Household Production and Consumption in Finland 2001

The principal functions of household production are illustrated in Table 4.
The underlying premise for the definition of these functions was that the
services are needed for the well-being of household members. It was also
considered important that services corresponding to the function have
equivalent market services available. Volunteer work differs from ordinary
household production in that the services produced are consumed in another
household. However since it is an unpaid and value-generating activity, it is
included in the accounts under a separate category. Furthermore, shopping,
services and transportation as well as vehicle maintenance are also included.
Travel related to unpaid work is linked with the function to which it serves. In
the same way, shopping and services usually have to do with housing,
providing meals, clothing or care, or with leisure needs, and they are allocated
to the area of household production that they serve.
Table 4 provides an overview of the content of each principal function.
More detailed descriptions and the calculation methods are presented after
Tables 4 and 5.
Productive activities included in the core national accounts are shown in
italics.
Table 4.
Principal functions of household production
Main activity
Providing housing
Purchase ofhousing.
Own-account
construction and
renovation of
dwelling.
Providing meals
and snacks
Growing
foodstuffs,
picking berries,
mushrooms,
etc., hunting and
fishing.
Providing
clothing and
clothing care
Production of
clothing.
Providing care
Childcare.
Volunteer
work
Neighbourly
help.
Decorating, cleaning
and maintaining
dwelling,
maintenance of yard,
gardening.
Preparing meals
and snacks.
Washing and
ironing clothes.
Care of adults in
need of help.
Voluntary
work in
organisations
Shopping
Travel and
transportation
Vehicle
maintenance
Household
management
Small repairs and
renovations.
Purchases related
to renovating,
maintaining and
cleaning dwelling.
Travel related to
acquisition and
maintenance of
dwelling.
Baking,
preserving.
Buying groceries.
Buying
appliances and
utensils for
cooking.
Travel related to
buying groceries.
Repairing
clothes and
other care.
Buying clothes,
buying
materials and
equipment for
making clothes
and their care.
Buying shoes.
Travel related to
buying clothes
and their care.
Caring for pets.
Buying equipment
related to
childcare and
caring for adults
in need of help.
Transporting
children and
adults in need of
help to care,
hobbies, etc.
Travel
related to
volunteer
work.
Planning and organising activities, services, banking, etc, apply to all principal functions.
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