Household Production and Consumption in Finland 2001

6.1 Household production in individual
households
The following proceeds to examine household production and its structure at
micro level, in different types of households. Also the value of purchased final
consumption products is included in descriptions of providing meals and
clothing.
Different types of households differ widely in terms of the volume of
household production. Output per household is greatest in the biggest
households, i.e. two-parent families with children and specifically in those
where the children are under school age. In 2001, the average value of
non-SNA production in this household category was almost 45,000 euros a
year. The lowest figure for non-SNA production was recorded for
single-person households aged under 45, where it was less than 14,500 euros a
year. For couples the corresponding figures ranged from 28,700 euros in the
youngest households to more than 41,100 euros in the oldest households.
The share of SNA production, then, was highest in single-person
households aged over 65 and among couples aged 45–64, standing at 17 per
cent of total household production. For single-person households and couples
under 45 and for single parents, the value of SNA production was lowest
(Figure 13). This is mainly explained by the fact that SNA production includes
imputed housing services of owner-occupiers, whereas young people and
single parents primarily live in rented accommodation.
Household production increases from lower towards higher income
quintiles (Figure 14). In the lowest income quintile, non-SNA household
production amounts to around 19,200 euros and in the highest to almost
36,500 euros a year. Likewise, SNA production and its share of total
production increase from the lowest income quintiles to the higher quintiles.
Figure 13. SNA and non-SNA household production in different types of households
€/ /household /year
45,000
SNA production
40,000
35,000
30,000
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
Non-SNA production
5,000
0
Under 45 45–64 65+ Under 45 45–64 65+ Single Youngest Youngest Others
yrs yrs yrs yrs yrs yrs parents 0–6 7–17
Persons living alone Couples
Families with children
National Consumer Research Centre Statistics Finland 49