title: Population dynamics and consumer demand.
abstract: The authors analyze the effects on consumption in the United States of 11 demographic variables, including "regional location and the urban/rural base of the household, its age, size, race, sex and marital characteristics, and the education and the employment status of the household head and the spouse." Data are from the 1972-1973 Consumer Expenditure Survey.  The expenditure functions are first specified, followed by descriptions of the data sources and the empirical estimates of expenditure functions for various items of consumption spending.
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Ketkar
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Ketkar
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000569:Americas; D003625:Data Collection; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D004651:Employment; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005376:Financial Management; D005843:Geography; D005102:Health Expenditures; D017533:Marital Status; D008393:Marriage; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D012737:Sex Factors; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014481:United States
keywords: Age Factors; Americas; Consumption; Data Collection; Data Sources; Demographic Factors; Demographic Impact; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Educational Status; Employment Status; Estimation Technics; Expenditures; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Financial Activities; Geographic Factors; Head Of Household; Households; Macroeconomic Factors; Marital Status; North America; Northern America; Nuptiality; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Sex Factors; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; United States