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Table 2
Consumer expenditure of households
| Age of reference person | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Under 25 | 25 to 34 | 35 to 44 | 45 to 54 | 55 to 64 | 65 to 74 | 75 and over | |
| Canada | CAN$ 2003 | |||||||
| 1982 | 37,7 | 32,2 | 39,6 | 47,1 | 46,6 | 34,2 | 23 | 16,7 |
| % | ||||||||
| Housing | 33.9 | 33.1 | 36.8 | 33.9 | 30.2 | 30.7 | 35.9 | 42.3 |
| Transportation | 16.2 | 17.6 | 15.3 | 15.1 | 17.2 | 18.7 | 16.6 | 11.7 |
| Food | 20.5 | 17.2 | 18.8 | 20.8 | 21.0 | 21.6 | 23.0 | 24.7 |
| Clothing | 8.2 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 7.7 | 6.6 | 6.1 |
| Recreation | 6.2 | 7.0 | 6.3 | 6.9 | 6.3 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 3.3 |
| Health | 2.6 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| Other1 | 12.5 | 14.4 | 12.7 | 12.0 | 13.4 | 13.0 | 10.4 | 8.8 |
| CAN$ 2003 | ||||||||
| 2003 | 42,7 | 32,2 | 42,6 | 49,3 | 51,6 | 43,3 | 30,2 | 21,7 |
| % | ||||||||
| Housing | 37.3 | 34.3 | 40.2 | 39.2 | 35.4 | 34.0 | 35.6 | 43.5 |
| Transportation | 19.0 | 17.8 | 18.4 | 18.0 | 19.7 | 21.6 | 19.4 | 13.6 |
| Food | 15.5 | 14.9 | 14.5 | 15.3 | 15.1 | 15.4 | 17.7 | 18.7 |
| Clothing | 5.6 | 6.0 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 3.8 |
| Recreation | 8.2 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 7.2 | 5.1 |
| Health | 3.6 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 6.8 |
| Other1 | 10.9 | 16.0 | 9.8 | 10.2 | 12.2 | 11.1 | 9.7 | 8.5 |
| United States | CAN$ 2003 | |||||||
| 1984 | 41,5 | 26,9 | 42,7 | 52,8 | 53 | 43 | 31 | 21,6 |
| % | ||||||||
| Housing | 34.5 | 29.8 | 36.0 | 35.6 | 32.4 | 33.5 | 33.9 | 39.7 |
| Transportation | 22.2 | 26.4 | 23.0 | 20.8 | 24.0 | 22.4 | 20.7 | 14.0 |
| Food | 17.0 | 16.6 | 15.7 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 17.3 | 17.8 | 17.2 |
| Clothing | 6.8 | 7.5 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.1 | 4.3 |
| Recreation | 5.4 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 3.7 |
| Health | 5.4 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 10.3 | 14.9 |
| Other1 | 8.7 | 11.6 | 8.6 | 8.5 | 9.4 | 8.7 | 7.0 | 6.3 |
| CAN$ 2003 | ||||||||
| 2003 | 43,9 | 25,6 | 44,2 | 50,5 | 52,6 | 46,9 | 37,2 | 27,6 |
| % | ||||||||
| Housing | 37.9 | 34.4 | 40.4 | 39.5 | 36.8 | 36.3 | 35.9 | 39.0 |
| Transportation | 22.0 | 22.6 | 22.7 | 21.8 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 20.1 | 16.3 |
| Food | 15.1 | 16.5 | 14.9 | 15.4 | 15.0 | 14.6 | 15.2 | 14.4 |
| Clothing | 4.6 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 2.7 |
| Recreation | 5.8 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 4.1 |
| Health | 6.8 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 8.1 | 12.1 | 17.3 |
| Other1 | 7.7 | 13.9 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 9.0 | 7.5 | 6.1 | 6.1 |
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1 Personal care, reading materials, education, tobacco products and alcoholic beverages, gifts and contributions, and miscellaneous. Sources: Statistics Canada, Family Expenditure Survey and Survey of Household Spending; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Survey. |
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