Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association (대한가정학회지)
- Volume 35 Issue 1
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- Pages.277-290
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- 1997
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- 1225-0937(pISSN)
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- 2234-2818(eISSN)
Household Expenditure patterns and Its Characteristics
가계의 소비지출유형과 특성에 관한연구
Abstract
This study analyzed household expenditure patterns using the 1990 Korean Consumer Expenditure Survey and identified the factors determining a household's probability to be in an expenditure pattern. The results of cluster analysis revealed five expenditure patterns: Education and Recreation-dominated; Necessities-dominated; Miscellaneous expenditure-dominated Housing dominated; and Transportation and Communication-dominated patterns. Based on the results of descriptive and Logit analyses household income household size age of household head and housing status were major factors to determine the type of househld expenditure pattern.
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