Table 2010. Highest education level of any member: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012

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) .......... 124,416 76,789 10,571 26,601 25,793 13,825 47,626 28,069 19,557

Consumer unit characteristics:

Income before taxes

Mean ............................................... $65,596 $44,603 $25,159 $39,357 $48,224 $62,809 $99,444 $85,802 $119,023

SE ................................................... 1,024.25 735.97 921.51 980.83 1,194.41 1,686.04 1,805.48 2,789.10 2,452.26

CV(%) ............................................. 1.56 1.65 3.66 2.49 2.48 2.68 1.82 3.25 2.06

Income after taxes

Mean ............................................... 63,370 43,846 25,199 38,825 47,519 60,913 94,849 82,083 113,172

SE ................................................... 906.92 711.28 907.08 963.50 1,160.18 1,545.21 1,451.97 2,242.60 2,340.35

CV(%) ............................................. 1.43 1.62 3.60 2.48 2.44 2.54 1.53 2.73 2.07

Age of reference person ................................... 50.0 50.7 56.2 53.0 47.5 48.3 48.9 47.4 51.1

Average number in consumer unit:

Persons ........................................................... 2.5 2.4 2.2 2.4 2.4 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.7

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

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

Earners ........................................................... 1.3 1.2 .7 1.0 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5

Vehicles .......................................................... 1.9 1.7 1.1 1.7 1.8 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.2

Percent distribution:

Sex of reference person:

Male ................................................................ 47 44 44 45 44 41 51 51 52

Female ............................................................ 53 56 56 55 56 59 49 49 48

Housing tenure:

Homeowner ..................................................... 64 58 47 59 56 68 74 71 79

With mortgage ............................................... 39 31 16 28 33 45 51 49 54

Without mortgage .......................................... 26 27 32 32 23 22 23 22 25

Renter ............................................................. 36 42 53 41 44 32 26 29 21

Race of reference person:

Black or African-American .............................. 13 15 16 15 16 14 8 9 8

White, Asian, and all other races .................... 87 85 84 85 84 86 92 91 92

Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person:

Hispanic or Latino ........................................... 13 16 35 14 12 12 7 8 5

Not Hispanic or Latino ..................................... 87 84 65 86 88 88 93 92 95

Education of reference person:

Elementary (1-8) ............................................. 4 7 37 3 2 1 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

High school (9-12) ........................................... 33 50 61 97 17 15 6 8 4

College ............................................................ 62 42 n.a. n.a. 81 84 94 92 96

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

At least one vehicle owned or leased ............... 88 84 70 84 86 93 93 93 94

Average annual expenditures

Mean ............................................... $51,442 $39,107 $24,582 $34,786 $43,041 $50,836 $71,151 $63,135 $82,606

SE ................................................... 553.43 565.00 711.67 634.18 770.66 1,063.29 666.00 637.55 1,297.49

CV(%) ............................................. 1.08 1.44 2.90 1.82 1.79 2.09 .94 1.01 1.57

Food

Mean ............................................... 6,599 5,409 3,913 4,944 5,749 6,658 8,435 7,928 9,143

Share .............................................. 12.8 13.8 15.9 14.2 13.4 13.1 11.9 12.6 11.1

SE ................................................... 88.45 101.63 200.95 130.03 151.22 212.35 131.25 158.66 168.96

CV(%) ............................................. 1.34 1.88 5.14 2.63 2.63 3.19 1.56 2.00 1.85

Food at home

Mean ............................................... 3,921 3,442 2,862 3,263 3,542 3,980 4,654 4,379 5,032

Share .............................................. 7.6 8.8 11.6 9.4 8.2 7.8 6.5 6.9 6.1

SE ................................................... 52.98 62.36 145.11 101.23 94.82 139.25 78.94 97.94 106.28

CV(%) ............................................. 1.35 1.81 5.07 3.10 2.68 3.50 1.70 2.24 2.11

Cereals and bakery products

Mean ............................................... 538 473 383 453 481 554 637 592 700

Share .............................................. 1.0 1.2 1.6 1.3 1.1 1.1 .9 .9 .8

SE ................................................... 9.52 10.76 23.35 15.19 15.40 23.72 16.18 17.73 25.60

CV(%) ............................................. 1.77 2.28 6.09 3.35 3.21 4.28 2.54 2.99 3.66

Cereals and cereal products

Mean ............................................... 182 162 134 153 164 194 213 203 227

Share .............................................. .4 .4 .5 .4 .4 .4 .3 .3 .3

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2010. Highest education level of any member: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — 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

Cereals and cereal products

SE ................................................... 3.45 4.03 10.79 6.34 6.31 10.30 7.40 7.67 13.49

CV(%) ............................................. 1.89 2.49 8.08 4.15 3.86 5.30 3.48 3.79 5.95

Bakery products

Mean ............................................... 356 311 250 301 317 359 425 390 473

Share .............................................. .7 .8 1.0 .9 .7 .7 .6 .6 .6

SE ................................................... 7.08 8.24 15.37 12.15 11.79 15.47 10.53 11.52 17.05

CV(%) ............................................. 1.99 2.65 6.15 4.04 3.72 4.31 2.48 2.96 3.61

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

Mean ............................................... 852 802 672 812 772 926 930 911 957

Share .............................................. 1.7 2.0 2.7 2.3 1.8 1.8 1.3 1.4 1.2

SE ................................................... 14.39 19.49 37.20 38.96 29.09 42.37 22.44 30.63 29.58

CV(%) ............................................. 1.69 2.43 5.54 4.80 3.77 4.57 2.41 3.36 3.09

Beef

Mean ............................................... 226 223 175 234 201 278 231 234 226

Share .............................................. .4 .6 .7 .7 .5 .5 .3 .4 .3

SE ................................................... 6.28 8.32 15.18 20.94 10.60 20.64 10.44 11.64 16.39

CV(%) ............................................. 2.77 3.73 8.65 8.95 5.28 7.42 4.52 4.97 7.25

Pork

Mean ............................................... 166 164 145 162 167 175 169 165 174

Share .............................................. .3 .4 .6 .5 .4 .3 .2 .3 .2

SE ................................................... 4.46 5.97 14.24 10.43 9.06 10.00 6.83 9.12 8.33

CV(%) ............................................. 2.69 3.65 9.85 6.45 5.43 5.72 4.05 5.54 4.78

Other meats

Mean ............................................... 122 112 86 111 116 125 137 136 138

Share .............................................. .2 .3 .4 .3 .3 .2 .2 .2 .2

SE ................................................... 2.91 3.13 9.06 5.76 6.63 8.27 6.08 8.15 8.14

CV(%) ............................................. 2.38 2.79 10.49 5.19 5.70 6.63 4.44 5.98 5.89

Poultry

Mean ............................................... 159 147 127 151 137 173 178 169 192

Share .............................................. .3 .4 .5 .4 .3 .3 .3 .3 .2

SE ................................................... 2.95 4.43 9.75 7.27 6.28 9.66 5.05 7.17 8.17

CV(%) ............................................. 1.85 3.02 7.70 4.83 4.58 5.60 2.83 4.25 4.26

Fish and seafood

Mean ............................................... 126 105 92 105 101 121 158 152 166

Share .............................................. .2 .3 .4 .3 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2

SE ................................................... 4.72 5.46 12.45 9.50 7.84 14.07 6.39 9.23 8.36

CV(%) ............................................. 3.75 5.22 13.55 9.09 7.78 11.60 4.05 6.09 5.02

Eggs

Mean ............................................... 53 50 47 49 51 55 57 55 59

Share .............................................. .1 .1 .2 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1

SE ................................................... .92 1.12 2.44 1.95 1.89 3.26 1.60 1.79 2.95

CV(%) ............................................. 1.74 2.22 5.17 3.94 3.73 5.97 2.80 3.25 4.97

Dairy products

Mean ............................................... 419 349 288 322 363 414 526 488 577

Share .............................................. .8 .9 1.2 .9 .8 .8 .7 .8 .7

SE ................................................... 5.80 6.66 19.61 10.19 10.24 16.64 9.01 11.36 14.99

CV(%) ............................................. 1.38 1.91 6.82 3.17 2.82 4.02 1.71 2.33 2.60

Fresh milk and cream

Mean ............................................... 152 137 130 133 136 154 174 168 182

Share .............................................. .3 .4 .5 .4 .3 .3 .2 .3 .2

SE ................................................... 2.64 3.04 7.30 4.99 5.23 6.57 4.16 5.55 6.69

CV(%) ............................................. 1.74 2.21 5.61 3.75 3.85 4.27 2.39 3.30 3.68

Other dairy products

Mean ............................................... 267 212 158 189 227 260 352 320 395

Share .............................................. .5 .5 .6 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5

SE ................................................... 3.94 4.99 16.16 6.58 7.47 12.92 6.74 8.42 11.35

CV(%) ............................................. 1.48 2.36 10.25 3.48 3.29 4.96 1.92 2.63 2.87

Fruits and vegetables

Mean ............................................... 731 608 550 567 626 687 919 848 1,017

Share .............................................. 1.4 1.6 2.2 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.2

SE ................................................... 11.07 12.79 31.43 19.20 21.91 24.30 17.38 23.68 29.20

CV(%) ............................................. 1.51 2.11 5.72 3.38 3.50 3.54 1.89 2.79 2.87

Fresh fruits

Mean ............................................... 261 203 190 187 210 229 350 317 395

Share .............................................. .5 .5 .8 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5

SE ................................................... 4.81 5.32 12.88 8.20 7.87 11.65 8.65 10.40 16.47

CV(%) ............................................. 1.84 2.62 6.77 4.38 3.74 5.08 2.47 3.28 4.17

Fresh vegetables

Mean ............................................... 226 186 177 180 183 210 288 266 317

Share .............................................. .4 .5 .7 .5 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4

SE ................................................... 3.79 4.44 12.80 7.73 8.07 9.02 6.61 8.92 8.06

CV(%) ............................................. 1.68 2.39 7.24 4.30 4.42 4.29 2.30 3.35 2.54

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2010. Highest education level of any member: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — 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

Processed fruits

Mean ............................................... 114 95 79 85 103 107 143 130 160

Share .............................................. .2 .2 .3 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2

SE ................................................... 2.37 2.39 5.50 3.51 4.79 5.96 4.54 4.66 9.38

CV(%) ............................................. 2.08 2.52 6.93 4.11 4.66 5.58 3.18 3.58 5.84

Processed vegetables

Mean ............................................... 130 124 103 115 130 141 139 135 144

Share .............................................. .3 .3 .4 .3 .3 .3 .2 .2 .2

SE ................................................... 3.28 4.19 8.76 4.73 6.65 7.51 4.55 5.69 6.26

CV(%) ............................................. 2.52 3.39 8.52 4.10 5.10 5.34 3.27 4.21 4.34

Other food at home

Mean ............................................... 1,380 1,211 969 1,109 1,299 1,399 1,641 1,541 1,781

Share .............................................. 2.7 3.1 3.9 3.2 3.0 2.8 2.3 2.4 2.2

SE ................................................... 22.01 23.65 57.63 32.18 38.78 52.83 32.66 37.13 44.16

CV(%) ............................................. 1.59 1.95 5.95 2.90 2.98 3.78 1.99 2.41 2.48

Sugar and other sweets

Mean ............................................... 147 126 103 114 130 157 178 160 204

Share .............................................. .3 .3 .4 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .2

SE ................................................... 4.25 4.74 9.11 5.73 6.09 10.48 6.04 5.23 10.68

CV(%) ............................................. 2.89 3.76 8.87 5.02 4.69 6.69 3.39 3.27 5.24

Fats and oils

Mean ............................................... 114 106 96 97 107 126 127 123 133

Share .............................................. .2 .3 .4 .3 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2

SE ................................................... 2.28 2.88 11.26 5.20 4.88 7.71 3.51 4.68 6.31

CV(%) ............................................. 2.00 2.72 11.67 5.35 4.56 6.14 2.77 3.81 4.76

Miscellaneous foods

Mean ............................................... 699 599 476 542 664 662 853 807 917

Share .............................................. 1.4 1.5 1.9 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.1

SE ................................................... 13.97 14.19 38.08 17.06 26.91 30.32 21.91 24.45 30.12

CV(%) ............................................. 2.00 2.37 8.00 3.15 4.05 4.58 2.57 3.03 3.28

Nonalcoholic beverages

Mean ............................................... 370 352 284 333 365 411 397 377 425

Share .............................................. .7 .9 1.2 1.0 .8 .8 .6 .6 .5

SE ................................................... 5.89 7.08 16.37 12.14 11.96 21.93 10.35 13.45 15.17

CV(%) ............................................. 1.59 2.01 5.77 3.64 3.28 5.34 2.60 3.57 3.57

Food prepared by consumer unit on

out-of-town trips

Mean ............................................... 50 28 11 22 33 44 86 74 103

Share .............................................. .1 .1 1 ( ) .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1

SE ................................................... 2.39 1.99 2.35 3.00 3.08 4.67 4.87 5.18 8.23

CV(%) ............................................. 4.77 7.05 22.28 13.40 9.31 10.62 5.68 7.01 8.02

Food away from home

Mean ............................................... 2,678 1,967 1,051 1,682 2,207 2,678 3,782 3,549 4,111

Share .............................................. 5.2 5.0 4.3 4.8 5.1 5.3 5.3 5.6 5.0

SE ................................................... 45.74 53.68 85.75 66.08 77.47 117.51 75.57 95.71 108.65

CV(%) ............................................. 1.71 2.73 8.16 3.93 3.51 4.39 2.00 2.70 2.64

Alcoholic beverages

Mean ............................................... 451 292 108 236 350 416 696 650 759

Share .............................................. .9 .7 .4 .7 .8 .8 1.0 1.0 .9

SE ................................................... 16.67 13.48 17.93 18.59 25.11 38.92 32.80 36.03 42.44

CV(%) ............................................. 3.69 4.61 16.56 7.89 7.18 9.37 4.72 5.55 5.59

Housing

Mean ............................................... 16,887 13,197 9,388 12,143 14,241 16,146 22,815 20,230 26,512

Share .............................................. 32.8 33.7 38.2 34.9 33.1 31.8 32.1 32.0 32.1

SE ................................................... 166.05 162.52 255.17 166.57 272.40 229.72 207.31 179.78 430.92

CV(%) ............................................. .98 1.23 2.72 1.37 1.91 1.42 .91 .89 1.63

Shelter

Mean ............................................... 9,891 7,532 5,521 6,871 8,168 9,155 13,693 12,103 15,976

Share .............................................. 19.2 19.3 22.5 19.8 19.0 18.0 19.2 19.2 19.3

SE ................................................... 125.20 126.71 199.43 158.73 166.76 212.03 162.67 147.92 310.27

CV(%) ............................................. 1.27 1.68 3.61 2.31 2.04 2.32 1.19 1.22 1.94

Owned dwellings

Mean ............................................... 6,056 3,998 2,087 3,509 4,424 5,607 9,373 8,022 11,312

Share .............................................. 11.8 10.2 8.5 10.1 10.3 11.0 13.2 12.7 13.7

SE ................................................... 99.48 82.76 166.67 115.41 138.32 166.01 163.83 143.32 333.67

CV(%) ............................................. 1.64 2.07 7.98 3.29 3.13 2.96 1.75 1.79 2.95

Mortgage interest and charges

Mean ............................................... 3,067 1,968 827 1,584 2,272 3,009 4,839 4,214 5,737

Share .............................................. 6.0 5.0 3.4 4.6 5.3 5.9 6.8 6.7 6.9

SE ................................................... 68.09 55.66 107.39 80.39 87.44 150.97 120.24 89.87 240.06

CV(%) ............................................. 2.22 2.83 12.98 5.07 3.85 5.02 2.48 2.13 4.18

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2010. Highest education level of any member: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — 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

Property taxes

Mean ............................................... 1,836 1,189 750 1,103 1,247 1,584 2,878 2,389 3,580

Share .............................................. 3.6 3.0 3.0 3.2 2.9 3.1 4.0 3.8 4.3

SE ................................................... 34.64 27.78 49.09 45.54 38.94 59.43 63.76 52.35 111.11

CV(%) ............................................. 1.89 2.34 6.55 4.13 3.12 3.75 2.22 2.19 3.10

Maintenance, repairs, insurance, other

expenses

Mean ............................................... 1,153 841 511 822 905 1,014 1,656 1,420 1,996

Share .............................................. 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.4 2.1 2.0 2.3 2.2 2.4

SE ................................................... 34.75 33.27 56.55 48.50 59.97 79.90 56.99 77.14 95.54

CV(%) ............................................. 3.01 3.95 11.07 5.90 6.63 7.88 3.44 5.43 4.79

Rented dwellings

Mean ............................................... 3,186 3,226 3,362 3,150 3,373 2,995 3,122 3,213 2,991

Share .............................................. 6.2 8.2 13.7 9.1 7.8 5.9 4.4 5.1 3.6

SE ................................................... 58.83 70.22 170.46 108.65 95.05 168.47 106.56 107.99 179.06

CV(%) ............................................. 1.85 2.18 5.07 3.45 2.82 5.63 3.41 3.36 5.99

Other lodging

Mean ............................................... 649 308 72 212 371 553 1,198 867 1,672

Share .............................................. 1.3 .8 .3 .6 .9 1.1 1.7 1.4 2.0

SE ................................................... 22.69 14.55 23.06 28.22 26.52 60.38 49.23 39.24 99.75

CV(%) ............................................. 3.50 4.73 32.03 13.29 7.14 10.92 4.11 4.52 5.96

Utilities, fuels, and public services

Mean ............................................... 3,648 3,318 2,541 3,280 3,333 3,957 4,181 3,935 4,534

Share .............................................. 7.1 8.5 10.3 9.4 7.7 7.8 5.9 6.2 5.5

SE ................................................... 34.24 42.14 62.48 54.39 66.81 69.35 43.63 44.57 91.98

CV(%) ............................................. .94 1.27 2.46 1.66 2.00 1.75 1.04 1.13 2.03

Natural gas

Mean ............................................... 359 299 244 286 317 336 456 420 507

Share .............................................. .7 .8 1.0 .8 .7 .7 .6 .7 .6

SE ................................................... 11.98 12.74 21.01 17.20 16.63 17.83 13.10 14.80 18.07

CV(%) ............................................. 3.33 4.25 8.59 6.02 5.25 5.31 2.87 3.52 3.57

Electricity

Mean ............................................... 1,388 1,326 1,082 1,353 1,293 1,524 1,487 1,422 1,581

Share .............................................. 2.7 3.4 4.4 3.9 3.0 3.0 2.1 2.3 1.9

SE ................................................... 22.43 26.50 40.64 33.23 31.48 31.06 21.43 22.92 35.42

CV(%) ............................................. 1.62 2.00 3.76 2.46 2.43 2.04 1.44 1.61 2.24

Fuel oil and other fuels

Mean ............................................... 137 111 76 130 95 131 179 150 221

Share .............................................. .3 .3 .3 .4 .2 .3 .3 .2 .3

SE ................................................... 6.32 7.48 15.35 13.21 10.23 19.38 10.94 12.37 26.13

CV(%) ............................................. 4.61 6.75 20.32 10.17 10.79 14.80 6.11 8.25 11.84

Telephone services

Mean ............................................... 1,239 1,122 790 1,056 1,163 1,426 1,428 1,353 1,535

Share .............................................. 2.4 2.9 3.2 3.0 2.7 2.8 2.0 2.1 1.9

SE ................................................... 12.99 15.62 24.07 19.76 29.24 30.91 18.72 20.88 31.20

CV(%) ............................................. 1.05 1.39 3.04 1.87 2.51 2.17 1.31 1.54 2.03

Water and other public services

Mean ............................................... 525 459 348 455 465 540 631 590 691

Share .............................................. 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.1 .9 .9 .8

SE ................................................... 11.31 12.58 17.36 17.43 12.78 22.02 14.50 15.30 21.42

CV(%) ............................................. 2.16 2.74 4.98 3.83 2.75 4.08 2.30 2.59 3.10

Household operations

Mean ............................................... 1,159 726 390 600 845 1,003 1,856 1,495 2,373

Share .............................................. 2.3 1.9 1.6 1.7 2.0 2.0 2.6 2.4 2.9

SE ................................................... 25.31 21.59 42.85 28.38 39.15 75.41 54.34 54.17 102.39

CV(%) ............................................. 2.18 2.97 10.99 4.73 4.63 7.52 2.93 3.62 4.31

Personal services

Mean ............................................... 368 206 141 167 223 299 630 496 823

Share .............................................. .7 .5 .6 .5 .5 .6 .9 .8 1.0

SE ................................................... 18.03 18.07 39.62 24.39 23.88 71.23 41.05 35.63 82.48

CV(%) ............................................. 4.90 8.77 28.14 14.62 10.72 23.81 6.51 7.19 10.02

Other household expenses

Mean ............................................... 791 520 249 433 622 704 1,226 999 1,550

Share .............................................. 1.5 1.3 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.7 1.6 1.9

SE ................................................... 15.63 14.05 17.13 13.80 27.63 31.35 29.03 35.35 46.92

CV(%) ............................................. 1.98 2.70 6.88 3.18 4.44 4.45 2.37 3.54 3.03

Housekeeping supplies

Mean ............................................... 610 516 382 475 564 592 753 676 859

Share .............................................. 1.2 1.3 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.0

SE ................................................... 14.88 11.92 42.01 23.57 24.44 26.61 29.12 28.15 47.87

CV(%) ............................................. 2.44 2.31 10.99 4.97 4.33 4.50 3.87 4.16 5.57

Laundry and cleaning supplies

Mean ............................................... 155 150 137 141 153 171 163 166 159

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2010. Highest education level of any member: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — 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

Laundry and cleaning supplies

Share .............................................. .3 .4 .6 .4 .4 .3 .2 .3 .2

SE ................................................... 3.97 4.57 14.38 8.38 8.33 12.59 6.79 10.33 9.60

CV(%) ............................................. 2.55 3.04 10.49 5.93 5.44 7.37 4.16 6.23 6.03

Other household products

Mean ............................................... 319 263 184 252 282 303 403 350 474

Share .............................................. .6 .7 .7 .7 .7 .6 .6 .6 .6

SE ................................................... 9.19 7.59 28.42 16.17 13.38 15.29 18.88 17.60 29.71

CV(%) ............................................. 2.89 2.88 15.42 6.43 4.74 5.04 4.69 5.02 6.26

Postage and stationery

Mean ............................................... 136 102 61 82 129 117 188 160 226

Share .............................................. .3 .3 .2 .2 .3 .2 .3 .3 .3

SE ................................................... 4.82 6.40 12.92 9.99 11.00 13.19 8.85 10.92 16.55

CV(%) ............................................. 3.55 6.27 21.24 12.25 8.53 11.25 4.72 6.82 7.34

Household furnishings and equipment

Mean ............................................... 1,580 1,106 554 918 1,331 1,439 2,331 2,021 2,770

Share .............................................. 3.1 2.8 2.3 2.6 3.1 2.8 3.3 3.2 3.4

SE ................................................... 36.25 34.76 62.70 61.13 117.40 72.83 80.43 73.54 153.97

CV(%) ............................................. 2.29 3.14 11.32 6.66 8.82 5.06 3.45 3.64 5.56

Household textiles

Mean ............................................... 123 91 48 76 93 147 171 141 213

Share .............................................. .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .3 .2 .2 .3

SE ................................................... 8.03 7.84 11.97 10.89 12.19 34.57 16.85 15.72 32.08

CV(%) ............................................. 6.55 8.59 24.69 14.26 13.14 23.55 9.86 11.19 15.05

Furniture

Mean ............................................... 391 246 144 200 284 344 626 506 797

Share .............................................. .8 .6 .6 .6 .7 .7 .9 .8 1.0

SE ................................................... 22.84 13.42 21.77 18.20 27.63 29.42 49.73 34.63 97.94

CV(%) ............................................. 5.83 5.45 15.11 9.12 9.73 8.57 7.95 6.84 12.29

Floor coverings

Mean ............................................... 16 7 4 7 6 11 31 20 46

Share .............................................. 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) .1

SE ................................................... 2.10 .99 1.24 1.53 1.36 2.64 5.06 3.32 11.38

CV(%) ............................................. 12.94 14.08 31.19 22.51 21.80 23.18 16.31 16.26 24.62

Major appliances

Mean ............................................... 197 150 78 147 168 179 273 269 278

Share .............................................. .4 .4 .3 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .3

SE ................................................... 7.38 7.24 12.15 10.10 16.75 18.36 14.45 17.67 20.69

CV(%) ............................................. 3.74 4.81 15.48 6.87 9.97 10.27 5.30 6.57 7.43

Small appliances, miscellaneous

housewares

Mean ............................................... 98 72 54 58 77 100 138 121 162

Share .............................................. .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2

SE ................................................... 4.52 4.65 16.90 7.18 7.49 9.81 9.86 12.66 15.96

CV(%) ............................................. 4.62 6.47 31.05 12.29 9.71 9.76 7.14 10.43 9.86

Miscellaneous household equipment

Mean ............................................... 754 539 224 429 703 658 1,093 963 1,273

Share .............................................. 1.5 1.4 .9 1.2 1.6 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.5

SE ................................................... 24.88 25.98 41.28 54.58 99.13 38.71 57.89 62.51 115.88

CV(%) ............................................. 3.30 4.82 18.40 12.71 14.10 5.88 5.30 6.49 9.10

Apparel and services

Mean ............................................... 1,736 1,329 1,042 1,083 1,540 1,588 2,366 2,226 2,565

Share .............................................. 3.4 3.4 4.2 3.1 3.6 3.1 3.3 3.5 3.1

SE ................................................... 36.94 42.03 125.11 49.48 92.66 86.93 78.06 90.77 113.02

CV(%) ............................................. 2.13 3.16 12.01 4.57 6.02 5.47 3.30 4.08 4.41

Men and boys

Mean ............................................... 408 305 285 256 324 376 566 545 596

Share .............................................. .8 .8 1.2 .7 .8 .7 .8 .9 .7

SE ................................................... 12.24 12.60 68.00 20.11 25.31 38.27 25.77 35.07 38.73

CV(%) ............................................. 3.00 4.13 23.84 7.85 7.80 10.19 4.55 6.44 6.50

Men, 16 and over

Mean ............................................... 320 228 215 188 244 284 461 446 482

Share .............................................. .6 .6 .9 .5 .6 .6 .6 .7 .6

SE ................................................... 11.87 12.23 64.98 19.88 22.45 33.98 24.41 33.36 38.43

CV(%) ............................................. 3.71 5.36 30.27 10.60 9.20 11.95 5.29 7.47 7.97

Boys, 2 to 15

Mean ............................................... 88 77 71 69 80 91 105 99 114

Share .............................................. .2 .2 .3 .2 .2 .2 .1 .2 .1

SE ................................................... 3.45 4.77 13.12 6.83 8.72 11.33 5.24 6.62 8.23

CV(%) ............................................. 3.92 6.19 18.60 9.97 10.86 12.40 4.98 6.71 7.20

Women and girls

Mean ............................................... 688 516 296 429 598 675 952 887 1,043

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2010. Highest education level of any member: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — 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

Women and girls

Share .............................................. 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.3

SE ................................................... 21.95 23.39 40.96 30.40 37.74 55.84 45.18 51.75 84.43

CV(%) ............................................. 3.19 4.53 13.86 7.09 6.32 8.27 4.74 5.84 8.09

Women, 16 and over

Mean ............................................... 573 418 226 342 476 580 809 762 874

Share .............................................. 1.1 1.1 .9 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.1

SE ................................................... 21.33 22.22 37.10 29.96 37.61 52.93 43.01 49.48 75.17

CV(%) ............................................. 3.73 5.31 16.43 8.75 7.90 9.12 5.32 6.49 8.60

Girls, 2 to 15

Mean ............................................... 116 98 70 86 122 95 143 125 169

Share .............................................. .2 .3 .3 .2 .3 .2 .2 .2 .2

SE ................................................... 7.01 6.29 12.49 8.95 13.56 11.70 12.58 16.72 18.78

CV(%) ............................................. 6.05 6.41 17.90 10.36 11.14 12.31 8.77 13.40 11.09

Children under 2

Mean ............................................... 63 55 72 44 59 55 77 78 76

Share .............................................. .1 .1 .3 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1

SE ................................................... 4.18 4.95 16.92 7.36 8.71 7.85 6.86 8.82 10.20

CV(%) ............................................. 6.61 9.08 23.66 16.63 14.87 14.36 8.91 11.33 13.45

Footwear

Mean ............................................... 347 298 241 232 389 284 422 419 426

Share .............................................. .7 .8 1.0 .7 .9 .6 .6 .7 .5

SE ................................................... 12.91 17.28 34.76 19.10 48.32 32.86 25.94 34.98 32.41

CV(%) ............................................. 3.72 5.81 14.41 8.22 12.43 11.56 6.14 8.34 7.61

Other apparel products and services

Mean ............................................... 230 156 148 122 171 199 349 296 424

Share .............................................. .4 .4 .6 .3 .4 .4 .5 .5 .5

SE ................................................... 8.32 7.48 20.35 9.77 12.03 27.15 17.14 18.66 33.67

CV(%) ............................................. 3.62 4.81 13.74 8.04 7.04 13.68 4.91 6.30 7.94

Transportation

Mean ............................................... 8,998 7,381 3,835 6,225 8,422 10,342 11,594 10,817 12,710

Share .............................................. 17.5 18.9 15.6 17.9 19.6 20.3 16.3 17.1 15.4

SE ................................................... 152.03 203.46 298.80 266.16 361.33 483.72 229.59 285.10 380.24

CV(%) ............................................. 1.69 2.76 7.79 4.28 4.29 4.68 1.98 2.64 2.99

Vehicle purchases (net outlay)

Mean ............................................... 3,210 2,621 932 1,880 3,290 4,090 4,161 3,827 4,641

Share .............................................. 6.2 6.7 3.8 5.4 7.6 8.0 5.8 6.1 5.6

SE ................................................... 113.53 151.75 199.33 226.76 280.55 421.97 174.03 234.74 309.80

CV(%) ............................................. 3.54 5.79 21.39 12.06 8.53 10.32 4.18 6.13 6.68

Cars and trucks, new

Mean ............................................... 1,639 1,219 328 638 1,593 2,320 2,315 2,022 2,736

Share .............................................. 3.2 3.1 1.3 1.8 3.7 4.6 3.3 3.2 3.3

SE ................................................... 101.27 128.24 126.36 119.60 187.23 396.03 143.42 203.91 254.98

CV(%) ............................................. 6.18 10.52 38.54 18.74 11.75 17.07 6.20 10.09 9.32

Cars and trucks, used

Mean ............................................... 1,516 1,348 598 1,192 1,593 1,762 1,787 1,758 1,830

Share .............................................. 2.9 3.4 2.4 3.4 3.7 3.5 2.5 2.8 2.2

SE ................................................... 68.99 86.71 133.57 177.31 196.17 234.96 107.66 139.12 178.69

CV(%) ............................................. 4.55 6.43 22.35 14.88 12.31 13.33 6.02 7.91 9.77

Other vehicles

Mean ............................................... 56 54 7 50 103 7 58 47 75

Share .............................................. .1 .1 1 ( ) .1 .2 1 ( ) .1 .1 .1

SE ................................................... 14.08 16.73 6.01 23.72 44.84 4.32 21.64 15.11 41.88

CV(%) ............................................. 25.22 30.82 92.35 47.41 43.36 58.16 37.09 32.17 56.07

Gasoline and motor oil

Mean ............................................... 2,756 2,466 1,549 2,318 2,557 3,282 3,223 3,156 3,319

Share .............................................. 5.4 6.3 6.3 6.7 5.9 6.5 4.5 5.0 4.0

SE ................................................... 24.99 37.04 78.54 49.31 51.26 89.31 33.20 45.59 63.70

CV(%) ............................................. .91 1.50 5.07 2.13 2.00 2.72 1.03 1.44 1.92

Other vehicle expenses

Mean ............................................... 2,490 2,041 1,191 1,839 2,244 2,666 3,202 3,062 3,405

Share .............................................. 4.8 5.2 4.8 5.3 5.2 5.2 4.5 4.8 4.1

SE ................................................... 47.09 60.10 133.49 87.85 108.04 138.28 76.64 108.71 133.99

CV(%) ............................................. 1.89 2.94 11.21 4.78 4.81 5.19 2.39 3.55 3.94

Vehicle finance charges

Mean ............................................... 223 193 64 166 213 308 272 274 268

Share .............................................. .4 .5 .3 .5 .5 .6 .4 .4 .3

SE ................................................... 5.96 8.38 9.49 11.77 14.29 21.22 8.57 10.81 13.62

CV(%) ............................................. 2.67 4.33 14.87 7.10 6.70 6.89 3.16 3.94 5.08

Maintenance and repairs

Mean ............................................... 814 640 353 595 667 893 1,093 1,010 1,212

Share .............................................. 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.7 1.6 1.8 1.5 1.6 1.5

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2010. Highest education level of any member: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — 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

Maintenance and repairs

SE ................................................... 17.16 16.82 26.14 20.21 33.82 47.72 37.33 40.91 64.55

CV(%) ............................................. 2.11 2.63 7.40 3.40 5.07 5.34 3.42 4.05 5.33

Vehicle insurance

Mean ............................................... 1,018 916 635 847 993 1,087 1,174 1,209 1,126

Share .............................................. 2.0 2.3 2.6 2.4 2.3 2.1 1.6 1.9 1.4

SE ................................................... 35.25 48.92 118.31 80.63 80.18 119.72 59.14 90.14 102.14

CV(%) ............................................. 3.46 5.34 18.63 9.51 8.08 11.02 5.04 7.46 9.07

Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, and other

charges

Mean ............................................... 434 292 139 232 371 378 663 569 798

Share .............................................. .8 .7 .6 .7 .9 .7 .9 .9 1.0

SE ................................................... 13.29 11.67 18.78 16.40 20.82 31.32 23.09 22.05 45.77

CV(%) ............................................. 3.06 4.00 13.50 7.08 5.61 8.29 3.48 3.87 5.74

Public and other transportation

Mean ............................................... 542 253 162 187 331 305 1,008 773 1,345

Share .............................................. 1.1 .6 .7 .5 .8 .6 1.4 1.2 1.6

SE ................................................... 16.78 13.95 31.71 17.06 24.52 26.04 34.40 39.09 55.54

CV(%) ............................................. 3.09 5.51 19.56 9.11 7.40 8.55 3.41 5.06 4.13

Health care

Mean ............................................... 3,556 2,885 2,004 2,823 2,949 3,560 4,635 4,196 5,263

Share .............................................. 6.9 7.4 8.2 8.1 6.9 7.0 6.5 6.6 6.4

SE ................................................... 57.11 62.33 145.39 88.45 103.81 129.84 91.16 121.69 138.15

CV(%) ............................................. 1.61 2.16 7.26 3.13 3.52 3.65 1.97 2.90 2.63

Health insurance

Mean ............................................... 2,061 1,698 1,173 1,747 1,638 2,116 2,646 2,417 2,973

Share .............................................. 4.0 4.3 4.8 5.0 3.8 4.2 3.7 3.8 3.6

SE ................................................... 33.77 36.47 54.29 52.85 64.98 94.69 50.79 68.78 73.81

CV(%) ............................................. 1.64 2.15 4.63 3.02 3.97 4.48 1.92 2.85 2.48

Medical services

Mean ............................................... 839 628 354 554 734 783 1,178 1,075 1,326

Share .............................................. 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.6

SE ................................................... 37.47 36.89 49.76 61.04 54.45 85.21 61.53 88.73 65.73

CV(%) ............................................. 4.47 5.87 14.07 11.02 7.42 10.89 5.22 8.25 4.96

Drugs

Mean ............................................... 515 455 426 416 474 516 609 540 706

Share .............................................. 1.0 1.2 1.7 1.2 1.1 1.0 .9 .9 .9

SE ................................................... 13.96 14.67 76.52 17.82 22.29 23.97 25.84 22.05 43.46

CV(%) ............................................. 2.71 3.23 17.97 4.29 4.70 4.64 4.24 4.09 6.16

Medical supplies

Mean ............................................... 142 105 52 106 103 146 202 164 257

Share .............................................. .3 .3 .2 .3 .2 .3 .3 .3 .3

SE ................................................... 6.24 5.76 11.97 10.11 7.49 15.04 12.04 8.72 25.40

CV(%) ............................................. 4.38 5.50 23.24 9.58 7.29 10.32 5.95 5.34 9.87

Entertainment

Mean ............................................... 2,605 1,901 1,134 1,630 2,118 2,571 3,725 3,220 4,443

Share .............................................. 5.1 4.9 4.6 4.7 4.9 5.1 5.2 5.1 5.4

SE ................................................... 55.33 56.78 176.19 52.61 77.77 150.91 86.33 87.52 174.18

CV(%) ............................................. 2.12 2.99 15.53 3.23 3.67 5.87 2.32 2.72 3.92

Fees and admissions

Mean ............................................... 614 273 72 179 356 446 1,161 901 1,532

Share .............................................. 1.2 .7 .3 .5 .8 .9 1.6 1.4 1.9

SE ................................................... 20.31 10.01 11.74 10.56 21.90 30.49 38.33 44.97 67.10

CV(%) ............................................. 3.31 3.67 16.30 5.91 6.16 6.83 3.30 4.99 4.38

Audio and visual equipment and services

Mean ............................................... 979 856 590 824 919 1,000 1,176 1,114 1,264

Share .............................................. 1.9 2.2 2.4 2.4 2.1 2.0 1.7 1.8 1.5

SE ................................................... 15.01 16.47 40.66 20.86 28.63 32.04 27.45 31.94 51.59

CV(%) ............................................. 1.53 1.92 6.89 2.53 3.12 3.20 2.33 2.87 4.08

Pets, toys, hobbies, and playground

equipment

Mean ............................................... 648 551 329 457 621 751 799 710 923

Share .............................................. 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.1 1.1 1.1

SE ................................................... 28.96 32.12 135.25 36.61 49.34 93.45 52.74 43.88 103.28

CV(%) ............................................. 4.47 5.83 41.17 8.02 7.95 12.44 6.60 6.18 11.19

Other entertainment supplies, equipment, and

services

Mean ............................................... 363 222 144 170 223 373 589 494 724

Share .............................................. .7 .6 .6 .5 .5 .7 .8 .8 .9

SE ................................................... 25.59 27.13 65.16 26.79 33.44 97.61 52.89 45.54 112.00

CV(%) ............................................. 7.04 12.24 45.33 15.73 15.01 26.17 8.98 9.21 15.47

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2010. Highest education level of any member: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — 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

Personal care products and services

Mean ............................................... 628 468 292 388 530 627 881 769 1,039

Share .............................................. 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3

SE ................................................... 12.20 11.74 22.83 14.23 20.52 34.82 20.05 19.27 41.00

CV(%) ............................................. 1.94 2.51 7.81 3.67 3.87 5.55 2.28 2.51 3.95

Reading

Mean ............................................... 109 69 29 53 81 107 175 135 232

Share .............................................. .2 .2 .1 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .3

SE ................................................... 2.28 2.78 2.84 2.64 4.62 7.75 4.24 3.92 7.62

CV(%) ............................................. 2.08 4.04 9.83 4.99 5.68 7.26 2.43 2.90 3.29

Education

Mean ............................................... 1,207 564 120 214 892 959 2,244 1,792 2,891

Share .............................................. 2.3 1.4 .5 .6 2.1 1.9 3.2 2.8 3.5

SE ................................................... 54.11 45.38 27.40 35.27 104.64 123.63 107.25 103.33 225.77

CV(%) ............................................. 4.48 8.05 22.86 16.47 11.73 12.89 4.78 5.77 7.81

Tobacco products and smoking supplies

Mean ............................................... 332 426 331 497 421 372 179 219 123

Share .............................................. .6 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.0 .7 .3 .3 .1

SE ................................................... 11.67 16.07 32.00 23.61 24.33 26.19 10.98 13.42 14.48

CV(%) ............................................. 3.52 3.77 9.66 4.75 5.78 7.05 6.12 6.13 11.75

Miscellaneous

Mean ............................................... 829 654 307 691 728 703 1,110 926 1,373

Share .............................................. 1.6 1.7 1.3 2.0 1.7 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.7

SE ................................................... 37.09 51.01 52.17 114.66 66.37 63.42 49.28 70.40 71.57

CV(%) ............................................. 4.47 7.80 16.97 16.59 9.11 9.02 4.44 7.61 5.21

Cash contributions

Mean ............................................... 1,913 1,106 599 1,012 1,214 1,473 3,213 2,411 4,364

Share .............................................. 3.7 2.8 2.4 2.9 2.8 2.9 4.5 3.8 5.3

SE ................................................... 107.60 54.69 56.52 59.77 89.77 98.89 225.42 220.70 352.92

CV(%) ............................................. 5.63 4.94 9.43 5.91 7.39 6.71 7.02 9.15 8.09

Personal insurance and pensions

Mean ............................................... 5,591 3,425 1,481 2,847 3,805 5,313 9,084 7,617 11,188

Share .............................................. 10.9 8.8 6.0 8.2 8.8 10.5 12.8 12.1 13.5

SE ................................................... 103.78 95.24 95.54 105.97 152.11 240.77 189.72 198.78 369.19

CV(%) ............................................. 1.86 2.78 6.45 3.72 4.00 4.53 2.09 2.61 3.30

Life and other personal insurance

Mean ............................................... 353 205 107 203 207 281 591 479 752

Share .............................................. .7 .5 .4 .6 .5 .6 .8 .8 .9

SE ................................................... 16.37 7.83 9.71 15.11 12.94 20.51 40.87 55.20 76.01

CV(%) ............................................. 4.64 3.82 9.07 7.45 6.26 7.31 6.92 11.53 10.11

Pensions and Social Security

Mean ............................................... 5,238 3,220 1,374 2,645 3,598 5,032 8,493 7,139 10,436

Share .............................................. 10.2 8.2 5.6 7.6 8.4 9.9 11.9 11.3 12.6

SE ................................................... 97.92 92.92 93.24 102.33 151.15 235.28 178.79 184.77 353.08

CV(%) ............................................. 1.87 2.89 6.79 3.87 4.20 4.68 2.11 2.59 3.38

Sources of income and personal taxes:

Money income before taxes

Mean ............................................... $65,596 $44,603 $25,159 $39,357 $48,224 $62,809 $99,444 $85,802 $119,023

SE ................................................... 1,024.25 735.97 921.51 980.83 1,194.41 1,686.04 1,805.48 2,789.10 2,452.26

CV(%) ............................................. 1.56 1.65 3.66 2.49 2.48 2.68 1.82 3.25 2.06

Wages and salaries

Mean ............................................... 51,730 32,845 14,294 27,021 36,477 51,460 82,180 71,135 98,031

Share .............................................. 78.9 73.6 56.8 68.7 75.6 81.9 82.6 82.9 82.4

SE ................................................... 845.38 614.37 897.61 764.73 1,048.08 1,642.32 1,649.16 2,486.85 2,266.32

CV(%) ............................................. 1.63 1.87 6.28 2.83 2.87 3.19 2.01 3.50 2.31

Self-employment income

Mean ............................................... 2,917 1,874 1,327 1,780 1,950 2,329 4,598 4,211 5,154

Share .............................................. 4.4 4.2 5.3 4.5 4.0 3.7 4.6 4.9 4.3

SE ................................................... 350.34 251.30 179.11 413.32 344.94 463.98 714.21 937.10 983.86

CV(%) ............................................. 12.01 13.41 13.50 23.22 17.69 19.92 15.53 22.25 19.09

Social Security, private and government

retirement

Mean ............................................... 8,021 7,420 7,234 8,388 6,888 6,692 8,991 7,242 11,501

Share .............................................. 12.2 16.6 28.8 21.3 14.3 10.7 9.0 8.4 9.7

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2010. Highest education level of any member: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — 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

Social Security, private and government

retirement

SE ................................................... 161.15 197.81 316.82 267.45 374.88 426.42 329.32 350.03 626.67

CV(%) ............................................. 2.01 2.67 4.38 3.19 5.44 6.37 3.66 4.83 5.45

Interest, dividends, rental income, other

property income

Mean ............................................... 1,358 691 304 607 930 705 2,432 1,861 3,253

Share .............................................. 2.1 1.6 1.2 1.5 1.9 1.1 2.4 2.2 2.7

SE ................................................... 120.37 83.91 118.65 121.93 184.93 158.80 255.98 264.86 457.16

CV(%) ............................................. 8.86 12.14 39.08 20.09 19.88 22.52 10.52 14.23 14.05

Unemployment and workers’ compensation,

veterans’ benefits

Mean ............................................... 428 464 357 353 544 611 370 408 317

Share .............................................. .7 1.0 1.4 .9 1.1 1.0 .4 .5 .3

SE ................................................... 21.92 25.33 117.22 40.77 57.69 84.91 44.78 64.34 37.22

CV(%) ............................................. 5.12 5.46 32.87 11.54 10.60 13.91 12.09 15.79 11.73

Public assistance, supplemental security

income, food stamps

Mean ............................................... 534 719 1,181 765 571 552 235 279 172

Share .............................................. .8 1.6 4.7 1.9 1.2 .9 .2 .3 .1

SE ................................................... 26.85 37.14 114.56 51.59 43.62 81.14 27.66 41.14 32.14

CV(%) ............................................. 5.03 5.17 9.70 6.75 7.64 14.70 11.77 14.75 18.67

Regular contributions for support

Mean ............................................... 380 366 206 277 529 356 401 471 302

Share .............................................. .6 .8 .8 .7 1.1 .6 .4 .5 .3

SE ................................................... 26.77 35.94 45.16 60.65 82.48 56.41 45.33 67.01 66.64

CV(%) ............................................. 7.05 9.82 21.96 21.91 15.59 15.84 11.29 14.23 22.07

Other income

Mean ............................................... 229 224 257 167 334 104 235 195 293

Share .............................................. .3 .5 1.0 .4 .7 .2 .2 .2 .2

SE ................................................... 16.29 25.36 32.66 21.58 70.74 19.91 28.82 25.67 68.22

CV(%) ............................................. 7.13 11.31 12.69 12.95 21.15 19.09 12.24 13.14 23.28

Personal taxes (missing values not imputed)

Mean ............................................... 2,226 757 -40 533 705 1,896 4,595 3,720 5,851

Share .............................................. 3.4 1.7 -.2 1.4 1.5 3.0 4.6 4.3 4.9

SE ................................................... 239.57 97.63 73.96 108.09 176.63 335.21 596.21 808.65 797.21

CV(%) ............................................. 10.76 12.89 -185.37 20.29 25.06 17.68 12.97 21.74 13.62

Federal income taxes

Mean ............................................... 1,568 430 -138 252 365 1,326 3,404 2,800 4,272

Share .............................................. 2.4 1.0 -.5 .6 .8 2.1 3.4 3.3 3.6

SE ................................................... 198.37 81.67 61.98 95.50 140.10 268.04 496.26 702.32 612.29

CV(%) ............................................. 12.65 19.01 -44.94 37.86 38.43 20.21 14.58 25.08 14.33

State and local income taxes

Mean ............................................... 526 245 52 203 256 455 979 753 1,303

Share .............................................. .8 .5 .2 .5 .5 .7 1.0 .9 1.1

SE ................................................... 44.65 24.20 13.81 26.22 48.80 76.44 105.68 112.86 177.27

CV(%) ............................................. 8.49 9.87 26.76 12.94 19.09 16.79 10.79 14.99 13.60

Other taxes

Mean ............................................... 132 82 46 78 85 115 212 167 276

Share .............................................. .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2

SE ................................................... 13.88 11.29 16.05 10.13 19.12 21.67 22.81 21.90 38.54

CV(%) ............................................. 10.52 13.70 34.55 13.02 22.58 18.89 10.77 13.13 13.94

Income after taxes

Mean ............................................... 63,370 43,846 25,199 38,825 47,519 60,913 94,849 82,083 113,172

Share .............................................. 96.6 98.3 100.2 98.6 98.5 97.0 95.4 95.7 95.1

SE ................................................... 906.92 711.28 907.08 963.50 1,160.18 1,545.21 1,451.97 2,242.60 2,340.35

CV(%) ............................................. 1.43 1.62 3.60 2.48 2.44 2.54 1.53 2.73 2.07

Addenda:

Net change in total assets and liabilities

Mean ............................................... - $5,092 - $3,376 $6 - $1,843 - $3,908 - $7,920 - $7,859 - $4,284 - $12,991

SE ................................................... 972.32 736.15 771.13 1,170.37 1,717.17 2,029.72 1,989.85 2,336.87 4,038.36

CV(%) ............................................. -19.09 -21.81 12,838.53 -63.51 -43.94 -25.63 -25.32 -54.55 -31.09

Net change in total assets

Mean ............................................... 5,073 2,697 745 1,863 4,547 2,345 8,904 8,311 9,755

SE ................................................... 718.33 437.73 573.11 784.86 1,049.01 1,263.29 1,604.71 1,981.86 3,057.77

CV(%) ............................................. 14.16 16.23 76.94 42.13 23.07 53.87 18.02 23.85 31.34

Net change in total liabilities

Mean ............................................... 10,165 6,073 739 3,706 8,454 10,265 16,763 12,595 22,746

SE ................................................... 849.45 779.62 523.71 970.26 1,561.43 1,694.01 1,492.71 1,914.41 2,912.26

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2010. Highest education level of any member: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — 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

Net change in total liabilities

CV(%) ............................................. 8.36 12.84 70.88 26.18 18.47 16.50 8.90 15.20 12.80

Other financial information:

Other money receipts

Mean ............................................... 712 340 348 218 437 390 1,312 1,172 1,512

SE ................................................... 162.87 71.18 311.76 83.86 136.43 114.63 370.01 365.58 590.76

CV(%) ............................................. 22.87 20.92 89.68 38.50 31.24 29.38 28.20 31.18 39.07

Mortgage principal paid on owned property

Mean ............................................... -1,935 -1,161 -496 -955 -1,289 -1,827 -3,183 -2,628 -3,979

SE ................................................... 48.26 32.62 52.61 50.18 59.74 97.24 88.78 92.43 174.78

CV(%) ............................................. -2.49 -2.81 -10.62 -5.26 -4.63 -5.32 -2.79 -3.52 -4.39

Estimated market value of owned home

Mean ............................................... 149,574 98,797 60,962 90,339 108,158 126,536 231,442 191,237 289,147

SE ................................................... 2,324.89 1,908.09 3,898.28 2,604.40 2,867.93 6,227.64 4,431.89 4,640.29 8,921.73

CV(%) ............................................. 1.55 1.93 6.39 2.88 2.65 4.92 1.91 2.43 3.09

Estimated monthly rental value of owned

home

Mean ............................................... 869 630 409 588 669 805 1,254 1,098 1,478

SE ................................................... 11.53 8.70 17.00 14.11 15.07 23.98 18.75 24.45 32.49

CV(%) ............................................. 1.33 1.38 4.16 2.40 2.25 2.98 1.50 2.23 2.20

Gifts of goods and services, total

Mean ............................................... 1,116 617 375 532 707 782 1,914 1,528 2,460

SE ................................................... 50.65 27.84 64.47 40.45 50.94 70.05 106.41 108.59 206.34

CV(%) ............................................. 4.54 4.52 17.18 7.61 7.21 8.96 5.56 7.11 8.39

Food

Mean ............................................... 104 45 11 35 59 58 199 143 276

SE ................................................... 9.80 5.49 3.52 7.10 11.56 10.96 23.33 32.25 42.41

CV(%) ............................................. 9.39 12.33 32.54 20.39 19.51 18.90 11.74 22.50 15.35

Alcoholic beverages

Mean ............................................... 12 7 2 7 8 9 19 14 26

SE ................................................... 1.62 2.12 .98 4.13 2.24 4.19 2.73 3.38 4.66

CV(%) ............................................. 13.49 28.62 62.20 55.85 26.81 44.13 14.32 24.25 17.79

Housing

Mean ............................................... 191 111 58 95 154 101 316 271 380

SE ................................................... 9.21 9.54 10.36 11.31 16.50 39.95 18.69 18.42 31.32

CV(%) ............................................. 4.83 8.56 17.73 11.88 10.75 39.73 5.91 6.80 8.23

Housekeeping supplies

Mean ............................................... 29 19 6 12 24 31 43 41 47

SE ................................................... 2.99 2.31 2.50 2.27 4.93 6.74 7.12 8.56 9.77

CV(%) ............................................. 10.48 12.27 41.19 19.66 20.44 21.73 16.43 21.06 20.78

Household textiles

Mean ............................................... 10 5 3 4 8 3 17 14 22

SE ................................................... 1.40 .91 1.76 1.65 2.20 1.00 3.42 4.57 6.05

CV(%) ............................................. 14.18 17.56 61.58 41.42 26.54 31.57 20.05 33.76 27.55

Appliances and miscellaneous housewares

Mean ............................................... 18 9 5 7 9 16 32 31 34

SE ................................................... 1.99 1.58 1.94 1.59 3.49 4.39 4.37 5.87 6.27

CV(%) ............................................. 10.91 17.11 41.48 22.12 37.82 27.08 13.47 18.90 18.26

Major appliances

Mean ............................................... 6 2 1 3 2 2 13 15 12

SE ................................................... 1.37 .47 .57 1.12 .70 .65 3.41 5.00 3.67

CV(%) ............................................. 21.13 20.73 72.33 35.38 34.38 31.92 25.56 34.43 31.54

Small appliances and miscellaneous

housewares

Mean ............................................... 12 7 4 4 7 14 19 17 23

SE ................................................... 1.54 1.51 1.81 1.02 3.48 4.26 2.77 3.35 4.57

CV(%) ............................................. 13.11 21.69 46.48 25.33 48.44 30.05 14.50 20.25 20.10

Miscellaneous household equipment

Mean ............................................... 48 34 10 31 42 40 71 61 85

SE ................................................... 4.68 4.22 3.86 5.55 9.00 7.20 9.32 11.05 13.00

CV(%) ............................................. 9.75 12.57 38.51 17.99 21.68 17.97 13.18 18.26 15.30

Other housing

Mean ............................................... 86 45 35 42 70 10 153 125 192

SE ................................................... 5.83 8.07 8.65 6.75 10.25 39.36 11.53 13.45 19.90

CV(%) ............................................. 6.78 18.06 24.83 16.21 14.56 389.27 7.56 10.77 10.35

Apparel and services

Mean ............................................... 215 182 147 160 209 198 265 240 301

SE ................................................... 9.62 9.67 41.09 19.05 17.44 29.82 20.27 27.62 39.26

CV(%) ............................................. 4.48 5.31 28.02 11.89 8.33 15.09 7.64 11.53 13.04

Males, 2 and over

Mean ............................................... 53 45 37 49 43 48 64 57 73

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2010. Highest education level of any member: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — 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

Males, 2 and over

SE ................................................... 3.56 3.78 15.90 6.53 6.99 9.79 7.10 10.21 12.31

CV(%) ............................................. 6.76 8.35 42.83 13.36 16.20 20.30 11.10 17.81 16.80

Females, 2 and over

Mean ............................................... 86 71 44 58 92 74 109 95 129

SE ................................................... 6.68 6.83 18.56 12.64 11.45 15.59 14.66 15.34 27.05

CV(%) ............................................. 7.76 9.59 42.60 21.64 12.40 21.13 13.44 16.15 21.05

Children under 2

Mean ............................................... 20 20 34 12 24 20 20 17 23

SE ................................................... 2.47 2.89 18.09 2.75 4.67 4.49 3.56 4.40 4.65

CV(%) ............................................. 12.33 14.24 53.28 23.06 19.38 22.80 18.08 25.38 20.22

Other apparel products and services

Mean ............................................... 56 45 32 41 50 56 73 70 76

SE ................................................... 5.55 5.04 8.01 11.68 8.45 16.89 11.87 15.46 24.75

CV(%) ............................................. 9.95 11.10 25.05 28.54 17.05 30.16 16.36 22.13 32.45

Jewelry and watches

Mean ............................................... 24 15 2 9 13 38 39 38 39

SE ................................................... 4.60 3.39 .87 3.24 3.44 16.15 10.67 13.15 22.00

CV(%) ............................................. 19.25 23.17 53.47 36.37 26.33 42.18 27.46 34.15 55.80

All other apparel products and services

Mean ............................................... 32 31 30 32 37 18 34 31 37

SE ................................................... 2.50 3.74 7.71 10.69 7.77 6.55 3.55 5.40 6.92

CV(%) ............................................. 7.85 12.16 25.41 33.39 21.28 37.02 10.55 17.21 18.77

Transportation

Mean ............................................... 111 59 28 59 61 78 196 162 245

SE ................................................... 19.53 11.57 14.00 18.10 15.50 30.13 40.63 43.82 77.90

CV(%) ............................................. 17.53 19.76 50.42 30.83 25.51 38.75 20.69 27.02 31.75

Health care

Mean ............................................... 53 28 30 28 11 60 92 81 107

SE ................................................... 13.09 9.54 19.72 16.86 2.44 39.87 27.62 30.88 45.71

CV(%) ............................................. 24.81 34.13 66.76 59.74 23.11 66.92 29.98 37.96 42.87

Entertainment

Mean ............................................... 82 52 22 50 71 42 128 120 141

SE ................................................... 6.48 6.03 10.77 10.76 11.24 4.83 13.52 15.88 19.95

CV(%) ............................................. 7.92 11.56 48.85 21.70 15.81 11.38 10.53 13.29 14.16

Toys, games, arts and crafts, and tricycles

Mean ............................................... 28 22 15 14 34 17 38 32 46

SE ................................................... 3.50 4.02 9.49 4.81 9.96 3.05 6.81 6.26 11.98

CV(%) ............................................. 12.41 18.38 65.35 34.03 28.92 17.57 17.94 19.29 26.33

Other entertainment

Mean ............................................... 54 30 8 35 37 25 90 87 95

SE ................................................... 4.88 4.27 2.35 10.15 4.77 3.83 10.09 12.07 15.38

CV(%) ............................................. 9.12 14.09 31.31 28.65 13.02 15.24 11.15 13.86 16.12

Personal care products and services

Mean ............................................... 16 13 10 5 13 29 21 20 21

SE ................................................... 2.39 3.18 5.84 1.24 4.10 15.40 3.69 5.77 4.98

CV(%) ............................................. 14.99 24.57 59.12 23.84 31.58 52.45 17.98 28.56 23.77

Reading

Mean ............................................... 2 1 1 ( ) 1 2 3 3 3 2

SE ................................................... .18 .26 .04 .21 .50 .96 .29 .62 .62

CV(%) ............................................. 9.50 17.84 101.11 27.70 24.75 35.90 11.57 22.15 28.64

Education

Mean ............................................... 260 73 40 46 80 135 562 361 851

SE ................................................... 25.57 12.21 20.64 15.42 21.43 39.62 59.38 59.12 117.33

CV(%) ............................................. 9.83 16.81 51.77 33.40 26.81 29.37 10.56 16.36 13.79

All other gifts

Mean ............................................... 71 45 29 45 39 69 112 113 109

SE ................................................... 7.45 6.10 13.22 10.18 6.35 18.78 14.92 21.88 12.65

CV(%) ............................................. 10.52 13.45 46.08 22.41 16.18 27.12 13.35 19.29 11.57

1 Value is too small to display.

2 No data reported.

n.a. Not applicable.

Source: Consumer Expenditure Survey, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, September, 2013