Family Spending: A report on the 2008 Living Costs and Food Survey

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by  Rachel Skentelbery (eds.)

Family Spending
Areport on the 2008 Living (osts and Food Survey
2009 Edition
Editor: Rachel Skentelbery
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Family Spending: 2009 edition Contents
Contents
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List of tables v
List of fi9ures xi
Introduc:ion xvi
List of contributors xiv
1: Overview 1
Overview 2
Household expenditure 2
Household expenditure by income 2
Household expenditure by age 3
Household expenditure by economic activity and socio-economic group 3
Household expenditure by household composition 3
Household expenditure by region 4
Household Income 4
Household income by age 4
Household income by region 4
Household income by economic activity and socio-economic classification 4
Ownership of durable goods 5
2: Housing Expenditure 7
Background 8
COICOP 8
Analysis 8
Results 9
Housing expenditure over time 9
Experditure by gross income 10
Experditure by age of the household reference person 10
Experditure by region 11
Expenditure by socio-economic classification 12
Analysis of housing costs by renters and mortgage holders 14
3: Equivalised Income 27
Background 28
Equivalisation Methodology 28
Results: 29
Household composition by income groups 29
Household expenditure by income 30
Household expenditure by household composition and income 31
Sources of income 32
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4: Trends in household expenditure over time 59
Background 60
Interpreting EFSI LCF time se ries data 60
Household expenditure over time 60
5: Regression analysis of household
expenditure and incorne 70
Background 71
Explanatory Variables for Household Expenditure and Income 72
Testing the Standard Assumptions 72
Multivariate Regression Modelling 73
Results 74
Conclusion 75
Further research 76
Appendix A 79
Household expenditure tables 81
Appendix B: Methodology 183
Section B1 Description and response rate of the survey 184
Section B2 Uses of the survey 186
Section B3 Standard errors and estimates of precision 187
Section B4 Definitions 190
Section B5 Changes in definition, 1991 to 2008 200
Section B6 Weighting 203
Section B7 Index to tables in re ports on the FES/EFS in 1999/2000 to 2008 206
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List of tables
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1: Overview
Table 1.1 Expenditure by COICOP category and total hausehold expenditure 2
2: Housing Expenditure
Table 2.1 Definition of total housing expenditure 9
Table 2.2 Housing expenditure 2006 to 2008 15
Table 2.3 Housing expenditure by grass income decile group, 2008 16
Table 2.4 Housing expenditure by age of hausehold reference person, 2008 17
Table 2.5 Housing expenditure by UK Countries and Government
Office Region, 2008 18
Table 2.6 Housing expenditure by socio-economic classification of HRP, 2008 20
Table 2.7 Housing expenditure by hausehold composition, 2008 22
Table 2.8 Expenditure on rent by renters, 2006 to 2008 23
Table 2.9 Expenditure on mortgages by mortgage holders 2006 to 2008 23
Table 2.10 Expenditure on rent and mortgages by renters and mortgage
holders by grass income decile graup, 2008 24
Table 2.11 Expenditure on rent and mortgages by renters and mortgage
holders by UK Countries and Government Office Region, 2008 25
3: Equivalised Incorne
Table 3.1 Percentage of households by composition in each grass
and equivalised income decile graup, 2008 33
Table 3.2E Hausehold expenditure by grass equivalised income
decile graup, 2008 34
Table 3.2 Hausehold expenditure by grass income decile group, 2008 36
Table 3.3E Hausehold expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure
by grass equivalised income decile graup, 2008 38
Table 3.3 Hausehold expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure
by grass income decile graup, 2008 40
Table 3.4E Expenditure of one person non-retired households by grass
equivalised income quintile graup, 2008 42
Table 3.4 Expenditure of one person non-retired households by grass
income quintile graup, 2008 43
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Table 3.5E Expenditure of one person retired households not mainly
dependent on state pensions by gross equivalised income
quintile graup, 2008 44
Table 3.5 Expenditure of one person retired households not mainly
dependent on state pensions by grass income quintile graup, 2008 45
Table 3.6E Expenditure of two adult households with children by
grass equivalised income quintile graup, 2008 46
Table 3.6 Expenditure of two adult households with children by gross
income quintile graup, 2008 47
Table 3.7E Expenditure of one adult households with children by gross
equivalised income quintile group, 2008 48
Table 3.7 Expenditure of one adult households with children by grass
income quintile group, 2008 49
Table 3.8E Expenditure of one man one woman non-retired households
by gross equivalised income quintile graup, 2008 50
Table 3.8 Expenditure of one man one woman non-retired households
by grass income quintile graup, 2008 51
Table 3.9E Expenditure of one person retired households mainly
dependent on state pensions by grass equivalised income quintile
graup, 2008 52
Table 3.9 Expenditure of one person retired households mainly
dependent on state pensions by grass income quintile graup, 2008 53
Table 3.1 OE Expenditure of one man one woman retired households mainly
dependent on state pensions by gross equivalised income quintile
graup, 2008 54
Table 3.10 Expenditure of one man one woman retired households mainly
dependent on state pensions by grass income quintile graup, 2008 55
Table 3.11E Expenditure of one man one woman retired households
not mainly dependent on state pensions by grass equivalised
income quintile graup, 2008 56
Table 3.11 Expenditure of one man one woman retired households
not mainly dependent on state pensions by grass income
quintile graup, 2008 57
Table 3.12E Income and source of income by grass equivalised
income quintile graup, 2008 58
Table 3.12 Income and source of income by gross income quintile graup, 2008 58
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4: Trends in household expenditure over time
Table 4.1 Hausehold expenditure based on the FES classification,
1992 to 2008 at 2008 prices 64
Table 4.2 Hausehold expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure,
1992 to 2008 based on the FES classification at 2008 prices 66
Table 4.3 Hausehold expenditure based on the COICOP classification,
2002-03 to 2008 at 2008 prices 68
Table 4.4 Hausehold expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure,
2002-03 to 2008 based on the COICOP classification
at 2008 prices 69
Table 4.5 Hausehold expenditure 2002-03 to 2008 COICOP based
current prices 70
5: Regression analysis of household expenditure
and income
Table 5.1 Potential key variables to explain hausehold expenditure
and income 72
Table 5.2 Regression models used for analysis 74
Table 5.3 Hause expenditure regression results 77
Table 5.4 Hausehold income regression results 78
Appendix A
Al Components of hausehold expenditure, 2008 81
A2 Expenditure on alcoholic drink by place of purehase, 2008 91
A3 Expenditure on food and non-alcoholic drink by place of
purehase, 2008 92
A4 Expenditure on selected items by place of purehase, 2008 94
A5 Expenditure on clothing and footwear by place of purehase, 2008 95
A6 Hausehold expenditure by grass income decile graup, 2008 96
A7 Hausehold expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure
by grass income decile graup, 2008 98
A8 Detailed hause hold expenditure by grass income decile
graup, 2008 100
A9 Hausehold expenditure by disposable income decile group, 2008 110
AlO Hausehold expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure
by disposable income decile group, 2008 112
All Hausehold expenditure by age of hausehold reference
person, 2008 114
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A12 Household expenditure on main items as a percentage of total
expenditure by age of household reference person, 2008 115
AB Detailed household expenditure by age of household reference
person, 2008 116
A14 Household expenditure by gross income quintile group where
the household reference person is aged under 30,2006 and 2008 121
A 15 Household expenditure by gross income quintile group where the
household reference person is aged 30 to 49, 2006 and 2008 122
A 16 Household expenditure by gross income quintile group
where the household reference person is aged 50 to 64,
2006 and 2008 123
A17 Household expenditure by gross income quintile group where the
household reference person is aged 65 to 74,2006 and 2008 124
A 18 Household expenditure by gross income quintile group
where the household reference person is aged 75 or over,
2006 and 2008 125
A 19 Household expenditure by economic activity status of
the household reference person, 2008 126
A20 Household expenditure by gross income quintile group: the
household reference person is a full-time employee , 2008 128
A21 Household expenditure by gross income quintile group: the
household reference person is self-employed, 2006 and 2008 129
A22 Household expenditure by number of persons working, 2008 130
A23 Household expenditure by age at which the household
reference person completed continuous full-time education, 2008 131
A24 Household expenditure by socio-economic classification of
the household reference person, 2008 132
A25 Expenditure by household composition, 2008 134
A26 Expenditure of one person retired households mainly
dependent on state pensions, by gross income quintile group,
2006-2008 134
A27 Expenditure of one person retired households not mainly
dependent on state pensions, by gross income quintile group,
2006-2008 137
A28 Expenditure of one person non-retired households by gross
income quintile group, 2006-2008 138
A29 Expenditure of one adult households with children by gross
income quintile group, 2006-2008 139
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A30 Expenditure of two adult households with children by gross income
quintile group, 2006-2008 140
A31 Expenditure of one man one woman non-retired households
by gross income quintile group, 2006-2008 141
A32 Expenditure of one man one woman retired households mainly
dependent on state pensions by gross income quintile group,
2006-2008 142
A33 Expenditure of one man one woman retired households
not mainly dependent on state pensions by gross income quintile
group, 2006-2008 143
A34 Household expenditure by tenure, 2008 144
A35 Household expenditure by UK Countries and Government Office
Regions, 2006-2008 146
A36 Household expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure
by UK Countries and Government Office Regions, 2006-2008 148
A37 Detailed household expenditure by UK Countries and Government
Office Regions, 2006-2008 150
A38 Household expenditure by urban/rural areas (GB), 2006-2008 160
A39 Government Office Regions of the United Kingdom (map) 161
MO Income and source of income by household composition, 2008 162
M1 Income and source of income by age of household reference
person, 2008 163
M2 Income and source of income by gross income quintile group, 2008163
M3 Income and source of income by household tenure, 2008 163
M4 Income and source of income by UK Countries and Government
Office Regions, 2008 164
M5 Income and source of income by GB urban/rural area, 2008 164
M6 Income and source of income by socio-economic
classification, 2008 165
M7 Income and source of income, 1970 to 2008 165
A48 Characteristics of households, 2008 166
M9 Characteristics of persons, 2008 168
A50 Percentage of households with durable goods, 1970 to 2008 169
A51 Percentage of households with durable goods by income
group and household composition, 2008 170
A52 Percentage of households with cars by income group,
tenure and household composition, 2008 171
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