This statistic shows the average annual expenditure on books per consumer unit in the United States from 2007 to 2016, by type. In 2016, average annual expenditure on books not acquired through book clubs amounted to 25.29 U.S. dollars per consumer unit in the United States.
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This statistic shows the average annual expenditure on books per consumer unit in the United States from 2007 to 2016, by type. In 2016, average annual expenditure on books not acquired through book clubs amounted to 25.29 U.S. dollars per consumer unit in the United States.
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- October 2017
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- United States
- Survey time period
- 2007 to 2016
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* A consumer unit consists of any of the following: (1) All members of a particular household who are related by blood, marriage, adoption, or other legal arrangements; (2) a person living alone or sharing a household with others or living as a roomer in a private home or lodging house or in permanent living quarters in a hotel or motel, but who is financially independent; or (3) two or more persons living together who use their incomes to make joint expenditure decisions. Financial independence is determined by spending behavior with regard to the three major expense categories: Housing, food, and other living expenses. To be considered financially independent, the respondent must provide at least two of the three major expenditure categories, either entirely or in part.
Data are diary-based.
The shown figures are based on unpublished data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Figures are available upon request.
Data for "Encyclopedia and other sets of reference books" for 2015 and 2016 not available.
Figures prior to 2016 have been taken from previous publications.
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- United States
- Survey time period
- 2007 to 2016
- Supplementary notes
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* A consumer unit consists of any of the following: (1) All members of a particular household who are related by blood, marriage, adoption, or other legal arrangements; (2) a person living alone or sharing a household with others or living as a roomer in a private home or lodging house or in permanent living quarters in a hotel or motel, but who is financially independent; or (3) two or more persons living together who use their incomes to make joint expenditure decisions. Financial independence is determined by spending behavior with regard to the three major expense categories: Housing, food, and other living expenses. To be considered financially independent, the respondent must provide at least two of the three major expenditure categories, either entirely or in part.
Data are diary-based.
The shown figures are based on unpublished data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Figures are available upon request.
Data for "Encyclopedia and other sets of reference books" for 2015 and 2016 not available.
Figures prior to 2016 have been taken from previous publications.
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