Contribution to difference between lower- and higher-income households, from expenditures items with long-term price movements
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Expenditure items with continuous effects (from a total of 88) |
Price change from Jan. 1992 to Feb. 2004 |
Contribution to the difference between higher- and lower-income households |
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% | % point | |
Cooking appliances | -6 | -0.01 |
City bus & subway transportation | 58 | -0.19 |
Rail, highway bus and other inter-city transportation | 57 | -0.03 |
Other health care goods | 0 | 0.00 |
Computer equipment & supplies | -82 | -0.85 |
Home entertainment equipment & services | -13 | -0.13 |
Spectator - entertainment performances | 68 | 0.18 |
Cablevision (including pay TV) | 74 | -0.27 |
Tuition fees | 134 | -0.04 |
Total continuous effects | . | -1.33 |
Total difference between higher- and lower-income | ... | -0.33 |
. not available ... not applicable Source: Statistics Canada, special tabulation based on the Survey of Household Spending and the Consumer Price Index. |