Focus on Prices and Spending | Consumer Expenditure

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Focus on Prices and Spending, Consumer Expenditure, Volume 2, Issue 4

Chart 1. Per-person spending of single people and married couples ages 21 to 29 by type of outlay, 2008–09
Category	Single people	Married couples
Food	$4,223	$3,406
Alcoholic beverages	$600	$263
Transportation	$4,088	$4,916
Health care	$583	$886
Education	$1,620	$984
Personal insurance & pensions	$2,420	$3,508