title: How family spending has changed in the U.S.
abstract: Since the Monthly Labor Review began, the proportion of family expenditures allocated for food has dropped by half, the incidence of homeownership has doubled, and spending for transportation, medical care, and recreation has increased significantly.
authors: Division of Expenditure Surveys, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Jacobs
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Shipp
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D003710:Demography; D005190:Family; D005382:Financing, Personal / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005502:Food / Q000191:economics; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000639:trends; D006798:Housing / Q000191:economics; D007899:Leisure Activities / Q000191:economics; D010067:Ownership / Q000639:trends; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014186:Transportation / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States