Household Production and Consumption in Finland 2001
Household Production and Consumption in Finland 2001
Household Production and Consumption in Finland 2001
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Travel <strong>and</strong> services related to household production <strong>and</strong> the plann<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong><br />
organisation of activities were allocated to different pr<strong>in</strong>cipal functions as<br />
illustrated <strong>in</strong> Table 5. This was based on data from the Time Use Survey where<br />
travel related to different functions <strong>and</strong> time spent <strong>in</strong> buy<strong>in</strong>g perishables <strong>and</strong><br />
other goods are reported separately.<br />
Table 5.<br />
Breakdown of time spent <strong>in</strong> shopp<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> services, travel related to unpaid work,<br />
plann<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> organisation by pr<strong>in</strong>cipal functions, %<br />
Hous<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong><br />
ma<strong>in</strong>tenance<br />
Meals<br />
<strong>and</strong><br />
snacks<br />
Cloth<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>and</strong><br />
cloth<strong>in</strong>g<br />
care<br />
Care,<br />
children<br />
<strong>and</strong><br />
adults<br />
Volunteer<br />
work<br />
Total<br />
%<br />
Mean<br />
(range), m<strong>in</strong>/<br />
household/<br />
day<br />
Shopp<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> services<br />
(not travel) 36 40 12 12 – 100 42<br />
(21–77)<br />
Travel related to unpaid<br />
work <strong>and</strong> transportation 2931 13 12 15 100 40<br />
(16–75)<br />
<strong>Household</strong> management 25 25 25 25 – 100 4<br />
(2–9)<br />
Time spent <strong>in</strong> shopp<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> services was not separately allocated to<br />
volunteer work because it was already classified as part of that function <strong>in</strong> time<br />
use data; the same applies to the plann<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> organisation of volunteer work.<br />
By contrast travel time related to volunteer work was classified separately.<br />
Provid<strong>in</strong>g hous<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Hous<strong>in</strong>g is the most diverse of the pr<strong>in</strong>cipal functions considered here. In<br />
pr<strong>in</strong>ciple every household is thought to have a dwell<strong>in</strong>g-place, a sanctuary<br />
where the household members can live <strong>and</strong> relax. In practice, hous<strong>in</strong>g consists<br />
of a wide range of different activities that are carried out <strong>in</strong> a space called a<br />
dwell<strong>in</strong>g. Part of the production of hous<strong>in</strong>g services is <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> the core<br />
national accounts; “hous<strong>in</strong>g services produced by owner-occupiers” <strong>and</strong><br />
“own-account house construction”. Hous<strong>in</strong>g services comprise the dwell<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong><br />
the condition <strong>in</strong> which it is normally rented, i.e. unfurnished but <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g<br />
fitted fixtures. Non-SNA production <strong>in</strong>cludes all other equipment related to<br />
hous<strong>in</strong>g, its acquisition <strong>and</strong> own-account ma<strong>in</strong>tenance, <strong>in</strong> other words<br />
furnish<strong>in</strong>gs, ma<strong>in</strong>tenance, clean<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> m<strong>in</strong>or repairs. Garden<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> yard<br />
ma<strong>in</strong>tenance are also <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> hous<strong>in</strong>g. Hous<strong>in</strong>g production is understood <strong>in</strong><br />
the Satellite Account <strong>in</strong> a broad sense as <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the production of comfort<br />
<strong>and</strong> everyth<strong>in</strong>g that facilitates all the various activities that take place <strong>in</strong><br />
homes. Furniture, ord<strong>in</strong>ary art objects, textiles <strong>and</strong> televisions etc. are<br />
therefore <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> hous<strong>in</strong>g as capital goods (Appendix 3). Only goods<br />
related to hobbies are excluded.<br />
26 Statistics F<strong>in</strong>l<strong>and</strong> National Consumer Research Centre