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You can get consumption data from the BLS, which gives similar numbers: http://www.bls.gov/cex/22013/midyear/income.pdf http://www.bls.gov/cex/22013/midyear/in
by yummyfajitas 12y ago
You can get consumption data from the BLS, which gives similar numbers:
http://www.bls.gov/cex/22013/midyear/income.pdf http://www.bls.gov/cex/22013/midyear/income.pdf
You'll need to dig in to figure out what a "referent person" is.
- dllthomas 12y agoPlease explain how this supports your figure. I don't see it. Dividing the consumer unit "average annual expenditure" by the "average number of persons per consumer unit" per column there, only the top two exceed $20k, and only the top 3 approach $20k. It does all exceed $10k, but there's still 27 million households spending less than $15k/yr/person - where it would be more correct to say "about $10k" than "about $20k".
- yummyfajitas 12y agoMy mistake, I missed the fact that consumer units had multiple people in them. I thought those figures were for individuals.
- dllthomas 12y agoGotcha.