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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Examples of f<strong>in</strong>al consumption products <strong>in</strong> hous<strong>in</strong>g services <strong>in</strong>clude hotel<br />
<strong>and</strong> other accommodation, laundry services for home textiles <strong>and</strong> cut flowers.<br />
However it is only rarely that stay<strong>in</strong>g at a hotel is a substitute for liv<strong>in</strong>g at<br />
home or a second home. In the pr<strong>in</strong>cipal function of hous<strong>in</strong>g, the sum total of<br />
f<strong>in</strong>al consumption products averaged less than 300 euros <strong>in</strong> all types of<br />
households. It is noteworthy that hotel nights <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> package holidays are<br />
not taken <strong>in</strong>to account <strong>in</strong> these calculations.<br />
Meals <strong>and</strong> snacks<br />
In provid<strong>in</strong>g meals <strong>and</strong> snacks, the value of production ranged from over<br />
14,200 euros <strong>in</strong> families with schoolchildren to less than 3,600 euros <strong>in</strong><br />
s<strong>in</strong>gle-person households under 45 (Figure 19). As <strong>in</strong> other pr<strong>in</strong>cipal functions,<br />
labour accounted for the bulk (over 60%) of the value of production <strong>in</strong> meals<br />
<strong>and</strong> snacks. The share of labour was greatest <strong>and</strong> the share of <strong>in</strong>termediate<br />
consumption goods <strong>and</strong> services smallest <strong>in</strong> s<strong>in</strong>gle-person households <strong>and</strong><br />
couples over 65 (less than 20%). The share of labour was smallest among<br />
young people liv<strong>in</strong>g alone <strong>and</strong> couples (45%). Travel <strong>and</strong> services <strong>and</strong><br />
<strong>in</strong>termediate goods <strong>and</strong> services accounted for almost equally large proportions<br />
<strong>in</strong> this pr<strong>in</strong>cipal function, st<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>g at 18 per cent for older couples <strong>and</strong> people<br />
liv<strong>in</strong>g alone <strong>and</strong> for 22 per cent <strong>in</strong> most other types of households.<br />
Figure 19 also shows the value of purchased f<strong>in</strong>al consumption products:<br />
this allows us to compare the value of ready-to-eat snacks <strong>and</strong> meals with<br />
those produced by the household.<br />
In families with children <strong>and</strong> households under age 45, the value of<br />
purchased f<strong>in</strong>al consumption products was greater than the value of<br />
<strong>in</strong>termediate goods <strong>and</strong> services, whereas <strong>in</strong> other types of households the<br />
opposite was true. For young people liv<strong>in</strong>g alone, the value of f<strong>in</strong>al<br />
consumption products was one-half of the total provision of meals <strong>and</strong> snacks<br />
<strong>and</strong> for families with children around 30 per cent. This is probably <strong>in</strong>dicative<br />
Figure 19. Non-SNA production of meals <strong>and</strong> snacks <strong>and</strong> purchased f<strong>in</strong>al consumption products<br />
by type of household<br />
€/ /household /year<br />
16,000<br />
Travel <strong>and</strong> services<br />
14,000<br />
Gross value added<br />
12,000 Intermediate<br />
consumption<br />
10,000 Purchases for<br />
f<strong>in</strong>al consumption<br />
8,000<br />
6,000<br />
4,000<br />
2,000<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 />
54 Statistics F<strong>in</strong>l<strong>and</strong> National Consumer Research Centre