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Increased household spending
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fbu, Survey of consumer expenditure, consumer expenditure (for example on housing, transport, food), household expenditure, consumption patterns, household types (for example single person household, couples with and without children), quantity of food and beverages consumed, durable consumer goods (for example car, dishwasher, caravan)Consumption, Income and consumption
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Survey of consumer expenditure, 2005-2007

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Increased household spending

Private households spent an average of NOK 365 100 per year on expenditure in the period 2005-2007, a real increase of 13 per cent compared with the period 2002-2004. Households in Oslo and Akershus spent over 30 per cent more than households in Northern Norway.

Composition of consumption 2005-2007. Expenditure per household per year, by commodity and service group. Per cent

Due to small yearly samples, it is only possible to publish results from the survey for groups of households when samples for three years are combined.

Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuel made up the largest expenditure item. An average household spent NOK 106 500 per year on this item in the period. This amounts to 29 per cent of the total spending.

Spending on transport appears to have stabilised its share of the total expenditure. In the 2005-2007 period, transport amounted to more than one-sixth of household spending, at NOK 66 300.

The third largest item of household spending was recreation and culture, at NOK 44 000, with a share of 12 per cent in the period.

Food and non-alcoholic beverages comprised on average NOK 41 100 per household per year or 11 per cent in the period 2005-2007.

The share of spending on clothing and footwear has been stable over the past years. . The average household spent NOK 19 800, or 5 per cent of the total spending, on clothing and footwear per year in the period.

Furniture and household equipment made up 6 per cent of spending on average. Average household spending was stable at NOK 23 100.

Private expenditure on health care was NOK 10 200, or 3 per cent of spending per year in the period.

Spending on communication (postage and telephone services) comprised 2 per cent of expenditure or NOK 7 500 per year for the average household.

Education was a small expenditure item for the average household. In the period 2005-2007, an average household spent NOK 900 or 0.3 per cent of the total spending on education.

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