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Table 3-12: Personal Expenditures by Category

(Current $ millions)

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	1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	^R1999	^R2000
Total expenditures	^R332,300	^R444,300	^R648,900	^R1,030,300	^R1,762,900	^R2,712,600	^R3,831,500	^R3,971,200	^R4,209,700	^R4,454,700	^R4,716,400	^R4,969,000	5,237,500	^R5,529,300	^R5,856,000	6,250,200	6,728,400
Transportation	42,900	59,100	81,100	130,200	238,400	372,800	^R455,400	^R428,100	^R460,100	^R494,900	^R532,100	^R560,300	594,600	^R626,700	^R649,900	711,600	784,900
Transportation as a % of total	12.9	13.3	12.5	^R12.6	13.5	^R13.7	^R11.9	^R10.8	^R10.9	^R11.1	^R11.3	^R11.3	11.4	11.3	11.1	11.4	11.7
Food and tobacco	89,200	108,800	154,600	^R238,300	^R376,800	^R498,500	^R677,900	^R700,000	^R717,300	^R742,800	^R773,600	^R802,500	834,100	^R862,000	^R906,900	965,500	1,029,500
Clothing, accessories, and jewelry	32,700	41,400	57,600	85,600	132,300	188,300	^R261,700	^R263,700	^R280,900	^R294,000	^R307,200	^R317,300	333,300	^R348,000	^R367,200	391,000	416,200
Personal care	5,600	8,100	^R11,500	^R16,100	^R25,500	^R37,600	^R53,700	^R54,900	^R58,000	^R60,100	^R63,300	^R67,400	71,600	76,100	^R79,900	84,400	90,400
Housing	48,200	65,400	94,000	147,000	^R255,100	^R406,800	^R585,600	^R616,000	^R641,300	^R666,500	^R704,700	^R740,800	772,500	^R810,500	^R859,700	909,000	958,800
Household operation	46,700	62,100	^R85,000	^R136,000	^R233,800	^R344,000	^R433,600	^R444,300	^R463,600	^R497,200	^R528,200	^R555,000	589,200	^R617,800	^R642,900	676,500	727,400
Medical care	22,100	34,100	60,000	^R107,700	^R206,500	^R367,400	^R619,700	^R675,000	^R741,500	^R794,600	^R838,100	^R888,600	932,300	^R984,400	^R1,041,700	1,100,500	1,173,900
Personal business	14,600	^R20,700	^R32,600	^R54,000	^R103,600	^R188,100	^R284,700	^R316,700	^R342,600	^R365,900	^R381,600	^R406,800	435,100	^R489,000	^R529,800	577,300	638,900
Recreation	18,500	^R26,900	43,100	70,500	^R116,700	^R187,600	^R284,900	^R295,300	^R313,800	^R340,100	^R368,700	^R401,600	429,600	^R456,600	^R489,100	527,900	574,200
Education and research	^R4,400	^R7,000	^R12,700	^R20,600	^R33,500	^R53,800	^R83,700	^R89,200	^R96,000	^R101,200	^R107,200	^R114,500	122,300	^R130,500	^R140,200	149,500	159,900
Religious and welfare activities	5,300	^R7,800	^R12,200	^R19,800	^R37,200	^R60,400	^R97,100	^R101,800	^R112,400	^R116,600	^R127,900	^R134,900	146,800	^R149,500	^R163,900	173,000	190,300
Foreign travel and other, net	2,100	2,900	4,500	4,400	3,500	7,500	^R-6,300	^R-13,700	^R-18,000	^R-19,300	^R-16,200	^R-20,700	-24,100	-21,800	^R-15,100	-16,000	-15,900
Disposable Personal Income (DPI)	366,200	498,900	736,500	1,181,400	2,019,800	3,086,500	4,293,600	4,474,800	4,754,600	4,935,300	5,165,400	5,422,600	5,677,700	^R5,968,200	^R6,355,600	6,618,000	7,031,000
Transportation as a % of DPI	11.7	^R11.8	^R11.0	^R11.0	11.8	12.1	^R10.6	^R9.6	^R9.7	^R10.0	^R10.3	^R10.3	10.5	^R10.5	^R10.2	10.8	16.7

KEY: R = revised.

SOURCES:

DPI: 1960-2000: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts Tables, table 2.9, Internet site http://www.bea.doc.gov, as of Aug. 17, 2001.

All but DPI: 1960-2000: Ibid., National Income and Product Accounts Tables, table 2.4, Internet site http://www.bea.doc.gov as of Aug. 17, 2001.