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Household Production and Consumption in Finland 2001

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Shopp<strong>in</strong>g, services <strong>and</strong> travel related to unpaid work are almost always part<br />

of some other activity. People go shopp<strong>in</strong>g because they need to buy food,<br />

cloth<strong>in</strong>g, home accessories, etc. Shopp<strong>in</strong>g is therefore an ancillary activity <strong>in</strong><br />

relation to the pr<strong>in</strong>cipal function. The same applies to travel, which <strong>in</strong> this<br />

sense is an ancillary activity; it therefore makes sense to present travel <strong>in</strong><br />

connection with the pr<strong>in</strong>cipal function that it serves. Figure 12 shows how<br />

work<strong>in</strong>g hours <strong>in</strong> different pr<strong>in</strong>cipal functions break down between time spent<br />

<strong>in</strong> shopp<strong>in</strong>g, services, travel <strong>and</strong> f<strong>in</strong>ancial plann<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> the ma<strong>in</strong> activity.<br />

Shopp<strong>in</strong>g, services <strong>and</strong> travel time account for a substantial part of all<br />

pr<strong>in</strong>cipal functions. Their comb<strong>in</strong>ed share is greatest <strong>in</strong> cloth<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> cloth<strong>in</strong>g<br />

care (29%), followed by care <strong>and</strong> nutrition (both 27%) <strong>and</strong> hous<strong>in</strong>g (24%).<br />

Travel accounts for about one-fifth of the total amount of time spent <strong>in</strong><br />

volunteer work.<br />

46 Statistics F<strong>in</strong>l<strong>and</strong> National Consumer Research Centre

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