Definition
Household Expenditures
Total household expenditures include:
(1) The amount spent to purchase goods and services used for living purposes,
(2) The value of goods and services received as part of pay, home-produced and consumed (including rental value of owner-occupied dwelling), or received free from other sources, and
(3) The amount spent for taxes, contributions, insurance premiums, lottery tickets, interest on debts, and other non-consumption items.
Consumption expenditures are total household expenditures excluding non-consumption outlay in (3).