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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6.1 <strong>Household</strong> production <strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>dividual<br />
households<br />
The follow<strong>in</strong>g proceeds to exam<strong>in</strong>e household production <strong>and</strong> its structure at<br />
micro level, <strong>in</strong> different types of households. Also the value of purchased f<strong>in</strong>al<br />
consumption products is <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> descriptions of provid<strong>in</strong>g meals <strong>and</strong><br />
cloth<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
Different types of households differ widely <strong>in</strong> terms of the volume of<br />
household production. Output per household is greatest <strong>in</strong> the biggest<br />
households, i.e. two-parent families with children <strong>and</strong> specifically <strong>in</strong> those<br />
where the children are under school age. In <strong>2001</strong>, the average value of<br />
non-SNA production <strong>in</strong> this household category was almost 45,000 euros a<br />
year. The lowest figure for non-SNA production was recorded for<br />
s<strong>in</strong>gle-person households aged under 45, where it was less than 14,500 euros a<br />
year. For couples the correspond<strong>in</strong>g figures ranged from 28,700 euros <strong>in</strong> the<br />
youngest households to more than 41,100 euros <strong>in</strong> the oldest households.<br />
The share of SNA production, then, was highest <strong>in</strong> s<strong>in</strong>gle-person<br />
households aged over 65 <strong>and</strong> among couples aged 45–64, st<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>g at 17 per<br />
cent of total household production. For s<strong>in</strong>gle-person households <strong>and</strong> couples<br />
under 45 <strong>and</strong> for s<strong>in</strong>gle parents, the value of SNA production was lowest<br />
(Figure 13). This is ma<strong>in</strong>ly expla<strong>in</strong>ed by the fact that SNA production <strong>in</strong>cludes<br />
imputed hous<strong>in</strong>g services of owner-occupiers, whereas young people <strong>and</strong><br />
s<strong>in</strong>gle parents primarily live <strong>in</strong> rented accommodation.<br />
<strong>Household</strong> production <strong>in</strong>creases from lower towards higher <strong>in</strong>come<br />
qu<strong>in</strong>tiles (Figure 14). In the lowest <strong>in</strong>come qu<strong>in</strong>tile, non-SNA household<br />
production amounts to around 19,200 euros <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong> the highest to almost<br />
36,500 euros a year. Likewise, SNA production <strong>and</strong> its share of total<br />
production <strong>in</strong>crease from the lowest <strong>in</strong>come qu<strong>in</strong>tiles to the higher qu<strong>in</strong>tiles.<br />
Figure 13. SNA <strong>and</strong> non-SNA household production <strong>in</strong> different types of households<br />
€/ /household /year<br />
45,000<br />
SNA production<br />
40,000<br />
35,000<br />
30,000<br />
25,000<br />
20,000<br />
15,000<br />
10,000<br />
Non-SNA production<br />
5,000<br />
0<br />
Under 45 45–64 65+ Under 45 45–64 65+ S<strong>in</strong>gle Youngest Youngest Others<br />
yrs yrs yrs yrs yrs yrs parents 0–6 7–17<br />
Persons liv<strong>in</strong>g alone Couples<br />
Families with children<br />
National Consumer Research Centre Statistics F<strong>in</strong>l<strong>and</strong> 49