.44 2.23 2.47 1.34 1.77 1.97

Water and other public services

 Mean ............................................... 446.01 414.56 350.63 411.72 436.59 471.41 523.34 509.36 548.42

 SE ................................................... 10.03 10.74 14.36 13.85 15.61 16.68 12.47 14.86 17.21

 CV(%) ............................................. 2.25 2.59 4.10 3.36 3.57 3.54 2.38 2.92 3.14

Household operations

 Mean ............................................... 997.50 700.54 364.81 681.41 839.66 954.89 1,727.44 1,457.84 2,211.21

 SE ................................................... 28.79 22.22 26.88 46.55 37.90 55.98 64.30 53.88 123.62

 CV(%) ............................................. 2.89 3.17 7.37 6.83 4.51 5.86 3.72 3.70 5.59

Personal services

 Mean ............................................... 383.20 259.26 133.82 265.72 305.97 329.26 687.85 577.40 886.07

 SE ................................................... 19.27 17.06 16.87 42.67 31.36 49.69 42.58 37.39 96.14

 CV(%) ............................................. 5.03 6.58 12.60 16.06 10.25 15.09 6.19 6.48 10.85

Other household expenses

 Mean ............................................... 614.30 441.28 231.00 415.69 533.69 625.63 1,039.58 880.43 1,325.14

 SE ................................................... 15.27 11.89 16.77 18.15 24.09 34.21 39.56 36.12 69.27

 CV(%) ............................................. 2.49 2.69 7.26 4.37 4.51 5.47 3.81 4.10 5.23

Housekeeping supplies

 Mean ............................................... 654.27 583.79 571.80 546.16 597.51 680.20 828.46 783.96 911.36

 SE ................................................... 16.77 21.03 80.65 29.46 20.88 38.58 33.43 39.64 57.76

 CV(%) ............................................. 2.56 3.60 14.10 5.39 3.50 5.67 4.04 5.06 6.34

Laundry and cleaning supplies

 Mean ............................................... 147.82 145.28 172.78 132.28 138.91 159.10 154.09 149.70 162.27

 SE ................................................... 4.57 5.91 13.83 7.15 8.64 11.42 6.24 8.79 10.25

 CV(%) ............................................. 3.09 4.07 8.01 5.41 6.22 7.18 4.05 5.87 6.32

Other household products

 Mean ............................................... 350.23 313.75 309.32 295.62 316.69 367.55 440.39 425.85 467.47

 SE ................................................... 13.72 18.06 75.13 23.34 11.67 31.84 25.81 28.40 44.61

 CV(%) ............................................. 3.92 5.76 24.29 7.90 3.68 8.66 5.86 6.67 9.54

Postage and stationery

 Mean ............................................... 156.22 124.76 89.71 118.26 141.90 153.55 233.98 208.41 281.62

 SE ................................................... 5.66 6.26 14.61 10.94 10.96 12.19 14.41 16.14 29.18

 CV(%) ............................................. 3.62 5.02 16.28 9.25 7.73 7.94 6.16 7.74 10.36

Household furnishings and equipment

 Mean ............................................... 1,624.39 1,279.68 807.08 1,169.10 1,510.47 1,772.67 2,473.96 2,250.64 2,876.96

 SE ................................................... 43.17 42.22 62.92 51.65 67.84 132.02 92.31 118.21 167.76

 CV(%) ............................................. 2.66 3.30 7.80 4.42 4.49 7.45 3.73 5.25 5.83

Household textiles

 Mean ............................................... 126.30 97.63 59.31 73.31 150.20 96.00 197.00 157.06 269.30

 SE ................................................... 8.74 7.55 9.79 7.66 19.65 12.08 21.73 21.08 44.75

 CV(%) ............................................. 6.92 7.73 16.50 10.45 13.08 12.58 11.03 13.42 16.62

Furniture

 Mean ............................................... 387.66 302.19 197.79 294.31 343.04 390.27 597.87 510.86 754.37

 SE ................................................... 19.56 17.59 30.19 28.75 26.87 40.63 52.56 48.75 112.37

 CV(%) ............................................. 5.04 5.82 15.26 9.77 7.83 10.41 8.79 9.54 14.90

Floor coverings

 Mean ............................................... 44.58 34.61 31.39 36.81 32.69 38.18 69.07 63.30 79.43

 SE ................................................... 5.26 6.01 17.79 11.73 7.14 14.37 9.22 11.08 12.35

 CV(%) ............................................. 11.81 17.37 56.68 31.88 21.84 37.63 13.35 17.50 15.54

Major appliances

 Mean ............................................... 204.12 176.33 114.44 195.41 176.34 222.38 272.41 253.88 305.71

 SE ................................................... 8.39 8.91 13.01 14.48 13.14 23.36 16.56 23.17 35.57

 CV(%) ............................................. 4.11 5.05 11.36 7.41 7.45 10.50 6.08 9.13 11.64

Small appliances, miscellaneous

housewares

 Mean ............................................... 112.89 87.18 77.09 74.82 97.09 115.24 176.37 156.65 212.53

 SE ................................................... 6.11 7.12 22.86 12.66 9.61 20.05 12.65 15.81 25.68

 CV(%) ............................................. 5.41 8.17 29.65 16.92 9.90 17.40 7.17 10.09 12.08

Miscellaneous household equipment

 Mean ............................................... 748.85 581.74 327.06 494.46 711.10 910.59 1,161.24 1,108.90 1,255.62

 SE ................................................... 28.35 25.41 41.17 27.03 48.57 116.06 70.45 98.62 83.31

 CV(%) ............................................. 3.79 4.37 12.59 5.47 6.83 12.75 6.07 8.89 6.63

Apparel and services

 Mean ............................................... 1,800.70 1,520.98 1,274.95 1,357.19 1,745.88 1,817.85 2,490.94 2,464.36 2,535.70

 SE ................................................... 59.15 49.48 81.90 74.69 96.58 96.59 120.28 156.39 143.74

 CV(%) ............................................. 3.28 3.25 6.42 5.50 5.53 5.31 4.83 6.35 5.67

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2000. Education of reference person: annual means, standard errors and coefficient of variation, Consumer Expenditure Survey,

2008 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Less than college graduate College graduate

Total

Less

than

high

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

with

some

college

Associate’s

degree Total Bachelor’sdegree

Master’s,

professional

doctoral

degree

Men and boys

 Mean ............................................... 426.88 350.50 272.33 309.62 405.32 453.25 615.47 634.76 578.60

 SE ................................................... 20.90 15.23 24.50 25.15 27.52 48.63 51.72 69.07 59.59

 CV(%) ............................................. 4.90 4.35 9.00 8.12 6.79 10.73 8.40 10.88 10.30

Men, 16 and over

 Mean ............................................... 344.17 272.75 203.36 233.99 330.43 348.60 520.56 535.69 491.41

 SE ................................................... 20.31 14.17 21.40 23.60 27.49 44.69 51.75 69.00 60.09

 CV(%) ............................................. 5.90 5.19 10.53 10.08 8.32 12.82 9.94 12.88 12.23

Boys, 2 to 15

 Mean ............................................... 82.71 77.76 68.98 75.63 74.89 104.64 94.91 99.07 87.19

 SE ................................................... 3.73 4.88 6.49 7.50 7.64 16.70 6.65 8.04 8.74

 CV(%) ............................................. 4.50 6.28 9.41 9.92 10.20 15.95 7.01 8.11 10.02

Women and girls

 Mean ............................................... 718.16 614.97 477.16 529.30 758.22 718.17 973.04 961.31 994.48

 SE ................................................... 30.32 28.87 66.55 31.49 66.64 56.95 63.64 76.21 94.87

 CV(%) ............................................. 4.22 4.69 13.95 5.95 8.79 7.93 6.54 7.93 9.54

Women, 16 and over

 Mean ............................................... 596.83 503.10 390.22 434.27 627.82 563.84 828.38 821.82 840.16

 SE ................................................... 28.24 27.47 65.60 27.08 64.65 48.21 61.56 73.58 90.47

 CV(%) ............................................. 4.73 5.46 16.81 6.24 10.30 8.55 7.43 8.95 10.77

Girls, 2 to 15

 Mean ............................................... 121.33 111.87 86.94 95.03 130.39 154.33 144.66 139.49 154.32

 SE ................................................... 6.07 8.05 15.68 12.88 13.14 30.54 10.39 14.52 21.96

 CV(%) ............................................. 5.01 7.20 18.04 13.55 10.08 19.79 7.18 10.41 14.23

Children under 2

 Mean ............................................... 92.72 83.98 100.44 77.41 78.35 93.45 114.30 111.71 119.12

 SE ................................................... 4.19 4.57 18.24 9.58 7.48 10.71 7.22 10.39 15.64

 CV(%) ............................................. 4.52 5.44 18.16 12.37 9.54 11.46 6.32 9.30 13.13

Footwear

 Mean ............................................... 314.44 279.81 279.03 266.08 287.75 302.08 400.03 416.78 368.83

 SE ................................................... 16.11 14.44 32.66 23.98 25.48 38.48 33.83 44.87 42.74

 CV(%) ............................................. 5.12 5.16 11.71 9.01 8.85 12.74 8.46 10.77 11.59

Other apparel products and services

 Mean ............................................... 248.49 191.72 145.99 174.77 216.24 250.91 388.11 339.81 474.68

 SE ................................................... 9.73 8.92 18.21 13.98 19.82 21.77 23.01 24.71 46.34

 CV(%) ............................................. 3.91 4.65 12.47 8.00 9.16 8.67 5.93 7.27 9.76

Transportation

 Mean ............................................... 8,603.63 7,712.26 5,293.11 7,735.08 8,341.15 9,953.66 10,795.26 10,259.87 11,762.50

 SE ................................................... 174.80 167.34 257.28 211.91 259.79 419.24 292.62 293.59 505.89

 CV(%) ............................................. 2.03 2.17 4.86 2.74 3.11 4.21 2.71 2.86 4.30

Vehicle purchases (net outlay)

 Mean ............................................... 2,754.80 2,452.15 1,543.87 2,460.87 2,649.52 3,399.21 3,498.70 3,407.55 3,662.26

 SE ................................................... 104.30 99.82 176.79 161.70 190.55 369.08 228.23 229.38 399.56

 CV(%) ............................................. 3.79 4.07 11.45 6.57 7.19 10.86 6.52 6.73 10.91

Cars and trucks, new

 Mean ............................................... 1,304.96 964.71 416.82 875.92 1,186.26 1,552.99 2,141.27 1,925.24 2,528.95

 SE ................................................... 71.36 67.91 97.65 97.78 145.23 307.54 161.78 160.31 306.17

 CV(%) ............................................. 5.47 7.04 23.43 11.16 12.24 19.80 7.56 8.33 12.11

Cars and trucks, used

 Mean ............................................... 1,315.49 1,335.63 1,027.40 1,438.00 1,272.17 1,691.64 1,265.98 1,386.03 1,050.54

 SE ................................................... 60.73 69.40 135.71 132.69 125.72 233.66 109.73 153.87 169.37

 CV(%) ............................................. 4.62 5.20 13.21 9.23 9.88 13.81 8.67 11.10 16.12

Other vehicles

 Mean ............................................... 134.35 151.81 99.65 146.95 191.09 154.57 91.44 96.27 82.77

 SE ................................................... 22.25 29.62 41.30 39.66 52.06 62.76 28.09 28.89 57.89

 CV(%) ............................................. 16.56 19.51 41.45 26.99 27.24 40.60 30.72 30.00 69.93

Gasoline and motor oil

 Mean ............................................... 2,714.84 2,584.52 2,020.46 2,619.61 2,703.47 3,099.03 3,035.17 3,013.97 3,073.20

 SE ................................................... 27.86 29.42 43.75 41.86 61.43 56.99 36.88 46.97 60.51

 CV(%) ............................................. 1.03 1.14 2.17 1.60 2.27 1.84 1.22 1.56 1.97

Other vehicle expenses

 Mean ............................................... 2,620.90 2,380.93 1,545.21 2,401.76 2,622.02 3,038.05 3,211.41 3,018.49 3,563.80

 SE ................................................... 68.67 72.17 115.91 89.76 107.81 195.24 100.23 120.77 211.78

 CV(%) ............................................. 2.62 3.03 7.50 3.74 4.11 6.43 3.12 4.00 5.94

Vehicle finance charges

 Mean ............................................... 312.30 309.07 172.74 330.02 337.37 399.94 320.24 333.61 296.27

 SE ................................................... 8.53 9.45 11.34 13.86 18.18 21.84 14.14 17.93 22.80

 CV(%) ............................................. 2.73 3.06 6.57 4.20 5.39 5.46 4.42 5.37 7.70

Maintenance and repairs

 Mean ............................................... 730.53 641.01 419.07 625.82 736.19 807.38 950.61 917.91 1,009.03

 SE ................................................... 17.83 18.72 21.33 25.32 36.02 44.64 33.24 33.46 53.19

 CV(%) ............................................. 2.44 2.92 5.09 4.05 4.89 5.53 3.50 3.65 5.27

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2000. Education of reference person: annual means, standard errors and coefficient of variation, Consumer Expenditure Survey,

2008 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Less than college graduate College graduate

Total

Less

than

high

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

with

some

college

Associate’s

degree Total Bachelor’sdegree

Master’s,

professional

doctoral

degree

Vehicle insurance

 Mean ............................................... 1,113.37 1,074.74 785.47 1,093.40 1,128.64 1,318.12 1,208.85 1,117.24 1,379.50

 SE ................................................... 49.88 55.72 98.71 72.22 96.28 174.60 85.10 101.11 198.50

 CV(%) ............................................. 4.48 5.18 12.57 6.61 8.53 13.25 7.04 9.05 14.39

Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, and other

charges

 Mean ............................................... 464.71 356.11 167.94 352.52 419.83 512.62 731.70 649.74 879.00

 SE ................................................... 20.19 17.18 21.59 24.78 26.71 59.94 38.54 39.33 65.58

 CV(%) ............................................. 4.35 4.83 12.86 7.03 6.36 11.69 5.27 6.05 7.46

Public transportation

 Mean ............................................... 513.08 294.66 183.57 252.84 366.14 417.37 1,049.98 819.86 1,463.23

 SE ................................................... 25.84 18.01 25.09 24.33 27.69 42.30 62.87 53.71 122.00

 CV(%) ............................................. 5.04 6.11 13.67 9.62 7.56 10.13 5.99 6.55 8.34

Healthcare

 Mean ............................................... 2,975.88 2,656.65 2,007.63 2,733.44 2,788.33 3,158.07 3,760.83 3,477.31 4,270.08

 SE ................................................... 55.97 49.87 92.83 56.77 83.03 123.82 109.42 138.00 157.47

 CV(%) ............................................. 1.88 1.88 4.62 2.08 2.98 3.92 2.91 3.97 3.69

Health insurance

 Mean ............................................... 1,653.37 1,498.61 1,204.18 1,576.33 1,490.28 1,769.98 2,033.76 1,893.09 2,286.21

 SE ................................................... 30.52 28.48 50.85 37.81 47.62 85.12 57.93 65.45 92.30

 CV(%) ............................................. 1.85 1.90 4.22 2.40 3.20 4.81 2.85 3.46 4.04

Medical services

 Mean ............................................... 726.64 604.78 359.34 576.38 720.98 795.90 1,026.20 933.30 1,192.68

 SE ................................................... 26.39 20.10 47.34 29.54 35.04 64.55 63.39 81.40 64.65

 CV(%) ............................................. 3.63 3.32 13.17 5.13 4.86 8.11 6.18 8.72 5.42

Drugs

 Mean ............................................... 482.10 457.45 385.97 485.25 468.53 466.30 542.87 504.26 612.74

 SE ................................................... 14.16 16.24 23.35 21.76 22.47 82.39 19.80 26.46 32.21

 CV(%) ............................................. 2.94 3.55 6.05 4.48 4.79 17.67 3.65 5.25 5.26

Medical supplies

 Mean ............................................... 113.78 95.81 58.14 95.47 108.54 125.90 158.00 146.67 178.44

 SE ................................................... 4.82 5.11 10.18 7.39 10.55 15.08 9.12 10.90 17.70

 CV(%) ............................................. 4.24 5.33 17.50 7.74 9.72 11.98 5.77 7.43 9.92

Entertainment

 Mean ............................................... 2,834.81 2,272.29 1,317.71 2,129.16 2,699.82 3,145.90 4,220.21 4,047.66 4,530.23

 SE ................................................... 67.33 59.02 86.52 81.95 112.61 178.42 199.92 302.49 256.37

 CV(%) ............................................. 2.38 2.60 6.57 3.85 4.17 5.67 4.74 7.47 5.66

Fees and admissions

 Mean ............................................... 615.68 376.01 129.00 297.48 525.03 627.56 1,205.00 1,053.57 1,476.63

 SE ................................................... 24.13 18.42 14.72 17.49 39.37 40.45 49.02 49.72 86.46

 CV(%) ............................................. 3.92 4.90 11.41 5.88 7.50 6.45 4.07 4.72 5.86

Audio and visual equipment and services

 Mean ............................................... 1,036.12 937.36 640.07 946.87 1,005.42 1,214.16 1,279.18 1,245.72 1,340.33

 SE ................................................... 16.10 20.01 19.23 25.47 34.31 94.89 29.66 31.28 57.31

 CV(%) ............................................. 1.55 2.13 3.00 2.69 3.41 7.82 2.32 2.51 4.28

Pets, toys, hobbies, and playground

equipment

 Mean ............................................... 703.61 559.81 406.86 483.17 643.10 816.61 1,058.69 1,056.66 1,061.32

 SE ................................................... 58.77 27.76 53.25 33.84 42.35 97.46 189.45 284.58 186.26

 CV(%) ............................................. 8.35 4.96 13.09 7.00 6.59 11.93 17.89 26.93 17.55

Other entertainment supplies, equipment, and

services

 Mean ............................................... 479.40 399.11 141.78 401.64 526.28 487.58 677.33 691.72 651.95

 SE ................................................... 36.89 35.42 38.73 69.34 65.25 106.22 71.07 100.04 72.45

 CV(%) ............................................. 7.69 8.87 27.31 17.26 12.40 21.79 10.49 14.46 11.11

Personal care products and services

 Mean ............................................... 615.77 505.91 329.30 478.85 585.06 664.14 886.50 859.57 933.71

 SE ................................................... 10.85 11.94 16.35 16.47 20.76 28.99 24.66 31.03 39.91

 CV(%) ............................................. 1.76 2.36 4.97 3.44 3.55 4.37 2.78 3.61 4.27

Reading

 Mean ............................................... 116.17 81.99 43.04 75.65 100.25 117.92 200.20 167.83 258.33

 SE ................................................... 3.08 2.54 2.49 2.54 4.44 6.68 6.85 6.28 11.36

 CV(%) ............................................. 2.65 3.10 5.78 3.35 4.43 5.67 3.42 3.74 4.40

Education

 Mean ............................................... 1,045.66 601.87 145.93 419.04 1,012.62 853.13 2,136.59 1,888.73 2,582.06

 SE ................................................... 61.14 54.75 23.72 43.93 134.13 141.42 159.73 154.02 330.87

 CV(%) ............................................. 5.85 9.10 16.25 10.48 13.25 16.58 7.48 8.15 12.81

Tobacco products and smoking supplies

 Mean ............................................... 316.67 378.93 384.34 426.70 331.39 350.79 163.63 183.79 127.47

 SE ................................................... 10.56 13.23 27.32 17.75 20.55 28.62 9.30 12.26 14.81

 CV(%) ............................................. 3.33 3.49 7.11 4.16 6.20 8.16 5.68 6.67 11.62

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2000. Education of reference person: annual means, standard errors and coefficient of variation, Consumer Expenditure Survey,

2008 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Less than college graduate College graduate

Total

Less

than

high

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

with

some

college

Associate’s

degree Total Bachelor’sdegree

Master’s,

professional

doctoral

degree

Miscellaneous

 Mean ............................................... 839.59 674.90 291.48 733.50 798.63 813.67 1,244.42 1,250.78 1,231.97

 SE ................................................... 37.57 31.85 42.28 53.46 53.72 80.40 85.53 113.73 109.68

 CV(%) ............................................. 4.48 4.72 14.50 7.29 6.73 9.88 6.87 9.09 8.90

Cash contributions

 Mean ............................................... 1,736.53 1,302.42 774.09 1,273.25 1,547.84 1,637.61 2,803.57 2,370.62 3,580.53

 SE ................................................... 96.76 86.55 61.82 67.90 198.85 134.36 157.40 161.85 306.23

 CV(%) ............................................. 5.57 6.65 7.99 5.33 12.85 8.20 5.61 6.83 8.55

Personal insurance and pensions

 Mean ............................................... 5,605.05 4,159.07 2,233.60 4,019.71 4,942.72 5,735.84 9,159.20 8,242.30 10,804.65

 SE ................................................... 104.13 93.25 106.65 139.96 164.05 175.69 213.41 224.55 314.60

 CV(%) ............................................. 1.86 2.24 4.77 3.48 3.32 3.06 2.33 2.72 2.91

Life and other personal insurance

 Mean ............................................... 316.83 243.86 142.21 237.37 271.33 357.74 496.20 455.72 568.84

 SE ................................................... 15.06 11.36 13.41 16.42 20.41 41.11 35.89 47.51 60.34

 CV(%) ............................................. 4.75 4.66 9.43 6.92 7.52 11.49 7.23 10.42 10.61

Pensions and Social Security

 Mean ............................................... 5,288.21 3,915.21 2,091.39 3,782.34 4,671.38 5,378.09 8,663.00 7,786.57 10,235.81

 SE ................................................... 97.56 89.72 104.29 134.32 155.53 175.11 197.19 201.16 293.19

 CV(%) ............................................. 1.84 2.29 4.99 3.55 3.33 3.26 2.28 2.58 2.86

Sources of income and personal taxes:

Money income before taxes 

 Mean ............................................... 63,562.51 49,375.48 32,909.23 48,363.75 55,402.54 63,964.42 98,433.61 88,888.09 115,563.82

 SE ................................................... 795.57 676.29 1,086.80 896.20 1,450.90 1,468.10 1,645.60 1,638.80 3,038.10

 CV(%) ............................................. 1.25 1.37 3.30 1.85 2.62 2.30 1.67 1.84 2.63

Wages and salaries

 Mean ............................................... 51,007.41 38,564.40 22,450.28 37,444.89 44,956.76 52,025.03 81,591.79 75,391.68 92,718.37

 SE ................................................... 666.84 605.22 868.66 985.71 1,254.50 1,354.60 1,490.80 1,691.10 2,863.50

 CV(%) ............................................. 1.31 1.57 3.87 2.63 2.79 2.60 1.83 2.24 3.09

Self-employment income

 Mean ............................................... 3,219.15 2,322.17 1,817.93 1,956.07 2,717.27 3,197.31 5,423.89 4,039.41 7,908.44

 SE ................................................... 194.62 214.75 361.42 283.59 409.96 728.23 476.87 569.06 1,215.00

 CV(%) ............................................. 6.05 9.25 19.88 14.50 15.09 22.78 8.79 14.09 15.36

Social Security, private and government

retirement

 Mean ............................................... 6,576.95 6,316.85 6,593.69 6,974.97 5,448.30 6,118.69 7,216.26 5,665.26 9,999.65

 SE ................................................... 124.17 131.46 268.29 259.38 196.76 416.72 252.66 260.58 633.11

 CV(%) ............................................. 1.89 2.08 4.07 3.72 3.61 6.81 3.50 4.60 6.33

Interest, dividends, rental income, other

property income

 Mean ............................................... 1,509.14 891.85 483.51 882.07 941.49 1,448.57 3,026.40 2,605.10 3,782.47

 SE ................................................... 105.24 68.50 121.00 98.79 92.63 348.27 275.48 288.41 495.64

 CV(%) ............................................. 6.97 7.68 25.03 11.20 9.84 24.04 9.10 11.07 13.10

Unemployment and workers’ compensation,

veterans’ benefits

 Mean ............................................... 225.21 254.42 212.28 313.29 221.92 235.38 153.40 158.78 143.74

 SE ................................................... 34.33 46.70 66.84 116.01 29.20 73.08 23.56 27.78 35.02

 CV(%) ............................................. 15.24 18.36 31.48 37.03 13.16 31.05 15.36 17.50 24.36

Public assistance, supplemental security

income, food stamps

 Mean ............................................... 370.95 469.38 963.23 386.01 327.45 254.72 129.02 130.04 127.20

 SE ................................................... 22.05 28.96 72.28 33.81 42.52 45.98 23.42 25.51 44.64

 CV(%) ............................................. 5.94 6.17 7.50 8.76 12.99 18.05 18.15 19.62 35.10

Regular contributions for support

 Mean ............................................... 446.00 362.90 218.19 231.46 542.11 530.66 650.26 619.58 705.31

 SE ................................................... 43.13 28.74 49.69 28.70 77.89 95.36 124.18 121.02 283.13

 CV(%) ............................................. 9.67 7.92 22.77 12.40 14.37 17.97 19.10 19.53 40.14

Other income

 Mean ............................................... 207.70 193.50 170.11 175.00 247.24 154.08 242.59 278.23 178.64

 SE ................................................... 13.28 13.52 31.50 20.39 30.46 32.22 26.90 35.74 52.62

 CV(%) ............................................. 6.40 6.99 18.52 11.65 12.32 20.91 11.09 12.85 29.45

Personal taxes

 Mean ............................................... 1,788.99 709.55 -46.43 460.67 1,017.44 1,866.32 4,442.22 3,312.98 6,468.74

 SE ................................................... 152.02 136.26 120.83 156.26 190.04 447.00 325.27 287.75 525.58

 CV(%) ............................................. 8.50 19.20 -260.30 33.92 18.68 23.95 7.32 8.69 8.12

Federal income taxes

 Mean ............................................... 1,817.03 971.52 288.03 797.37 1,236.50 1,908.19 3,895.25 3,034.49 5,439.96

 SE ................................................... 108.18 106.92 94.26 126.22 145.92 357.37 227.01 191.41 419.82

 CV(%) ............................................. 5.95 11.01 32.72 15.83 11.80 18.73 5.83 6.31 7.72

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2000. Education of reference person: annual means, standard errors and coefficient of variation, Consumer Expenditure Survey,

2008 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Less than college graduate College graduate

Total

Less

than

high

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

with

some

college

Associate’s

degree Total Bachelor’sdegree

Master’s,

professional

doctoral

degree

2008 Tax stimulus (new UCC Q20082)

 Mean ............................................... -783.67 -768.60 -573.22 -790.68 -822.64 -888.78 -820.73 -862.05 -746.56

 SE ................................................... 10.46 11.66 26.37 20.03 22.71 30.31 18.40 24.62 22.45

 CV(%) ............................................. -1.33 -1.52 -4.60 -2.53 -2.76 -3.41 -2.24 -2.86 -3.01

State and local income taxes

 Mean ............................................... 542.23 340.45 151.44 283.21 425.89 595.72 1,038.20 856.74 1,363.83

 SE ................................................... 39.60 32.82 24.98 36.52 50.63 93.96 90.80 89.18 118.05

 CV(%) ............................................. 7.30 9.64 16.50 12.90 11.89 15.77 8.75 10.41 8.66

Other taxes

 Mean ............................................... 213.41 166.18 87.32 170.77 177.69 251.19 329.50 283.81 411.50

 SE ................................................... 22.92 18.52 15.47 23.47 24.42 32.71 40.74 39.52 61.41

 CV(%) ............................................. 10.74 11.14 17.71 13.75 13.74 13.02 12.36 13.93 14.92

Income after taxes

 Mean ............................................... 61,773.51 48,665.93 32,955.65 47,903.08 54,385.10 62,098.10 93,991.39 85,575.11 109,095.09

 SE ................................................... 725.62 611.51 1,030.10 874.73 1,364.40 1,274.70 1,484.40 1,526.20 2,870.40

 CV(%) ............................................. 1.17 1.26 3.13 1.83 2.51 2.05 1.58 1.78 2.63

Addenda: 

Net change in total assets and liabilities

 Mean ............................................... -4,071.74 -2,708.91 -2,883.25 -696.15 -3,708.37 -5,635.35 -7,421.51 -9,800.03 -3,153.06

 SE ................................................... 955.94 832.57 1,399.30 1,476.40 2,011.30 2,644.40 2,981.20 4,039.40 7,153.10

 CV(%) ............................................. -23.48 -30.73 -48.53 -212.10 -54.24 -46.92 -40.17 -41.22 -226.90

Net change in total assets

 Mean ............................................... 7,349.38 4,495.10 285.14 4,698.55 6,278.61 6,367.38 14,365.07 11,638.65 19,257.86

 SE ................................................... 1,118.30 612.22 643.83 1,016.70 1,623.00 1,509.80 3,724.70 2,994.30 8,074.00

 CV(%) ............................................. 15.22 13.62 225.80 21.64 25.85 23.71 25.93 25.73 41.93

Net change in total liabilities

 Mean ............................................... 11,421.12 7,204.02 3,168.39 5,394.69 9,986.98 12,002.73 21,786.58 21,438.68 22,410.92

 SE ................................................... 1,056.30 814.56 1,329.90 1,157.10 1,628.10 2,616.50 3,395.90 3,571.60 5,068.70

 CV(%) ............................................. 9.25 11.31 41.98 21.45 16.30 21.80 15.59 16.66 22.62

Other financial information: 

Other money receipts

 Mean ............................................... 519.14 367.83 33.28 244.92 606.87 670.78 891.05 673.05 1,282.27

 SE ................................................... 87.13 74.41 11.67 50.31 153.04 249.18 239.26 291.73 448.22

 CV(%) ............................................. 16.78 20.23 35.08 20.54 25.22 37.15 26.85 43.35 34.96

Mortgage principal paid on owned property

 Mean ............................................... -2,294.63 -1,630.03 -866.11 -1,526.44 -1,924.95 -2,427.52 -3,928.19 -3,517.98 -4,664.33

 SE ................................................... 56.96 50.49 75.94 81.36 140.21 196.84 137.47 186.91 225.39

 CV(%) ............................................. -2.48 -3.10 -8.77 -5.33 -7.28 -8.11 -3.50 -5.31 -4.83

Estimated market value of owned home

 Mean ............................................... 169,794.24 125,801.98 82,930.94 123,506.97 140,741.47 164,634.20 277,925.35 254,409.36 320,126.66

 SE ................................................... 3,347.40 3,007.80 4,954.70 3,661.90 4,932.50 6,891.20 6,415.90 6,444.20 9,975.30

 CV(%) ............................................. 1.97 2.39 5.97 2.96 3.50 4.19 2.31 2.53 3.12

Estimated monthly rental value of owned

home

 Mean ............................................... 877.18 695.48 470.73 701.31 764.63 871.37 1,323.79 1,232.47 1,487.68

 SE ................................................... 11.87 11.22 18.68 15.05 17.75 27.84 18.50 20.97 31.10

 CV(%) ............................................. 1.35 1.61 3.97 2.15 2.32 3.19 1.40 1.70 2.09

Gifts of goods and services, total

 Mean ............................................... 1,209.34 812.87 446.71 688.01 1,062.08 1,137.69 2,184.90 1,824.53 2,832.80

 SE ................................................... 51.99 31.36 55.07 47.87 81.36 124.43 148.08 137.35 281.37

 CV(%) ............................................. 4.30 3.86 12.33 6.96 7.66 10.94 6.78 7.53 9.93

Food

 Mean ............................................... 97.38 66.51 17.09 54.70 98.57 97.81 173.45 158.89 199.52

 SE ................................................... 6.34 7.98 3.49 8.46 23.87 17.71 15.56 17.25 27.21

 CV(%) ............................................. 6.51 11.99 20.43 15.46 24.22 18.10 8.97 10.86 13.64

Alcoholic beverages

 Mean ............................................... 14.36 6.73 1.25 6.46 7.77 13.18 33.22 28.03 42.88

 SE ................................................... 1.76 1.00 .90 1.76 1.97 5.02 5.91 7.45 12.65

 CV(%) ............................................. 12.28 14.92 71.61 27.30 25.37 38.11 17.80 26.59 29.49

Housing

 Mean ............................................... 228.81 160.53 97.23 124.01 217.68 221.35 397.04 331.49 515.94

 SE ................................................... 9.85 9.51 15.19 12.36 22.28 22.09 25.47 26.72 61.43

 CV(%) ............................................. 4.31 5.92 15.62 9.97 10.24 9.98 6.42 8.06 11.91

Housekeeping supplies

 Mean ............................................... 31.47 22.30 10.33 18.22 28.51 36.88 54.13 46.52 68.32

 SE ................................................... 2.14 2.14 3.09 2.81 4.45 6.34 5.88 5.39 13.42

 CV(%) ............................................. 6.78 9.60 29.96 15.43 15.59 17.19 10.86 11.59 19.64

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2000. Education of reference person: annual means, standard errors and coefficient of variation, Consumer Expenditure Survey,

2008 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Less than college graduate College graduate

Total

Less

than

high

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

with

some

college

Associate’s

degree Total Bachelor’sdegree

Master’s,

professional

doctoral

degree

Household textiles

 Mean ............................................... 13.16 10.26 2.70 6.92 20.54 5.45 20.33 20.48 19.96

 SE ................................................... 2.91 3.18 1.07 1.99 9.60 2.37 5.87 8.35 5.27

 CV(%) ............................................. 22.11 31.05 39.69 28.78 46.76 43.54 28.88 40.76 26.40

Appliances and miscellaneous housewares

 Mean ............................................... 20.76 13.82 5.54 8.40 17.36 33.32 37.88 24.36 62.57

 SE ................................................... 2.58 1.95 2.61 2.20 3.82 9.10 7.96 5.98 16.16

 CV(%) ............................................. 12.44 14.13 47.09 26.24 22.02 27.31 21.02 24.54 25.83

Major appliances

 Mean ............................................... 6.42 4.27 3.85 2.48 4.71 8.82 11.70 4.44 24.72

 SE ................................................... 1.52 1.42 2.44 .80 1.83 4.77 3.99 1.82 10.66

 CV(%) ............................................. 23.65 33.30 63.44 32.39 38.93 54.14 34.11 40.99 43.13

Small appliances and miscellaneous

housewares

 Mean ............................................... 14.34 9.55 1.69 5.92 12.64 24.50 26.19 19.92 37.86

 SE ................................................... 1.68 1.40 .96 2.03 2.67 7.99 5.39 5.54 12.02

 CV(%) ............................................. 11.69 14.70 57.12 34.39 21.12 32.60 20.59 27.80 31.76

Miscellaneous household equipment

 Mean ............................................... 57.50 44.48 30.53 29.37 67.29 52.35 89.65 78.84 109.53

 SE ................................................... 5.05 4.86 11.67 5.12 9.08 12.46 12.74 10.66 30.68

 CV(%) ............................................. 8.79 10.93 38.21 17.44 13.49 23.80 14.21 13.52 28.01

Other housing

 Mean ............................................... 105.93 69.67 48.13 61.10 83.98 93.35 195.04 161.30 255.56

 SE ................................................... 6.00 5.49 8.77 9.93 12.03 18.21 18.22 22.89 40.11

 CV(%) ............................................. 5.66 7.87 18.23 16.25 14.32 19.50 9.34 14.19 15.69

Apparel and services

 Mean ............................................... 222.76 202.24 197.58 199.66 211.04 196.80 273.37 282.12 257.19

 SE ................................................... 11.13 11.49 35.66 20.60 24.36 27.54 23.14 33.18 32.55

 CV(%) ............................................. 5.00 5.68 18.05 10.32 11.54 14.00 8.47 11.76 12.65

Males, 2 and over

 Mean ............................................... 47.22 42.43 40.20 33.03 55.18 42.58 59.07 63.99 49.80

 SE ................................................... 5.01 4.93 15.77 5.48 11.17 8.85 7.69 10.16 10.66

 CV(%) ............................................. 10.62 11.61 39.23 16.60 20.23 20.78 13.02 15.88 21.41

Females, 2 and over

 Mean ............................................... 78.52 74.00 74.85 72.71 79.80 62.41 89.71 84.76 98.82

 SE ................................................... 7.25 7.54 24.53 12.29 13.03 14.90 11.89 16.20 18.80

 CV(%) ............................................. 9.24 10.20 32.77 16.91 16.32 23.88 13.26 19.12 19.02

Children under 2

 Mean ............................................... 49.87 45.38 38.56 50.27 40.50 53.71 60.93 61.21 60.40

 SE ................................................... 3.46 3.82 6.68 8.75 5.47 7.40 6.50 7.46 10.86

 CV(%) ............................................. 6.94 8.42 17.32 17.41 13.50 13.78 10.68 12.19 17.99

Other apparel products and services

 Mean ............................................... 47.15 40.42 43.97 43.65 35.55 38.10 63.67 72.15 48.17

 SE ................................................... 5.64 4.79 12.00 7.42 7.70 9.33 14.81 21.61 10.54

 CV(%) ............................................. 11.96 11.86 27.29 16.99 21.67 24.48 23.27 29.95 21.88

Jewelry and watches

 Mean ............................................... 18.32 11.80 5.59 13.10 12.81 14.95 34.36 39.16 25.73

 SE ................................................... 4.23 2.64 2.42 5.75 3.54 4.17 13.15 20.28 5.74

 CV(%) ............................................. 23.09 22.39 43.22 43.86 27.63 27.89 38.28 51.80 22.32

All other apparel products and services

 Mean ............................................... 28.82 28.63 38.38 30.54 22.75 23.15 29.31 32.99 22.45

 SE ................................................... 2.93 3.39 11.50 4.84 5.96 8.63 5.92 7.41 8.12

 CV(%) ............................................. 10.16 11.86 29.95 15.85 26.19 37.28 20.19 22.45 36.17

Transportation

 Mean ............................................... 99.18 66.16 40.17 59.73 85.16 79.98 180.36 155.41 225.14

 SE ................................................... 13.14 8.91 19.08 15.98 16.85 26.22 36.93 53.93 43.85

 CV(%) ............................................. 13.25 13.47 47.51 26.76 19.79 32.79 20.47 34.70 19.48

Healthcare

 Mean ............................................... 22.26 13.74 11.55 7.60 18.01 24.28 43.20 43.95 41.93

 SE ................................................... 4.89 2.81 4.36 1.67 6.28 8.82 15.40 23.00 13.76

 CV(%) ............................................. 21.97 20.45 37.70 22.04 34.90 36.34 35.64 52.32 32.82

Entertainment

 Mean ............................................... 88.54 69.05 29.21 55.85 86.67 126.65 136.57 135.17 138.89

 SE ................................................... 7.32 7.26 8.86 9.42 15.16 23.22 14.42 19.78 20.31

 CV(%) ............................................. 8.26 10.51 30.34 16.86 17.49 18.33 10.56 14.63 14.62

Toys, games, arts and crafts, and tricycles

 Mean ............................................... 29.14 25.04 10.40 22.18 25.31 55.07 39.28 38.56 40.61

 SE ................................................... 2.94 3.32 6.28 4.18 4.01 15.70 5.57 6.92 7.72

 CV(%) ............................................. 10.09 13.25 60.39 18.84 15.85 28.50 14.19 17.95 19.01

Other entertainment

 Mean ............................................... 59.40 44.01 18.80 33.67 61.37 71.58 97.30 96.61 98.28

 SE ................................................... 5.83 6.19 5.61 7.24 14.41 15.47 12.25 17.33 16.68

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2000. Education of reference person: annual means, standard errors and coefficient of variation, Consumer Expenditure Survey,

2008 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Less than college graduate College graduate

Total

Less

than

high

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

with

some

college

Associate’s

degree Total Bachelor’sdegree

Master’s,

professional

doctoral

degree

Other entertainment

 CV(%) ............................................. 9.82 14.07 29.81 21.50 23.49 21.61 12.60 17.94 16.97

Personal care products and services

 Mean ............................................... 12.12 9.30 2.15 7.08 12.30 19.12 19.11 21.02 15.56

 SE ................................................... 1.45 1.68 .81 1.10 4.82 6.98 3.26 4.63 5.51

 CV(%) ............................................. 11.96 18.03 37.75 15.62 39.23 36.50 17.06 22.01 35.42

Reading

 Mean ............................................... .91 .67 .20 .69 .95 .73 1.49 1.15 2.09

 SE ................................................... .15 .17 .09 .21 .40 .32 .25 .23 .59

 CV(%) ............................................. 16.76 24.46 44.74 30.10 41.91 43.07 16.97 20.06 28.10

Education

 Mean ............................................... 323.68 149.55 29.79 109.89 214.70 293.93 751.72 533.97 1,142.66

 SE ................................................... 30.29 18.57 10.94 18.36 37.50 99.17 93.80 69.67 215.79

 CV(%) ............................................. 9.36 12.42 36.71 16.71 17.47 33.74 12.48 13.05 18.89

All other gifts

 Mean ............................................... 99.33 68.41 20.48 62.36 109.24 63.87 175.37 133.34 250.98

 SE ................................................... 10.56 7.81 5.11 11.79 19.21 13.63 29.76 34.03 53.08

 CV(%) ............................................. 10.63 11.42 24.95 18.91 17.58 21.34 16.97 25.52 21.15

1 Value is too small to display. n.a. Not applicable.