Table 4500. Selected age of reference person: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012

Item

All

consumer

units

Under

30 years

30 and

older

Under

50 years

50 and

older

Under

55 years

55 and

older

Under

65 years

65 and

older

Number of consumer units (in thousands) ......... 124,416 17,804 106,612 61,611 62,804 74,492 49,923 97,262 27,154

Consumer unit characteristics:

Income before taxes

Mean .............................................. $65,596 $44,137 $69,180 $67,506 $63,723 $69,568 $59,670 $71,427 $44,713

SE .................................................. 1,024.25 3,683.45 1,093.73 1,366.74 1,467.66 1,188.81 1,574.26 1,158.39 1,341.94

CV(%) ............................................. 1.56 8.35 1.58 2.02 2.30 1.71 2.64 1.62 3.00

Income after taxes

Mean .............................................. 63,370 42,146 66,914 65,429 61,351 67,406 57,348 68,786 43,969

SE .................................................. 906.92 2,514.15 1,032.21 1,099.41 1,387.69 971.19 1,471.75 1,014.06 1,300.89

CV(%) ............................................. 1.43 5.97 1.54 1.68 2.26 1.44 2.57 1.47 2.96

Age of reference person ................................... 50.0 24.6 54.3 35.3 64.5 38.2 67.7 43.1 74.8

Average number in consumer unit:

Persons .......................................................... 2.5 2.3 2.5 3.0 2.0 2.9 1.9 2.7 1.7

Children under 18 ........................................... .6 .6 .6 1.1 .2 .9 .1 .8 .1

Persons 65 and older ..................................... .3 1 ( ) .4 1 ( ) .6 1 ( ) .8 .1 1.4

Earners ........................................................... 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.0 1.6 .9 1.5 .5

Vehicles .......................................................... 1.9 1.4 2.0 1.8 2.0 1.9 1.9 2.0 1.6

Percent distribution:

Sex of reference person:

Male ............................................................... 47 48 46 47 46 47 46 48 43

Female ........................................................... 53 52 54 53 54 53 54 52 57

Housing tenure:

Homeowner .................................................... 64 24 71 50 78 54 79 60 80

With mortgage .............................................. 39 20 42 42 36 43 32 43 22

Without mortgage ......................................... 26 5 29 9 42 11 48 17 58

Renter ............................................................ 36 76 29 50 22 46 21 40 20

Race of reference person:

Black or African-American .............................. 13 13 12 14 11 14 11 13 9

White, Asian, and all other races ................... 87 87 88 86 89 86 89 87 91

Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person:

Hispanic or Latino .......................................... 13 18 12 18 7 17 7 14 6

Not Hispanic or Latino .................................... 87 82 88 82 93 83 93 86 94

Education of reference person:

Elementary (1-8) ............................................ 4 1 5 3 6 3 6 3 8

High school (9-12) .......................................... 33 29 34 30 36 31 37 31 42

College ........................................................... 62 69 61 66 58 66 56 66 49

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

At least one vehicle owned or leased ............... 88 78 89 87 88 88 88 88 85

Average annual expenditures

Mean .............................................. $51,442 $38,351 $53,622 $52,604 $50,284 $54,162 $47,348 $54,505 $40,410

SE .................................................. 553.43 944.72 644.02 632.35 803.09 663.54 762.34 583.78 930.47

CV(%) ............................................. 1.08 2.46 1.20 1.20 1.60 1.23 1.61 1.07 2.30

Food

Mean .............................................. 6,599 5,225 6,826 6,940 6,247 7,082 5,850 7,019 5,059

Share .............................................. 12.8 13.6 12.7 13.2 12.4 13.1 12.4 12.9 12.5

SE .................................................. 88.45 211.57 91.92 103.29 120.34 105.94 121.03 93.29 138.50

CV(%) ............................................. 1.34 4.05 1.35 1.49 1.93 1.50 2.07 1.33 2.74

Food at home

Mean .............................................. 3,921 2,945 4,082 4,035 3,802 4,121 3,609 4,097 3,273

Share .............................................. 7.6 7.7 7.6 7.7 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.5 8.1

SE .................................................. 52.98 115.51 57.94 68.18 73.26 63.25 79.01 53.70 98.71

CV(%) ............................................. 1.35 3.92 1.42 1.69 1.93 1.53 2.19 1.31 3.02

Cereals and bakery products

Mean .............................................. 538 424 557 565 510 568 490 559 459

Share .............................................. 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1

SE .................................................. 9.52 20.28 10.15 12.83 11.74 12.00 11.93 10.32 17.04

CV(%) ............................................. 1.77 4.78 1.82 2.27 2.30 2.11 2.43 1.85 3.71

Cereals and cereal products

Mean .............................................. 182 161 185 207 156 206 145 195 134

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

SE .................................................. 3.45 9.51 3.90 5.19 3.88 4.70 4.53 3.77 5.92

CV(%) ............................................. 1.89 5.91 2.10 2.50 2.49 2.29 3.12 1.93 4.43

Bakery products

Mean .............................................. 356 263 371 358 354 363 345 364 326

Share .............................................. .7 .7 .7 .7 .7 .7 .7 .7 .8

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 4500. Selected age of reference person: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Under

30 years

30 and

older

Under

50 years

50 and

older

Under

55 years

55 and

older

Under

65 years

65 and

older

Bakery products

SE .................................................. 7.08 14.00 7.29 9.59 9.64 9.03 9.56 7.61 14.16

CV(%) ............................................. 1.99 5.31 1.96 2.68 2.72 2.49 2.77 2.09 4.35

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

Mean .............................................. 852 614 892 877 828 901 777 898 686

Share .............................................. 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.7

SE .................................................. 14.39 31.99 15.72 21.01 17.73 19.60 18.71 15.30 27.62

CV(%) ............................................. 1.69 5.21 1.76 2.40 2.14 2.18 2.41 1.70 4.03

Beef

Mean .............................................. 226 163 237 231 222 241 204 241 174

Share .............................................. .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4

SE .................................................. 6.28 10.71 6.80 10.26 7.27 9.58 7.56 7.46 10.39

CV(%) ............................................. 2.77 6.58 2.87 4.45 3.28 3.98 3.70 3.10 5.99

Pork

Mean .............................................. 166 114 174 169 163 173 155 173 138

Share .............................................. .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3

SE .................................................. 4.46 8.50 4.73 6.41 5.01 6.16 5.24 5.31 7.46

CV(%) ............................................. 2.69 7.43 2.72 3.80 3.08 3.56 3.38 3.06 5.39

Other meats

Mean .............................................. 122 86 128 127 117 128 112 127 105

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

SE .................................................. 2.91 5.07 3.25 4.29 3.66 3.83 4.18 3.22 6.30

CV(%) ............................................. 2.38 5.92 2.54 3.37 3.13 2.98 3.72 2.54 5.99

Poultry

Mean .............................................. 159 132 164 172 146 177 132 173 109

Share .............................................. .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3

SE .................................................. 2.95 8.43 3.19 4.64 4.83 4.13 5.57 3.44 6.38

CV(%) ............................................. 1.85 6.38 1.95 2.69 3.31 2.33 4.22 1.99 5.83

Fish and seafood

Mean .............................................. 126 75 134 123 129 127 124 129 112

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

SE .................................................. 4.72 10.85 5.34 5.49 6.87 5.20 7.50 4.87 9.04

CV(%) ............................................. 3.75 14.43 3.98 4.47 5.33 4.09 6.06 3.76 8.07

Eggs

Mean .............................................. 53 44 55 55 51 55 50 55 47

Share .............................................. .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1

SE .................................................. .92 2.14 1.05 1.38 1.36 1.32 1.51 1.11 2.04

CV(%) ............................................. 1.74 4.84 1.92 2.52 2.66 2.39 3.03 2.03 4.32

Dairy products

Mean .............................................. 419 305 438 433 404 442 383 440 342

Share .............................................. .8 .8 .8 .8 .8 .8 .8 .8 .8

SE .................................................. 5.80 13.16 6.22 8.46 8.24 7.48 8.27 6.41 10.03

CV(%) ............................................. 1.38 4.32 1.42 1.95 2.04 1.69 2.16 1.46 2.93

Fresh milk and cream

Mean .............................................. 152 119 157 164 139 166 130 161 119

Share .............................................. .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3

SE .................................................. 2.64 6.10 2.59 4.09 3.07 3.56 3.09 3.13 3.65

CV(%) ............................................. 1.74 5.13 1.65 2.49 2.20 2.14 2.38 1.95 3.06

Other dairy products

Mean .............................................. 267 186 281 269 265 276 254 279 223

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

SE .................................................. 3.94 8.78 4.41 5.81 6.00 5.12 6.36 4.42 7.94

CV(%) ............................................. 1.48 4.73 1.57 2.16 2.27 1.86 2.51 1.58 3.56

Fruits and vegetables

Mean .............................................. 731 539 763 737 725 756 693 750 659

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

SE .................................................. 11.07 26.06 12.65 15.55 17.12 14.66 18.06 11.70 21.09

CV(%) ............................................. 1.51 4.84 1.66 2.11 2.36 1.94 2.61 1.56 3.20

Fresh fruits

Mean .............................................. 261 186 274 264 259 269 249 267 242

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

SE .................................................. 4.81 11.43 5.84 7.12 7.30 6.05 8.00 5.25 9.80

CV(%) ............................................. 1.84 6.14 2.14 2.70 2.82 2.25 3.21 1.97 4.06

Fresh vegetables

Mean .............................................. 226 161 237 222 230 229 221 231 210

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

SE .................................................. 3.79 8.24 4.09 5.60 6.02 5.30 6.89 4.23 8.66

CV(%) ............................................. 1.68 5.13 1.72 2.52 2.62 2.31 3.12 1.83 4.13

Processed fruits

Mean .............................................. 114 91 117 116 111 119 106 117 101

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

SE .................................................. 2.37 5.34 2.69 3.04 3.66 3.14 3.82 2.89 4.79

CV(%) ............................................. 2.08 5.85 2.29 2.62 3.29 2.64 3.62 2.47 4.74

Processed vegetables

Mean .............................................. 130 101 135 134 125 138 117 136 107

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

SE .................................................. 3.28 6.21 3.51 4.14 3.95 4.58 3.96 3.69 4.75

CV(%) ............................................. 2.52 6.16 2.61 3.08 3.16 3.32 3.38 2.71 4.45

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 4500. Selected age of reference person: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Under

30 years

30 and

older

Under

50 years

50 and

older

Under

55 years

55 and

older

Under

65 years

65 and

older

Other food at home

Mean .............................................. 1,380 1,063 1,433 1,424 1,335 1,455 1,265 1,450 1,127

Share .............................................. 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.8

SE .................................................. 22.01 41.10 24.16 25.19 30.07 23.03 33.85 22.74 35.34

CV(%) ............................................. 1.59 3.87 1.69 1.77 2.25 1.58 2.68 1.57 3.14

Sugar and other sweets

Mean .............................................. 147 105 154 147 146 149 143 152 129

Share .............................................. .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3

SE .................................................. 4.25 5.59 4.66 4.97 5.76 4.84 6.68 4.51 5.88

CV(%) ............................................. 2.89 5.34 3.03 3.38 3.93 3.24 4.68 2.97 4.56

Fats and oils

Mean .............................................. 114 85 119 117 112 119 106 118 100

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

SE .................................................. 2.28 5.85 2.39 2.90 3.77 2.63 4.20 2.24 5.22

CV(%) ............................................. 2.00 6.84 2.01 2.48 3.38 2.21 3.96 1.90 5.19

Miscellaneous foods

Mean .............................................. 699 570 721 740 658 748 623 740 549

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

SE .................................................. 13.97 26.46 15.21 17.03 18.97 15.23 20.69 15.42 22.52

CV(%) ............................................. 2.00 4.64 2.11 2.30 2.88 2.03 3.32 2.08 4.10

Nonalcoholic beverages

Mean .............................................. 370 282 385 378 362 391 338 389 301

Share .............................................. .7 .7 .7 .7 .7 .7 .7 .7 .7

SE .................................................. 5.89 15.68 5.79 8.32 6.55 7.73 7.89 6.55 10.67

CV(%) ............................................. 1.59 5.55 1.51 2.20 1.81 1.98 2.33 1.68 3.55

Food prepared by consumer unit on

out-of-town trips

Mean .............................................. 50 20 55 42 58 47 55 51 47

Share .............................................. .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1

SE .................................................. 2.39 2.75 2.88 2.44 3.68 3.02 3.69 2.66 4.01

CV(%) ............................................. 4.77 13.94 5.21 5.76 6.36 6.40 6.73 5.20 8.54

Food away from home

Mean .............................................. 2,678 2,280 2,744 2,904 2,445 2,960 2,241 2,922 1,785

Share .............................................. 5.2 5.9 5.1 5.5 4.9 5.5 4.7 5.4 4.4

SE .................................................. 45.74 130.63 44.37 58.94 60.36 59.79 56.27 53.08 65.21

CV(%) ............................................. 1.71 5.73 1.62 2.03 2.47 2.02 2.51 1.82 3.65

Alcoholic beverages

Mean .............................................. 451 495 444 483 418 487 396 488 315

Share .............................................. .9 1.3 .8 .9 .8 .9 .8 .9 .8

SE .................................................. 16.67 49.27 14.53 26.02 18.45 22.09 17.79 18.02 22.72

CV(%) ............................................. 3.69 9.95 3.27 5.38 4.42 4.54 4.49 3.69 7.21

Housing

Mean .............................................. 16,887 13,263 17,492 17,723 16,071 17,893 15,389 17,740 13,833

Share .............................................. 32.8 34.6 32.6 33.7 32.0 33.0 32.5 32.5 34.2

SE .................................................. 166.05 346.80 196.82 216.92 221.40 205.86 225.39 180.49 301.96

CV(%) ............................................. .98 2.61 1.13 1.22 1.38 1.15 1.46 1.02 2.18

Shelter

Mean .............................................. 9,891 8,515 10,120 10,717 9,080 10,774 8,573 10,529 7,605

Share .............................................. 19.2 22.2 18.9 20.4 18.1 19.9 18.1 19.3 18.8

SE .................................................. 125.20 233.63 141.04 153.44 169.33 143.95 172.78 133.40 227.15

CV(%) ............................................. 1.27 2.74 1.39 1.43 1.86 1.34 2.02 1.27 2.99

Owned dwellings

Mean .............................................. 6,056 2,321 6,679 5,870 6,238 6,118 5,963 6,322 5,101

Share .............................................. 11.8 6.1 12.5 11.2 12.4 11.3 12.6 11.6 12.6

SE .................................................. 99.48 157.66 129.52 118.71 158.86 110.48 160.80 109.11 172.66

CV(%) ............................................. 1.64 6.79 1.94 2.02 2.55 1.81 2.70 1.73 3.38

Mortgage interest and charges

Mean .............................................. 3,067 1,480 3,332 3,613 2,531 3,630 2,227 3,536 1,387

Share .............................................. 6.0 3.9 6.2 6.9 5.0 6.7 4.7 6.5 3.4

SE .................................................. 68.09 115.57 83.03 73.60 94.75 72.30 91.70 75.08 76.69

CV(%) ............................................. 2.22 7.81 2.49 2.04 3.74 1.99 4.12 2.12 5.53

Property taxes

Mean .............................................. 1,836 521 2,055 1,499 2,166 1,636 2,134 1,794 1,986

Share .............................................. 3.6 1.4 3.8 2.8 4.3 3.0 4.5 3.3 4.9

SE .................................................. 34.64 36.30 43.27 43.75 53.80 44.73 53.19 38.84 62.91

CV(%) ............................................. 1.89 6.97 2.11 2.92 2.48 2.73 2.49 2.17 3.17

Maintenance, repairs, insurance, other

expenses

Mean .............................................. 1,153 320 1,292 758 1,541 852 1,602 993 1,728

Share .............................................. 2.2 .8 2.4 1.4 3.1 1.6 3.4 1.8 4.3

SE .................................................. 34.75 33.37 42.28 37.95 58.36 32.84 65.49 32.20 95.64

CV(%) ............................................. 3.01 10.43 3.27 5.01 3.79 3.85 4.09 3.24 5.53

Rented dwellings

Mean .............................................. 3,186 5,959 2,723 4,395 2,000 4,109 1,810 3,566 1,828

Share .............................................. 6.2 15.5 5.1 8.4 4.0 7.6 3.8 6.5 4.5

SE .................................................. 58.83 183.00 61.49 93.24 70.05 84.74 67.05 67.61 111.04

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 4500. Selected age of reference person: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Under

30 years

30 and

older

Under

50 years

50 and

older

Under

55 years

55 and

older

Under

65 years

65 and

older

Rented dwellings

CV(%) ............................................. 1.85 3.07 2.26 2.12 3.50 2.06 3.71 1.90 6.08

Other lodging

Mean .............................................. 649 235 718 452 842 547 800 641 676

Share .............................................. 1.3 .6 1.3 .9 1.7 1.0 1.7 1.2 1.7

SE .................................................. 22.69 24.70 25.93 25.25 41.94 27.27 44.49 25.10 72.18

CV(%) ............................................. 3.50 10.53 3.61 5.59 4.98 4.99 5.56 3.92 10.68

Utilities, fuels, and public services

Mean .............................................. 3,648 2,345 3,866 3,532 3,762 3,656 3,637 3,734 3,340

Share .............................................. 7.1 6.1 7.2 6.7 7.5 6.7 7.7 6.9 8.3

SE .................................................. 34.24 82.28 37.12 50.83 42.27 46.06 42.22 40.75 48.32

CV(%) ............................................. .94 3.51 .96 1.44 1.12 1.26 1.16 1.09 1.45

Natural gas

Mean .............................................. 359 201 386 341 378 353 370 361 352

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

SE .................................................. 11.98 14.74 13.00 13.50 13.63 13.56 13.77 12.12 16.58

CV(%) ............................................. 3.33 7.31 3.37 3.96 3.61 3.85 3.73 3.36 4.70

Electricity

Mean .............................................. 1,388 909 1,468 1,331 1,444 1,370 1,415 1,404 1,329

Share .............................................. 2.7 2.4 2.7 2.5 2.9 2.5 3.0 2.6 3.3

SE .................................................. 22.43 40.44 23.17 28.13 23.17 27.07 23.60 25.51 27.54

CV(%) ............................................. 1.62 4.45 1.58 2.11 1.60 1.98 1.67 1.82 2.07

Fuel oil and other fuels

Mean .............................................. 137 39 153 94 179 106 184 119 200

Share .............................................. .3 .1 .3 .2 .4 .2 .4 .2 .5

SE .................................................. 6.32 6.24 7.23 4.75 9.99 5.70 12.41 5.52 15.20

CV(%) ............................................. 4.61 16.08 4.72 5.05 5.58 5.39 6.76 4.63 7.59

Telephone services

Mean .............................................. 1,239 929 1,291 1,295 1,184 1,329 1,105 1,327 926

Share .............................................. 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.3 2.4 2.3

SE .................................................. 12.99 30.97 14.21 19.83 16.43 18.28 14.74 15.75 15.11

CV(%) ............................................. 1.05 3.33 1.10 1.53 1.39 1.38 1.33 1.19 1.63

Water and other public services

Mean .............................................. 525 266 568 472 577 499 564 523 532

Share .............................................. 1.0 .7 1.1 .9 1.1 .9 1.2 1.0 1.3

SE .................................................. 11.31 15.29 12.27 13.67 13.23 13.96 12.76 12.45 15.62

CV(%) ............................................. 2.16 5.74 2.16 2.90 2.29 2.80 2.26 2.38 2.94

Household operations

Mean .............................................. 1,159 834 1,213 1,270 1,050 1,229 1,054 1,182 1,076

Share .............................................. 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.1 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.7

SE .................................................. 25.31 48.56 30.24 38.78 30.95 34.35 41.77 28.18 67.12

CV(%) ............................................. 2.18 5.82 2.49 3.05 2.95 2.79 3.96 2.38 6.24

Personal services

Mean .............................................. 368 376 367 593 148 516 148 416 198

Share .............................................. .7 1.0 .7 1.1 .3 1.0 .3 .8 .5

SE .................................................. 18.03 36.81 21.26 27.66 26.99 23.96 34.09 19.17 52.19

CV(%) ............................................. 4.90 9.80 5.79 4.66 18.29 4.64 23.05 4.61 26.36

Other household expenses

Mean .............................................. 791 458 846 677 902 713 906 766 878

Share .............................................. 1.5 1.2 1.6 1.3 1.8 1.3 1.9 1.4 2.2

SE .................................................. 15.63 28.55 17.71 19.16 20.09 18.57 25.19 18.03 48.55

CV(%) ............................................. 1.98 6.23 2.09 2.83 2.23 2.60 2.78 2.35 5.53

Housekeeping supplies

Mean .............................................. 610 393 646 562 659 577 660 613 597

Share .............................................. 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.1 1.4 1.1 1.5

SE .................................................. 14.88 27.10 16.17 17.59 19.94 18.64 19.98 18.69 23.84

CV(%) ............................................. 2.44 6.90 2.50 3.13 3.02 3.23 3.03 3.05 3.99

Laundry and cleaning supplies

Mean .............................................. 155 120 161 162 149 163 143 163 129

Share .............................................. .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3

SE .................................................. 3.97 10.58 3.84 6.27 4.63 5.97 5.82 4.79 7.02

CV(%) ............................................. 2.55 8.78 2.38 3.88 3.10 3.66 4.06 2.95 5.44

Other household products

Mean .............................................. 319 192 339 282 356 295 355 321 309

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

SE .................................................. 9.19 16.80 10.24 9.98 13.66 10.03 14.23 11.56 15.47

CV(%) ............................................. 2.89 8.77 3.02 3.54 3.84 3.40 4.01 3.60 5.00

Postage and stationery

Mean .............................................. 136 81 145 118 154 119 162 130 159

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

SE .................................................. 4.82 11.83 5.99 5.77 8.72 5.50 9.21 5.42 13.06

CV(%) ............................................. 3.55 14.69 4.13 4.88 5.65 4.61 5.70 4.18 8.22

Household furnishings and equipment

Mean .............................................. 1,580 1,177 1,647 1,643 1,519 1,658 1,465 1,681 1,215

Share .............................................. 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0

SE .................................................. 36.25 57.75 41.90 51.75 60.38 51.89 66.39 43.62 100.85

CV(%) ............................................. 2.29 4.91 2.54 3.15 3.97 3.13 4.53 2.59 8.30

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 4500. Selected age of reference person: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Under

30 years

30 and

older

Under

50 years

50 and

older

Under

55 years

55 and

older

Under

65 years

65 and

older

Household textiles

Mean .............................................. 123 65 132 110 135 113 138 124 119

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

SE .................................................. 8.03 12.33 8.74 7.93 12.55 7.29 16.22 8.31 22.47

CV(%) ............................................. 6.55 18.94 6.62 7.20 9.27 6.46 11.76 6.73 18.84

Furniture

Mean .............................................. 391 358 397 467 318 461 288 442 212

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

SE .................................................. 22.84 34.90 24.92 36.99 16.59 33.87 16.66 28.20 16.68

CV(%) ............................................. 5.83 9.73 6.28 7.93 5.22 7.34 5.79 6.39 7.86

Floor coverings

Mean .............................................. 16 7 18 14 19 17 15 17 13

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

SE .................................................. 2.10 1.56 2.40 1.92 3.45 3.02 2.39 2.52 2.18

CV(%) ............................................. 12.94 23.78 13.43 14.15 18.37 17.95 15.64 14.71 16.68

Major appliances

Mean .............................................. 197 111 212 198 197 205 186 204 172

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

SE .................................................. 7.38 12.44 8.87 11.15 10.81 9.01 10.57 8.18 12.79

CV(%) ............................................. 3.74 11.23 4.19 5.64 5.49 4.39 5.69 4.00 7.44

Small appliances, miscellaneous

housewares

Mean .............................................. 98 71 102 86 110 90 111 104 77

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

SE .................................................. 4.52 9.24 4.77 4.98 8.07 4.47 9.05 5.58 6.29

CV(%) ............................................. 4.62 13.08 4.66 5.81 7.31 4.98 8.19 5.39 8.13

Miscellaneous household equipment

Mean .............................................. 754 566 786 769 740 772 728 791 621

Share .............................................. 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5

SE .................................................. 24.88 33.36 28.57 31.19 49.95 28.30 55.10 27.13 88.93

CV(%) ............................................. 3.30 5.90 3.64 4.06 6.75 3.66 7.57 3.43 14.31

Apparel and services

Mean .............................................. 1,736 1,637 1,752 2,042 1,425 2,023 1,295 1,931 1,022

Share .............................................. 3.4 4.3 3.3 3.9 2.8 3.7 2.7 3.5 2.5

SE .................................................. 36.94 106.95 38.62 66.52 40.04 60.63 41.78 48.29 60.16

CV(%) ............................................. 2.13 6.53 2.20 3.26 2.81 3.00 3.23 2.50 5.89

Men and boys

Mean .............................................. 408 351 417 500 314 494 274 465 199

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

SE .................................................. 12.24 33.06 12.27 21.70 16.40 18.89 18.68 15.39 24.11

CV(%) ............................................. 3.00 9.41 2.94 4.34 5.22 3.82 6.81 3.31 12.14

Men, 16 and over

Mean .............................................. 320 290 325 363 275 371 241 358 179

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

SE .................................................. 11.87 30.69 11.64 21.26 16.10 18.72 18.50 15.08 24.27

CV(%) ............................................. 3.71 10.59 3.58 5.85 5.85 5.05 7.69 4.21 13.58

Boys, 2 to 15

Mean .............................................. 88 61 92 137 39 124 34 107 20

Share .............................................. .2 .2 .2 .3 .1 .2 .1 .2 1 ( )

SE .................................................. 3.45 9.39 3.97 6.28 3.58 5.40 3.95 4.02 3.60

CV(%) ............................................. 3.92 15.26 4.30 4.60 9.15 4.37 11.70 3.77 18.16

Women and girls

Mean .............................................. 688 625 699 747 629 761 577 745 481

Share .............................................. 1.3 1.6 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.4 1.2

SE .................................................. 21.95 69.76 22.47 35.09 30.66 30.95 28.94 27.00 44.54

CV(%) ............................................. 3.19 11.16 3.21 4.70 4.87 4.07 5.02 3.62 9.27

Women, 16 and over

Mean .............................................. 573 568 573 574 571 604 524 609 437

Share .............................................. 1.1 1.5 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1

SE .................................................. 21.33 69.71 21.82 32.98 29.21 29.94 29.22 26.05 43.05

CV(%) ............................................. 3.73 12.26 3.81 5.75 5.11 4.96 5.57 4.27 9.84

Girls, 2 to 15

Mean .............................................. 116 57 126 173 58 157 52 136 43

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

SE .................................................. 7.01 7.58 8.31 12.27 4.75 11.09 5.27 8.73 7.62

CV(%) ............................................. 6.05 13.35 6.61 7.08 8.22 7.05 10.05 6.42 17.67

Children under 2

Mean .............................................. 63 127 53 102 24 89 24 76 16

Share .............................................. .1 .3 .1 .2 1 ( ) .2 .1 .1 1 ( )

SE .................................................. 4.18 16.61 4.17 7.82 3.17 6.48 3.62 5.22 3.00

CV(%) ............................................. 6.61 13.13 7.88 7.69 13.14 7.31 14.93 6.85 19.01

Footwear

Mean .............................................. 347 286 357 436 255 422 231 391 185

Share .............................................. .7 .7 .7 .8 .5 .8 .5 .7 .5

SE .................................................. 12.91 35.63 14.01 24.79 12.33 22.64 12.01 17.22 21.63

CV(%) ............................................. 3.72 12.47 3.92 5.69 4.83 5.37 5.21 4.41 11.68

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 4500. Selected age of reference person: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Under

30 years

30 and

older

Under

50 years

50 and

older

Under

55 years

55 and

older

Under

65 years

65 and

older

Other apparel products and services

Mean .............................................. 230 248 226 258 202 257 189 254 142

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

SE .................................................. 8.32 42.43 8.27 14.50 8.86 13.25 8.38 10.38 10.47

CV(%) ............................................. 3.62 17.09 3.65 5.62 4.39 5.15 4.44 4.09 7.37

Transportation

Mean .............................................. 8,998 7,628 9,226 9,553 8,461 9,740 7,896 9,684 6,538

Share .............................................. 17.5 19.9 17.2 18.2 16.8 18.0 16.7 17.8 16.2

SE .................................................. 152.03 363.96 165.04 229.11 207.10 208.20 207.02 188.18 287.16

CV(%) ............................................. 1.69 4.77 1.79 2.40 2.45 2.14 2.62 1.94 4.39

Vehicle purchases (net outlay)

Mean .............................................. 3,210 3,259 3,202 3,685 2,745 3,657 2,544 3,479 2,250

Share .............................................. 6.2 8.5 6.0 7.0 5.5 6.8 5.4 6.4 5.6

SE .................................................. 113.53 284.88 121.62 186.28 166.20 169.41 172.23 146.74 192.60

CV(%) ............................................. 3.54 8.74 3.80 5.06 6.05 4.63 6.77 4.22 8.56

Cars and trucks, new

Mean .............................................. 1,639 1,125 1,724 1,681 1,597 1,689 1,564 1,695 1,438

Share .............................................. 3.2 2.9 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.1 3.6

SE .................................................. 101.27 218.02 109.59 145.20 132.66 144.58 150.52 124.31 163.71

CV(%) ............................................. 6.18 19.38 6.36 8.64 8.31 8.56 9.63 7.34 11.38

Cars and trucks, used

Mean .............................................. 1,516 1,987 1,437 1,915 1,125 1,890 958 1,715 805

Share .............................................. 2.9 5.2 2.7 3.6 2.2 3.5 2.0 3.1 2.0

SE .................................................. 68.99 194.71 80.06 96.16 90.40 87.49 93.44 79.92 113.47

CV(%) ............................................. 4.55 9.80 5.57 5.02 8.04 4.63 9.75 4.66 14.10

Other vehicles

Mean .............................................. 56 147 41 89 23 79 22 70 7

Share .............................................. .1 .4 .1 .2 1 ( ) .1 1 ( ) .1 1 ( )

SE .................................................. 14.08 69.51 11.18 23.50 12.20 19.19 15.37 17.98 4.81

CV(%) ............................................. 25.22 47.24 27.52 26.31 53.01 24.38 70.55 25.83 72.10

Gasoline and motor oil

Mean .............................................. 2,756 2,308 2,830 3,018 2,499 3,073 2,282 3,030 1,775

Share .............................................. 5.4 6.0 5.3 5.7 5.0 5.7 4.8 5.6 4.4

SE .................................................. 24.99 64.90 26.41 37.31 32.98 33.70 33.01 29.30 34.25

CV(%) ............................................. .91 2.81 .93 1.24 1.32 1.10 1.45 .97 1.93

Other vehicle expenses

Mean .............................................. 2,490 1,658 2,627 2,363 2,622 2,487 2,499 2,614 2,041

Share .............................................. 4.8 4.3 4.9 4.5 5.2 4.6 5.3 4.8 5.1

SE .................................................. 47.09 101.63 51.72 64.12 64.02 54.25 72.30 50.39 116.06

CV(%) ............................................. 1.89 6.13 1.97 2.71 2.44 2.18 2.89 1.93 5.69

Vehicle finance charges

Mean .............................................. 223 207 226 278 170 275 147 258 100

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

SE .................................................. 5.96 15.52 6.59 7.86 8.01 7.34 8.24 6.83 8.45

CV(%) ............................................. 2.67 7.50 2.91 2.83 4.72 2.67 5.62 2.65 8.45

Maintenance and repairs

Mean .............................................. 814 588 852 772 857 812 818 855 667

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

SE .................................................. 17.16 37.33 20.52 21.71 22.37 19.48 26.50 19.08 36.40

CV(%) ............................................. 2.11 6.35 2.41 2.81 2.61 2.40 3.24 2.23 5.46

Vehicle insurance

Mean .............................................. 1,018 532 1,098 862 1,178 944 1,133 1,041 934

Share .............................................. 2.0 1.4 2.0 1.6 2.3 1.7 2.4 1.9 2.3

SE .................................................. 35.25 63.84 37.65 53.75 55.07 43.44 58.75 38.68 90.99

CV(%) ............................................. 3.46 11.99 3.43 6.23 4.67 4.60 5.19 3.72 9.74

Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, and other

charges

Mean .............................................. 434 331 451 451 417 456 401 460 340

Share .............................................. .8 .9 .8 .9 .8 .8 .8 .8 .8

SE .................................................. 13.29 27.10 15.57 18.17 15.96 16.82 18.35 13.52 23.57

CV(%) ............................................. 3.06 8.18 3.45 4.03 3.83 3.69 4.57 2.94 6.92

Public and other transportation

Mean .............................................. 542 402 566 488 596 522 572 562 472

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

SE .................................................. 16.78 34.24 18.06 22.68 24.76 20.69 29.40 19.20 42.94

CV(%) ............................................. 3.09 8.51 3.19 4.65 4.16 3.96 5.14 3.42 9.10

Health care

Mean .............................................. 3,556 1,372 3,921 2,484 4,610 2,738 4,780 3,121 5,118

Share .............................................. 6.9 3.6 7.3 4.7 9.2 5.1 10.1 5.7 12.7

SE .................................................. 57.11 65.22 69.71 45.14 98.30 54.09 109.52 53.66 134.36

CV(%) ............................................. 1.61 4.75 1.78 1.82 2.13 1.98 2.29 1.72 2.63

Health insurance

Mean .............................................. 2,061 764 2,277 1,472 2,638 1,586 2,769 1,747 3,186

Share .............................................. 4.0 2.0 4.2 2.8 5.2 2.9 5.8 3.2 7.9

SE .................................................. 33.77 32.80 40.76 38.82 52.51 36.19 58.65 34.24 80.26

CV(%) ............................................. 1.64 4.29 1.79 2.64 1.99 2.28 2.12 1.96 2.52

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 4500. Selected age of reference person: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Under

30 years

30 and

older

Under

50 years

50 and

older

Under

55 years

55 and

older

Under

65 years

65 and

older

Medical services

Mean .............................................. 839 405 911 610 1,063 690 1,060 812 935

Share .............................................. 1.6 1.1 1.7 1.2 2.1 1.3 2.2 1.5 2.3

SE .................................................. 37.47 51.10 43.60 26.02 61.54 32.72 65.63 40.84 73.55

CV(%) ............................................. 4.47 12.62 4.79 4.26 5.79 4.74 6.19 5.03 7.87

Drugs

Mean .............................................. 515 141 577 299 728 349 764 436 798

Share .............................................. 1.0 .4 1.1 .6 1.4 .6 1.6 .8 2.0

SE .................................................. 13.96 9.52 16.36 9.68 23.69 9.06 29.87 13.42 31.26

CV(%) ............................................. 2.71 6.76 2.84 3.24 3.25 2.60 3.91 3.08 3.92

Medical supplies

Mean .............................................. 142 62 156 103 182 113 187 127 200

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

SE .................................................. 6.24 4.83 7.35 4.45 11.37 4.41 14.85 5.59 18.44

CV(%) ............................................. 4.38 7.78 4.72 4.34 6.25 3.91 7.94 4.42 9.24

Entertainment

Mean .............................................. 2,605 1,697 2,756 2,681 2,530 2,725 2,425 2,767 2,020

Share .............................................. 5.1 4.4 5.1 5.1 5.0 5.0 5.1 5.1 5.0

SE .................................................. 55.33 85.74 63.88 69.52 81.97 60.83 87.31 57.14 102.11

CV(%) ............................................. 2.12 5.05 2.32 2.59 3.24 2.23 3.60 2.06 5.06

Fees and admissions

Mean .............................................. 614 362 656 684 545 672 528 670 413

Share .............................................. 1.2 .9 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.0

SE .................................................. 20.31 27.95 23.39 26.75 24.52 25.40 26.02 21.13 36.48

CV(%) ............................................. 3.31 7.72 3.56 3.91 4.50 3.78 4.93 3.15 8.83

Audio and visual equipment and services

Mean .............................................. 979 728 1,021 987 970 1,004 941 1,014 854

Share .............................................. 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.0 1.9 2.1

SE .................................................. 15.01 29.06 16.67 21.61 20.59 19.59 24.68 16.57 20.05

CV(%) ............................................. 1.53 3.99 1.63 2.19 2.12 1.95 2.62 1.63 2.35

Pets, toys, hobbies, and playground

equipment

Mean .............................................. 648 394 690 598 699 624 686 674 554

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

SE .................................................. 28.96 55.32 31.47 31.78 45.42 28.94 50.04 31.36 57.53

CV(%) ............................................. 4.47 14.05 4.56 5.31 6.49 4.63 7.30 4.65 10.37

Other entertainment supplies, equipment,

and services

Mean .............................................. 363 214 388 412 316 425 271 409 198

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

SE .................................................. 25.59 30.68 30.17 37.55 33.40 32.78 37.89 29.28 60.13

CV(%) ............................................. 7.04 14.35 7.77 9.12 10.58 7.71 13.99 7.16 30.33

Personal care products and services

Mean .............................................. 628 465 655 615 641 629 626 644 569

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

SE .................................................. 12.20 31.92 12.37 16.56 18.13 15.72 21.91 12.44 31.05

CV(%) ............................................. 1.94 6.86 1.89 2.69 2.83 2.50 3.50 1.93 5.46

Reading

Mean .............................................. 109 59 118 84 135 90 138 100 142

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

SE .................................................. 2.28 3.72 2.68 2.73 4.07 2.77 4.43 2.39 6.17

CV(%) ............................................. 2.08 6.35 2.27 3.26 3.02 3.07 3.21 2.39 4.33

Education

Mean .............................................. 1,207 1,565 1,148 1,412 1,006 1,588 638 1,478 236

Share .............................................. 2.3 4.1 2.1 2.7 2.0 2.9 1.3 2.7 .6

SE .................................................. 54.11 160.27 56.29 73.96 66.48 81.95 62.30 68.70 38.23

CV(%) ............................................. 4.48 10.24 4.91 5.24 6.61 5.16 9.76 4.65 16.23

Tobacco products and smoking supplies

Mean .............................................. 332 310 335 350 314 370 275 370 193

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

SE .................................................. 11.67 23.97 11.30 14.60 13.13 13.67 13.32 13.44 11.59

CV(%) ............................................. 3.52 7.73 3.37 4.18 4.18 3.70 4.85 3.63 5.99

Miscellaneous

Mean .............................................. 829 471 889 750 906 778 904 809 902

Share .............................................. 1.6 1.2 1.7 1.4 1.8 1.4 1.9 1.5 2.2

SE .................................................. 37.09 56.18 41.71 47.42 55.25 42.08 67.48 35.53 122.52

CV(%) ............................................. 4.47 11.92 4.69 6.33 6.10 5.41 7.46 4.39 13.59

Cash contributions

Mean .............................................. 1,913 699 2,115 1,334 2,480 1,580 2,408 1,761 2,454

Share .............................................. 3.7 1.8 3.9 2.5 4.9 2.9 5.1 3.2 6.1

SE .................................................. 107.60 77.49 121.17 77.09 168.60 114.56 154.78 105.33 196.42

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 4500. Selected age of reference person: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Under

30 years

30 and

older

Under

50 years

50 and

older

Under

55 years

55 and

older

Under

65 years

65 and

older

Cash contributions

CV(%) ............................................. 5.63 11.09 5.73 5.78 6.80 7.25 6.43 5.98 8.00

Personal insurance and pensions

Mean .............................................. 5,591 3,465 5,946 6,153 5,040 6,439 4,326 6,591 2,009

Share .............................................. 10.9 9.0 11.1 11.7 10.0 11.9 9.1 12.1 5.0

SE .................................................. 103.78 134.85 125.10 168.88 148.14 149.59 154.14 118.12 106.98

CV(%) ............................................. 1.86 3.89 2.10 2.74 2.94 2.32 3.56 1.79 5.32

Life and other personal insurance

Mean .............................................. 353 75 399 247 456 286 452 340 397

Share .............................................. .7 .2 .7 .5 .9 .5 1.0 .6 1.0

SE .................................................. 16.37 8.84 19.69 22.31 28.61 21.52 30.63 19.45 39.83

CV(%) ............................................. 4.64 11.84 4.94 9.03 6.27 7.53 6.78 5.72 10.03

Pensions and Social Security

Mean .............................................. 5,238 3,390 5,547 5,905 4,584 6,153 3,874 6,251 1,612

Share .............................................. 10.2 8.8 10.3 11.2 9.1 11.4 8.2 11.5 4.0

SE .................................................. 97.92 133.19 117.03 163.97 137.00 144.39 141.98 113.34 89.27

CV(%) ............................................. 1.87 3.93 2.11 2.78 2.99 2.35 3.67 1.81 5.54

Sources of income and personal taxes:

Money income before taxes

Mean .............................................. $65,596 $44,137 $69,180 $67,506 $63,723 $69,568 $59,670 $71,427 $44,713

SE .................................................. 1,024.25 3,683.45 1,093.73 1,366.74 1,467.66 1,188.81 1,574.26 1,158.39 1,341.94

CV(%) ............................................. 1.56 8.35 1.58 2.02 2.30 1.71 2.64 1.62 3.00

Wages and salaries

Mean .............................................. 51,730 40,142 53,665 61,426 42,219 63,119 34,737 62,218 14,163

Share .............................................. 78.9 90.9 77.6 91.0 66.3 90.7 58.2 87.1 31.7

SE .................................................. 845.38 3,404.27 803.01 1,299.78 1,118.04 1,109.68 1,050.47 1,020.68 839.65

CV(%) ............................................. 1.63 8.48 1.50 2.12 2.65 1.76 3.02 1.64 5.93

Self-employment income

Mean .............................................. 2,917 769 3,276 2,580 3,247 2,571 3,433 3,286 1,596

Share .............................................. 4.4 1.7 4.7 3.8 5.1 3.7 5.8 4.6 3.6

SE .................................................. 350.34 180.16 410.32 233.37 644.58 240.07 712.57 376.15 430.25

CV(%) ............................................. 12.01 23.43 12.53 9.05 19.85 9.34 20.75 11.45 26.96

Social Security, private and government

retirement

Mean .............................................. 8,021 573 9,265 1,133 14,779 1,481 17,780 3,228 25,192

Share .............................................. 12.2 1.3 13.4 1.7 23.2 2.1 29.8 4.5 56.3

SE .................................................. 161.15 180.29 189.41 72.65 315.47 81.67 378.51 142.70 528.44

CV(%) ............................................. 2.01 31.45 2.04 6.41 2.13 5.51 2.13 4.42 2.10

Interest, dividends, rental income, other

property income

Mean .............................................. 1,358 519 1,498 518 2,182 575 2,526 934 2,875

Share .............................................. 2.1 1.2 2.2 .8 3.4 .8 4.2 1.3 6.4

SE .................................................. 120.37 294.40 134.46 109.59 217.31 87.70 265.07 106.51 345.31

CV(%) ............................................. 8.86 56.76 8.98 21.16 9.96 15.26 10.49 11.40 12.01

Unemployment and workers’ compensation,

veterans’ benefits

Mean .............................................. 428 372 438 489 369 484 346 492 199

Share .............................................. .7 .8 .6 .7 .6 .7 .6 .7 .4

SE .................................................. 21.92 55.85 24.57 35.68 32.37 32.66 38.31 26.81 30.47

CV(%) ............................................. 5.12 15.02 5.61 7.29 8.78 6.75 11.08 5.44 15.33

Public assistance, supplemental security

income, food stamps

Mean .............................................. 534 539 533 562 505 582 460 596 311

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

SE .................................................. 26.85 50.60 27.33 34.33 35.63 32.62 35.98 31.60 29.79

CV(%) ............................................. 5.03 9.39 5.13 6.11 7.05 5.60 7.81 5.30 9.59

Regular contributions for support

Mean .............................................. 380 727 322 510 252 484 223 415 252

Share .............................................. .6 1.6 .5 .8 .4 .7 .4 .6 .6

SE .................................................. 26.77 109.00 28.51 44.33 32.07 38.01 38.98 31.43 65.22

CV(%) ............................................. 7.05 15.00 8.86 8.70 12.72 7.85 17.46 7.57 25.85

Other income

Mean .............................................. 229 496 184 288 170 272 163 257 125

Share .............................................. .3 1.1 .3 .4 .3 .4 .3 .4 .3

SE .................................................. 16.29 72.59 14.64 26.57 21.98 20.49 30.49 22.77 19.53

CV(%) ............................................. 7.13 14.62 7.96 9.22 12.93 7.52 18.68 8.85 15.61

Personal taxes (missing values not imputed)

Mean .............................................. 2,226 1,991 2,266 2,077 2,373 2,162 2,322 2,640 744

Share .............................................. 3.4 4.5 3.3 3.1 3.7 3.1 3.9 3.7 1.7

SE .................................................. 239.57 1,275.41 186.93 397.83 248.21 329.56 300.56 293.64 112.25

CV(%) ............................................. 10.76 64.07 8.25 19.15 10.46 15.24 12.94 11.12 15.10

Federal income taxes

Mean .............................................. 1,568 1,548 1,572 1,445 1,690 1,509 1,657 1,881 449

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 4500. Selected age of reference person: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Under

30 years

30 and

older

Under

50 years

50 and

older

Under

55 years

55 and

older

Under

65 years

65 and

older

Federal income taxes

Share .............................................. 2.4 3.5 2.3 2.1 2.7 2.2 2.8 2.6 1.0

SE .................................................. 198.37 1,105.42 142.99 343.24 187.94 285.03 228.29 245.15 80.18

CV(%) ............................................. 12.65 71.42 9.10 23.76 11.12 18.89 13.77 13.04 17.84

State and local income taxes

Mean .............................................. 526 416 544 547 505 558 478 641 115

Share .............................................. .8 .9 .8 .8 .8 .8 .8 .9 .3

SE .................................................. 44.65 171.08 44.55 59.41 57.08 49.44 67.27 55.18 20.66

CV(%) ............................................. 8.49 41.13 8.18 10.85 11.30 8.85 14.08 8.61 18.03

Other taxes

Mean .............................................. 132 27 150 85 178 95 187 119 179

Share .............................................. .2 .1 .2 .1 .3 .1 .3 .2 .4

SE .................................................. 13.88 7.58 15.52 9.53 20.48 10.32 22.54 12.52 26.89

CV(%) ............................................. 10.52 28.38 10.38 11.22 11.50 10.86 12.06 10.55 14.99

Income after taxes

Mean .............................................. 63,370 42,146 66,914 65,429 61,351 67,406 57,348 68,786 43,969

Share .............................................. 96.6 95.5 96.7 96.9 96.3 96.9 96.1 96.3 98.3

SE .................................................. 906.92 2,514.15 1,032.21 1,099.41 1,387.69 971.19 1,471.75 1,014.06 1,300.89

CV(%) ............................................. 1.43 5.97 1.54 1.68 2.26 1.44 2.57 1.47 2.96

Addenda:

Net change in total assets and liabilities

Mean .............................................. - $5,092 - $3,151 - $5,416 - $7,360 - $2,868 - $6,771 - $2,587 - $6,505 - $33

SE .................................................. 972.32 2,219.41 1,219.64 1,305.37 1,363.36 1,255.87 1,224.54 1,159.24 1,463.36

CV(%) ............................................. -19.09 -70.44 -22.52 -17.74 -47.54 -18.55 -47.33 -17.82 -4,411.07

Net change in total assets

Mean .............................................. 5,073 5,479 5,005 6,887 3,294 6,317 3,218 5,833 2,350

SE .................................................. 718.33 1,281.80 773.37 1,159.90 680.78 1,025.10 648.29 881.03 984.47

CV(%) ............................................. 14.16 23.39 15.45 16.84 20.67 16.23 20.15 15.10 41.89

Net change in total liabilities

Mean .............................................. 10,165 8,630 10,422 14,246 6,162 13,088 5,805 12,338 2,383

SE .................................................. 849.45 2,448.21 1,027.89 1,294.76 1,012.53 1,126.66 953.64 1,005.68 1,110.82

CV(%) ............................................. 8.36 28.37 9.86 9.09 16.43 8.61 16.43 8.15 46.61

Other financial information:

Other money receipts

Mean .............................................. 712 396 765 362 1,056 608 868 720 683

SE .................................................. 162.87 196.45 165.71 125.45 237.24 239.20 171.38 200.45 152.43

CV(%) ............................................. 22.87 49.66 21.66 34.69 22.46 39.36 19.74 27.83 22.32

Mortgage principal paid on owned property

Mean .............................................. -1,935 -589 -2,160 -1,786 -2,081 -1,979 -1,869 -2,109 -1,311

SE .................................................. 48.26 53.03 57.78 49.53 76.83 51.81 83.85 50.54 112.39

CV(%) ............................................. -2.49 -9.00 -2.68 -2.77 -3.69 -2.62 -4.49 -2.40 -8.57

Estimated market value of owned home

Mean .............................................. 149,574 41,583 167,607 110,276 188,124 122,243 190,354 139,854 184,388

SE .................................................. 2,324.89 3,232.09 3,021.15 2,684.11 4,557.08 2,672.02 4,945.11 2,469.69 7,273.76

CV(%) ............................................. 1.55 7.77 1.80 2.43 2.42 2.19 2.60 1.77 3.94

Estimated monthly rental value of owned

home

Mean .............................................. 869 284 966 686 1,048 742 1,058 828 1,015

SE .................................................. 11.53 19.85 15.88 13.36 22.14 12.81 24.00 12.11 25.20

CV(%) ............................................. 1.33 6.99 1.64 1.95 2.11 1.73 2.27 1.46 2.48

Gifts of goods and services, total

Mean .............................................. 1,116 453 1,227 749 1,480 935 1,390 1,176 902

SE .................................................. 50.65 46.04 58.88 41.62 82.64 46.88 87.14 53.97 82.84

CV(%) ............................................. 4.54 10.16 4.80 5.55 5.58 5.01 6.27 4.59 9.18

Food

Mean .............................................. 104 30 117 65 144 83 137 114 69

SE .................................................. 9.80 9.02 11.20 7.58 18.63 8.08 20.26 11.84 11.23

CV(%) ............................................. 9.39 30.23 9.59 11.69 12.97 9.77 14.78 10.36 16.38

Alcoholic beverages

Mean .............................................. 12 19 11 13 11 13 11 13 9

SE .................................................. 1.62 6.16 1.58 2.23 2.43 1.86 2.61 1.85 3.13

CV(%) ............................................. 13.49 32.68 14.52 17.07 22.42 14.75 23.85 14.57 33.80

Housing

Mean .............................................. 191 111 204 150 231 175 214 203 147

SE .................................................. 9.21 19.83 9.86 10.47 14.98 10.88 17.76 10.51 24.88

CV(%) ............................................. 4.83 17.89 4.83 6.96 6.49 6.21 8.28 5.18 16.92

Housekeeping supplies

Mean .............................................. 29 22 30 23 35 24 35 27 35

SE .................................................. 2.99 11.59 3.00 3.96 4.72 3.80 4.92 3.24 6.61

CV(%) ............................................. 10.48 53.04 10.12 17.43 13.67 15.71 13.96 12.05 19.08

Household textiles

Mean .............................................. 10 5 11 8 12 9 12 11 6

SE .................................................. 1.40 2.16 1.63 2.31 2.43 1.94 2.89 1.78 1.60

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 4500. Selected age of reference person: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Under

30 years

30 and

older

Under

50 years

50 and

older

Under

55 years

55 and

older

Under

65 years

65 and

older

Household textiles

CV(%) ............................................. 14.18 45.66 15.23 29.23 20.42 22.39 24.56 16.08 28.74

Appliances and miscellaneous housewares

Mean .............................................. 18 12 19 13 23 14 25 19 17

SE .................................................. 1.99 5.40 2.08 2.65 2.65 2.32 3.34 2.40 3.55

CV(%) ............................................. 10.91 44.33 10.80 19.91 11.44 16.79 13.37 12.92 20.96

Major appliances

Mean .............................................. 6 1 ( ) 8 5 8 5 9 6 7

SE .................................................. 1.37 .06 1.59 1.66 1.88 1.39 2.44 1.58 2.10

CV(%) ............................................. 21.13 63.27 21.05 35.79 22.64 30.21 26.11 24.83 30.14

Small appliances and miscellaneous

housewares

Mean .............................................. 12 12 12 9 15 9 16 12 10

SE .................................................. 1.54 5.40 1.50 2.00 2.14 1.79 2.81 1.80 2.97

CV(%) ............................................. 13.11 44.67 12.86 23.11 14.44 19.48 17.98 14.75 29.69

Miscellaneous household equipment

Mean .............................................. 48 28 51 38 58 42 58 52 35

SE .................................................. 4.68 6.28 5.28 4.41 6.90 4.30 8.24 5.16 5.85

CV(%) ............................................. 9.75 22.16 10.30 11.50 11.97 10.33 14.30 10.00 16.73

Other housing

Mean .............................................. 86 44 93 68 104 87 85 95 55

SE .................................................. 5.83 8.07 6.49 7.22 11.25 6.75 12.75 6.23 21.42

CV(%) ............................................. 6.78 18.45 6.97 10.62 10.86 7.78 15.05 6.58 39.06

Apparel and services

Mean .............................................. 215 157 224 173 257 188 256 214 216

SE .................................................. 9.62 29.49 11.21 12.28 17.15 12.04 19.74 10.13 28.37

CV(%) ............................................. 4.48 18.84 5.00 7.08 6.68 6.41 7.71 4.73 13.11

Males, 2 and over

Mean .............................................. 53 27 57 35 70 43 67 53 51

SE .................................................. 3.56 7.16 4.08 3.78 7.23 4.11 7.54 4.05 8.27

CV(%) ............................................. 6.76 26.44 7.18 10.68 10.29 9.50 11.24 7.62 16.19

Females, 2 and over

Mean .............................................. 86 39 94 58 115 62 123 78 116

SE .................................................. 6.68 8.16 7.75 5.57 12.42 5.30 15.28 5.92 23.40

CV(%) ............................................. 7.76 20.84 8.25 9.65 10.78 8.49 12.44 7.59 20.12

Children under 2

Mean .............................................. 20 24 19 20 20 20 20 22 13

SE .................................................. 2.47 10.22 2.10 4.22 2.98 3.63 3.38 3.22 2.93

CV(%) ............................................. 12.33 43.10 10.81 20.62 15.25 18.12 16.95 14.74 21.93

Other apparel products and services

Mean .............................................. 56 67 54 60 52 62 46 61 36

SE .................................................. 5.55 27.14 4.73 8.89 5.73 8.76 7.51 6.63 8.84

CV(%) ............................................. 9.95 40.77 8.77 14.86 11.08 14.10 16.27 10.82 24.78

Jewelry and watches

Mean .............................................. 24 52 19 27 21 27 19 26 16

SE .................................................. 4.60 27.02 3.91 6.96 5.47 6.63 5.22 5.50 7.31

CV(%) ............................................. 19.25 52.14 20.32 25.81 26.24 24.64 26.87 21.13 45.16

All other apparel products and services

Mean .............................................. 32 15 35 33 31 35 27 35 19

SE .................................................. 2.50 3.95 2.82 3.88 3.45 4.11 5.54 3.11 4.45

CV(%) ............................................. 7.85 26.84 8.12 11.82 11.16 11.68 20.71 8.83 22.81

Transportation

Mean .............................................. 111 28 125 68 154 79 159 113 105

SE .................................................. 19.53 6.45 22.66 13.97 30.84 15.18 37.90 19.76 33.84

CV(%) ............................................. 17.53 22.73 18.09 20.64 19.98 19.11 23.81 17.44 32.36

Health care

Mean .............................................. 53 2 61 13 93 18 105 41 96

SE .................................................. 13.09 .93 15.30 2.84 24.99 3.78 31.15 12.26 38.70

CV(%) ............................................. 24.81 38.74 25.03 22.67 26.99 21.26 29.54 30.20 40.29

Entertainment

Mean .............................................. 82 45 88 62 101 71 98 83 77

SE .................................................. 6.48 9.18 7.24 5.67 12.27 5.71 12.15 6.58 14.39

CV(%) ............................................. 7.92 20.53 8.24 9.08 12.16 8.06 12.37 7.93 18.68

Toys, games, arts and crafts, and tricycles

Mean .............................................. 28 21 29 26 31 25 34 26 37

SE .................................................. 3.50 7.12 3.87 3.85 5.23 3.22 6.74 2.94 12.42

CV(%) ............................................. 12.41 34.04 13.14 14.80 17.14 12.96 20.10 11.37 33.66

Other entertainment

Mean .............................................. 54 24 58 36 70 46 65 57 40

SE .................................................. 4.88 4.91 5.45 4.09 9.94 4.40 9.39 5.63 6.38

CV(%) ............................................. 9.12 20.66 9.32 11.22 14.12 9.56 14.51 9.85 15.89

Personal care products and services

Mean .............................................. 16 5 18 11 21 14 19 17 14

SE .................................................. 2.39 2.10 2.80 2.69 4.02 3.14 4.42 2.87 3.04

CV(%) ............................................. 14.99 40.34 15.84 24.00 19.36 22.99 22.65 17.34 22.22

Reading

Mean .............................................. 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

SE .................................................. .18 .48 .21 .25 .36 .25 .37 .21 .31

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 4500. Selected age of reference person: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Under

30 years

30 and

older

Under

50 years

50 and

older

Under

55 years

55 and

older

Under

65 years

65 and

older

Reading

CV(%) ............................................. 9.50 40.12 10.92 16.20 16.71 13.76 19.19 10.89 18.86

Education

Mean .............................................. 260 34 298 154 364 244 284 307 91

SE .................................................. 25.57 18.07 29.11 27.34 39.11 31.38 34.01 30.52 21.62

CV(%) ............................................. 9.83 53.47 9.77 17.73 10.74 12.85 11.97 9.93 23.73

All other gifts

Mean .............................................. 71 21 79 38 103 49 103 69 77

SE .................................................. 7.45 4.73 8.57 4.99 13.35 6.53 15.53 8.49 12.44

CV(%) ............................................. 10.52 22.10 10.84 13.07 12.99 13.23 15.10 12.28 16.22

1 Value is too small to display.

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